MIT licensed. Free to download and test. Purchase Business License when deploying with your company.
Free
Community & Evaluation — individuals, open source projects, teams evaluating
Built by a CISSP-certified engineer with 8 years in critical healthcare infrastructure.
Evaluating for a commercial deployment? Use the MIT version free, no time limit. Purchase when you're ready to ship to production.
ROI vs. Operational Cost. A botched schema migration causes hours of downtime ($10k–$500k+ in lost revenue/productivity), data corruption cleanup, and emergency engineering hours. MigraDiff at $599–$5,000/year prevents these incidents outright and saves 3–8k in engineer time annually on migration reviews and troubleshooting. One avoided migration failure pays for years of licensing.
Legal & Compliance Protection. Licensed open source for database tools provides audit trail documentation for schema changes (required for SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR), legal liability clarity on who's responsible if data integrity issues occur, compliance documentation for regulatory audits, data governance evidence critical for financial and healthcare industries, and defensibility if a migration causes customer data issues.
Why Legal & Compliance Teams Prefer Licensed Open Source for Databases. Data integrity is non-negotiable — you need vendor accountability, not volunteer maintenance. An explicit legal agreement protects the company if migrations fail. It demonstrates enterprise-grade diligence to auditors and regulators. Insurance and liability coverage often requires documented, licensed tools rather than free community projects. And it reduces supply chain risk on mission-critical infrastructure.
Additional Business Benefits. Email support included — critical for production database issues. Vendor accountability means you can escalate issues, not wait for GitHub volunteers. Enterprise reliability with SLA guarantees for business-critical migrations. Confidence in complex migrations across multi-schema, high-traffic databases. And proper risk management that insurance and regulatory bodies trust from licensed vendors.
Who: Individuals, non-profits, students, open source projects, evaluation
Cost: Free
Features: All features included, unlimited use
Time Limit: None — use forever
Support: Community (GitHub issues)
Examples:
Who: Companies with employees using the tool
Cost: Annual subscription (tiered)
Features: All features included, unlimited use
Time Limit: None — use as long as subscribed
Support: Email support included
Examples:
Simple Rule: Evaluate freely, no time limit. A Business License is required when your team ships to production. Questions? Just ask.
1–10 developers
Saves $3k–$8k/yr in engineer time → ROI 5–13x
10–50 developers
Prevents schema conflicts, downtime → ROI 2–7x
50+ developers
Enterprise migrations at scale → ROI 3–10x
No. Solo founders without employees can use MigraDiff under the free MIT license forever. This includes indie hackers, one-person SaaS businesses, and bootstrapped founders.
Open source projects always use the free MIT license, even if they're backed by companies. The license applies to the *project*, not the organization.
Yes. There are no hosted services, no SaaS, no cloud lock-in. Everything runs on your infrastructure with your credentials. You own your data completely.
No. All MigraDiff code stays open source under MIT. The Business License is a *legal agreement*, not a technical restriction. No code gatekeeping, no features disabled.
Anyone on your payroll or W2/contractor. If you're paying people to work for your company (including yourself on a salary), you have employees. Solo founders without employees don't.
If you have employees (even two founders with a hire), you need a Business License. We recommend the Small Team license as a starting point.
Yes—the entire MIT License is a free trial. Use MigraDiff fully for free. When you add employees or cross the commercial threshold, upgrade to a Business License.
No problem. Contact us with your situation and we'll help you pick the right license. No judgment, just fairness.
Not sure which license you need? Need a custom arrangement? Let's talk.
Email: licensing@lateos.aiOr reach out on GitHub