Licensing & Commercial FAQs

ArcticDB is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL), reverting to an Apache 2.0 License after a two-year term.

Is ArcticDB free to use?

ArcticDB is free for personal use and trials only.

For BSL versions of ArcticDB, a commercial agreement is required for any business use.

That includes usage in research or dev environments, where any economic benefit is being derived. Please contact info@arcticdb.io for any additional information.

Once a version of ArcticDB has converted to the Apache 2.0 license, it may be used for production usage without acquiring an additional license.

License conversion timeline

This is stored in the README.md of the project.

Production usage of a BSL-licensed version

To use ArcticDB for production use, please contact us to purchase an ArcticDB Pro license.

Can I contribute to ArcticDB?

Yes! Contributions are welcome - please see our GitHub readme for more information.

Is ArcticDB part of Man Group?

Yes - ArcticDB is provided by Man Group.