Free vs paid features
Tier limits, pricing and feature gates on this page are being reworked over the coming weeks. Treat the numbers below as indicative — we'll update this page when the new structure lands.
Bee Flow ships in four tiers. The Community tier is fully functional with no licence key — basic chat, agents, knowledge bases and the Nextcloud connector all work out of the box.
At a glance
| Tier | Users | Agents | Messages/mo | Premium features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
community | 1 | 2 | 1,000 | Basic chat, local KB, Nextcloud basic |
pro | 25 | 20 | 50,000 | + Automations, web pages, meeting notes, skills, ticket assistant, voice |
enterprise | unl. | unl. | unl. | + DLP/guardrails, GDPR compliance hub, SAML SSO, audit log export |
full | unl. | unl. | unl. | + White-label, licence issuance |
The full feature × tier matrix lives in Licensing → Tiers. Source of truth: server/license/tiers.js.
Where the limits fire
| Limit | Where it's enforced | What happens at the cap |
|---|---|---|
| Users | User-create endpoint, NC sync job | New users are skipped; existing users stay active |
| Agents | Agent-create endpoint | UI shows "Tier limit reached — upgrade to add more" |
| Messages / mo | Chat endpoint, automations runner | Org-wide chat returns 402 with tier_limit until the next month |
A monthly counter resets on the first UTC day of each calendar month. Counter state is in Postgres; nothing is sent off-machine.
Feature flags (premium gates)
The server uses a requireLicenseFeature(name) middleware that returns 403 to any user/org without the feature. Specific gates:
| Feature flag | Tier | What it unlocks |
|---|---|---|
automations | Pro+ | /api/automation, the Automation Builder UI |
webpages | Pro+ | /api/webpages, the Webpages section |
meeting_notes | Pro+ | /api/transcriptions, /api/meet-bot, voice |
skills | Pro+ | /api/skills, the Skills marketplace |
ticket_assistant | Pro+ | /api/ticket-assistant, /api/email-kb |
dlp | Enterprise+ | DLP rule editor, guardrail audit log export |
saml_sso | Enterprise+ | SAML 2.0 identity-provider config |
gdpr_hub | Enterprise+ | GDPR archive, data-subject request flows |
white_label | Full | Replace branding, custom theme assets |
license_issuance | Full | Mint sub-licences for downstream tenants |
What's free forever
You can run a single user, two agents, ~1k chats/mo, with the full Nextcloud bridge, all 30+ tool integrations, and the Privacy Shield. Two distinctions:
- Privacy Shield is in every tier — but DLP (interactive blocking + policy editor + audit-log export) is Enterprise.
- Knowledge Bases are in every tier — but the Local KB is single-user; vector / hybrid KBs with reranking are Pro+.
Why fair-code?
The frontend and server are released under the Sustainable Use Licence. You can use, modify and self-host them for free for your own organisation. You cannot offer Bee Flow as a paid service to third parties without a commercial agreement.
The Nextcloud connector is AGPL-3.0-or-later to comply with App Store requirements.