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Licenses and Prices - Proxy Sniffer Professional Edition
Proxy Sniffer "Professional Edition" licenses are divided into two parts:
- GUI Licenses which allow to record load tests, to trigger load test jobs and to display load test results.
- Exec Agent Licenses which allow to execute load test jobs.
Licensing Models
The following licensing models are available:
1. Starter Packages
Each Starter Package contains a single GUI license as well as a single Exec Agent license.
This licensing model is more budget-priced than standard licenses but less flexible adaptable.
Starter Packages are commonly used by single persons who release load tests of moderate or medium strength.However, the following restrictions apply:
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2. Standard GUI Licenses and Standard Exec Agent Licenses
The standard licensing model allows to install a different number of GUIs and Exec Agents on separate computers and to use them in a combined way.
This licensing model is more flexible and commonly used when strong load tests are executed or when load test are performed by several members
of a load testing team.Features:
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3. Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time Licenses
Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time Licenses can be rented on a weekly base and allow to simulate an
unlimited number of users by building load releasing clusters with up to 50 Exec Agents.
Depending on your hardware and your test scenario you will be able to simulate up to 30,000 - 120,000 virtual users
per load releasing cluster.In combination with renting such a license you have also access to an AMAZON AMI that contains a pre-installed Exec Agent which is directly ready-to-operate when the EC2 images are launched. This allows you to create and utilize within some few minutes an unlimited number of Exec Agents running in Amazon's EC2 Cloud - and to check how your web application performs from outside your network. Using the Amazon EC2 Cloud service is optional. You can also use an Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License only on your internal computer systems or - within the same license period - on internal systems and on Amazon EC2. The license price is very competitive. However using of such an Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License requires that you have already rented or purchased at minimum one Starter Package or one Standard GUI License. The Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License contains a generic license key for Exec Agents which fits to any Windows and Unix-like system. |
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4. Standard Site License A standard site license allows the installation of an unlimited number of GUIs and Exec Agents on any computer of your company or department and allows to run load test with an unlimited number of simulated users (unlimited standard licensing model). The standard site license contains a generic GUI license key and a generic Exec Agent license key which fits to any Windows and Unix-like system. |
Note for Starter Packages and Standard Licenses: the licenses are bound to the computer, based on the Windows or Unix system name (hostname) and can, if the product is later transferred to another computer, be changed free of charge once a year.
Note for all licenses: per individual, interactive (natural) user of the product at least one GUI license is necessary.
License Prices
All Starter Packages and Standard Licenses can be purchased either on a permanent basis (permanent licenses) or alternatively rented for one year (temporary licenses). "Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time Licenses" can only be rented per week. Standard Site Licenses can be purchased as well as rented for one year.
1. Starter Packages (GUI and local Exec Agent)
| Simultaneous Virtual Users |
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Temporary Licenses (rent) |
Upgrades + Bug Fixes + 8 Support Points ¹ |
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Permanent Licenses (purchase) |
Upgrades + Bug Fixes + 8 Support Points ² |
| 200 | 518 € / 673 USD per year | included in the price | 599 € / 778 USD | 319 € / 414 USD per year | ||
| 500 * | 718 € / 933 USD per year | included in the price | 1199 € / 1558 USD | 319 € / 414 USD per year |
The prices quoted do not include VAT.
| ¹ | Number of support points provided per rented starter package. Example: 3 starter packages contain a total of 24 support points. |
| ² | With permanent licenses, future upgrades, bug fixes and support are not included in the basic price but can be purchased as an optional extra. |
| * | Workstation with dual-core CPU recommended |
| Future upgrades contain both minor as well as major versions. Reported bugs are not seen as support cases, that is to say no service points will be deducted. The validity of all support points expires with the ending of the Upgrade + Bug Fix option, as long as this is not extended without interruption. |
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You can use our shop to purchase or rent Starter Packages immediately, or to upgrade an older purchased license to the latest version 4.3. |
2. Standard Licenses
GUI Licenses
| Number of GUI installations |
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Temporary License per installed GUI |
Upgrades + Bug Fixes + 8 Support Points ¹ |
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Permanent License per installed GUI |
Upgrades + Bug Fixes + 8 Support Points ² |
| 1 - 2 | 399 € / 518 USD per year | included | 463 € / 601 USD | 245 € / 318 USD per year | ||
| 3 - 5 | 319 € / 414 USD per year | included | 370 € / 481 USD | 196 € / 254 USD per year | ||
| 6 - 10 | 299 € / 388 USD per year | included | 347 € / 451 USD | 183 € / 237 USD per year | ||
| unlimited | on request | on request | ||||
The prices quoted do not include VAT.
Each GUI license includes additionally a limited local Exec Agent license capable to execute 5 virtual users.
| ¹ | Number of support points provided per rented GUI license. Example: 3 GUI licenses contain a total of 24 support points. |
| ² | With permanent licenses, future upgrades, bug fixes and support are not included in the basic price but can be purchased as an optional extra. |
Exec Agent Licenses
Standard Exec Agent licenses can be combined with both "standard GUI licenses" as well as with "Starter Package" licenses. The Exec Agents are usually installed on systems which are used exclusively for load tests during the test execution.
| Simultaneous Virtual Users |
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Temporary Licenses |
Upgrades + Bug Fixes |
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Permanent Licenses |
Upgrades + Bug Fixes ² |
| 200 | 410 € / 533 USD per year | included | 600 € / 780 USD | 210 € / 273 USD per year | ||
| 500 * | 820 € / 1066 USD per year | included | 1200 € / 1560 USD | 420 € / 546 USD per year | ||
| 1000 ** | 1500 € / 1950 USD per year | included | 2200 € / 2860 USD | 770 € / 1001 USD per year | ||
| 2000 *** | 2870 € / 3731 USD per year | included | 4200 € / 5460 USD | 1470 € / 1911 USD per year | ||
| 5000 **** | 6150 € / 7995 USD per year | included | 9000 € / 11700 USD | 3150 € / 4095 USD per year | ||
| 10000 ***** | 10933 € / 14212 USD per year | included | 16000 € / 20800 USD | 5600 € / 7280 USD per year | ||
| unlimited | on request | on request | ||||
The prices quoted do not include VAT.
| ² | With permanent licenses, future upgrades, bug fixes and support are not included in the basic price but can be purchased as an optional extra. |
| * | The license can be splitted up over max. 2 Exec Agents (1 computer with 1 Dual-Core CPU recommended) |
| ** | The license can be splitted up over max. 4 Exec Agents (2 Unix-like systems with each 1 Dual-Core CPU recommended) |
| *** | The license can be splitted up over max. 8 Exec Agents (2 Unix-like systems with each 1 Quad-Core CPU recommended) |
| **** | The license can be splitted up over max. 16 Exec Agents (4 Unix-like systems with each 1 Quad-Core CPU recommended) |
| ***** | The license can be splitted up over max. 20 Exec Agents (8 Unix-like systems with each 1 Quad-Core CPU recommended) |
3. Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time Licenses
You can upgrade your Starter Package or your Standard License to an Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License valid for one or several weeks:
- All features of the professional edition are fully supported without any restrictions, inclusive support for load releasing clusters and support for remote execution of load tests.
- This license allows you to install and use an unlimited number of Exec Agents - on any computer operated by your company.
- This license allows you additionally to start an unlimited number of pre-installed Exec Agents running in Amazon's EC2 Cloud ¹.
- The number of simulated virtual users is unlimited - per Exec Agent as well as for cluster jobs.
| Simultaneous Virtual Users |
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Number of Exec Agents |
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Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time Licenses (rent) |
| unlimited | unlimited | 799 € / 999 USD per week (7 days) ² |
The price quoted does not include VAT.
| ¹ | Pre-installed Exec Agents on Amazon's EC2 Cloud support always only the latest Proxy Sniffer version.
This means that you must have a currently valid "Upgrades + Bug Fixes + Support" option for your
Starter Package or your Standard Licenses in order that you can use such Exec Agents. |
| ² | The license price quoted does not include the price for renting the Amazon instances (cloud computers): see also FAQs about EC2. |
Note: After purchase you will get access to our registration menu where you can generate the short-time license by yourself - at the time when you need it. The 7 days of validity starts when you generate the license - not when you purchase it.
If you purchase more than one short-time license you can generate them later separately - at different times.
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You can use our shop to rent a Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License immediately. |
How to Buy Licenses - Binding Offers and Bank Transfer
Please send an E-Mail to direct@d-fischer.com or use our contact form to receive a PDF document containing a binding offer or an invoice. By the delivery of standard licenses we require a written order by letter to our company address - or a bank transfer.
General FAQs about Licensing
| Q: | What is a "Virtual User" ? |
| A: | A virtual user is a simulation of a real user created by our software. Each virtual user emulates a own web browser in such a way that a web application can not see any difference between a real user and a software-generated virtual user. |
| Q: | What means "Simultaneous Virtual Users" ? |
| A: | Depending on your license, an Exec Agent limits the number of virtual users which can be simulated at the same time. For example, if an Exec Agent license allows to simulate 500 virtual users - and you have already started a load test job with 300 users on the Exec Agent - you can also start in parallel another load test job with 200 users, but not with 300 users (300 + 300 > 500) on the same Exec Agent. As soon as a load test job has been completed, or is manually aborted, the corresponding number of virtual users is automatically enabled again. The number of virtual users is counted locally on the Exec Agent over all concurrently executed load tests jobs - irrespective of whether the load test jobs are triggered by the same GUI or by different GUIs. However, Exec Agents of "Starter Packages" only accept jobs from their own local GUI (from their own computer). |
| Q: | How are the "Simultaneous Virtual Users" counted when executing cluster jobs ? |
| A: | There is no cluster-wide managed counter for the number of virtual users. Each cluster member (Exec Agent) controls locally the number of free virtual users. |
| Q: | What means "The license can be splitted up over max. <number> Exec Agents" ? |
| A: | For example, if you purchase an Exec Agent license for 2000 virtual users, it is not recommended to install only one Exec Agent on one computer system, because the CPU load or the number of available TCP/IP connections of the operating system may be limited in such a way that you will not able to simulate 2000 users from the same computer. Therefore staring from 1000 users, we recommend that you subdivide the Exec Agent license over several systems. The license price remains the same. |
| Q: | What means "the licenses are bound to the computer" ? |
| A: | All licenses - or splitted up licenses - are bound to the computer name (hostname) or alternatively to the TCP/IP address of the computer on which the corresponding component of Proxy Sniffer is installed. One license transfer per computer and year is free - for example if a computer is replaced by another one. We also accept license transfers for out-dated Proxy Sniffer versions - even if you do not have a valid upgrade + bug fix option. However a license transfer requires that you uninstall/delete Proxy Sniffer on the old computer. |
| Q: | Allow Starter Packages to form load releasing clusters of Exec Agents ? |
| A: | Yes, but not with Exec Agents of other Starter Packages. Starter Packages allow to form clusters which contain standard licensed Exec Agents as well as Exec Agents operated under a "Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License ". The local Exec Agent of a Starter Package can also be part of a load releasing cluster. The only restriction for a Starter Package is that local Exec Agents of other Starter Packages cannot be part of a load releasing cluster. |
| Q: | What is a "Support Point" ? |
| A: | Support is provided by e-mail or alternatively by desktop sharing. One support point is equal to 15 minutes support. Each service call will be counted with a minimum of one support point. Additional packages of 4 support points (one hour) can be ordered for 120 € / 160 USD (exclusive of VAT). Unused support points will not expire as long a valid upgrade + bug fix option remains without interruption. Unlimited support for starter packages and standard licenses is available on request. Standard site licenses include always unlimited support within the validity period of the upgrade + bug fix option. |
| Q: | Can the "Upgrades + Bug Fixes + Support" option be ordered at any time ? |
| A: | No. You have to order this option at the same time when you order Proxy Sniffer. If your "Upgrades + Bug Fixes + Support" option has expired, then you first have to purchase the upgrade for the current product version separately before we accept ordering this option again. If you use our product for several years we recommend that you extend the "Upgrades + Bug Fixes + Support" option without interruption as this is cheaper than buying the current product version each time. |
| Q: | What means the "Upgrades + Bug Fixe + Support" option in detail ? |
| A: | Proxy Sniffer is continuously developed since many years. Every month, we develop a new release
which contains additional new functionalities. All of our customers who have a valid
Upgrades + Bug Fix option receive the latest release at no extra cost. However, we don't contact our
customers about new intermediate-versions every month. We normally send our customers an e-mail
just twice a year, and make an "official release" available in the spring and in the autumn. If you report a bug to us - or we discover a serious bug ourselves - then you will receive a new intermediate-version immediately, as soon as the bug has been fixed. |
FAQs about running Exec Agents on Amazon EC2 Instances
| Q: | What will be the additional costs for renting the Amazon's EC2 instances (cloud computers) ? |
| A: | Renting Amazon EC2 instances is inexpensive (some cents per hour and launched instance - and additionally some cents per transmitted GB of network traffic). See http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#pricing to learn more about the actual prices. |
| Q: | Can I access a pre-installed Exec Agent via an Outbound HTTP/S Proxy of my company ? |
| A: | Not in every case. Accessing Exec Agents via an Outbound Proxy is only possible if no authentication or Basic Authentication is supported by your Outbound HTTP/S Proxy. All other authentication methods against outbound HTTP/S Proxy servers are not supported. Therefore, before purchasing an "Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License", it is strongly recommended that you launch first an unlicensed Exec Agent instance on EC2 and that you verify if you can start load tests on this instance. It is not required to ask us for permission in advance to check this out. You can just login into Amazon EC2, then launch a pre-installed Exec Agent and verify if you can start a load test which simulates only one virtual user. Note: pre-installed Exec Agents are reachable over plain TCP/IP connections (Port 7993) as well as over HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443). The Exec Agents can be configured in the "Exec Agent Network Configuration Menu" on your local computer. |
| Q: | Do I get Root Access on pre-installed Exec Agents ? |
| A: | No. You cannot login on a pre-installed Exec Agent. You can only register (add) the Exec Agent on your local computer in the Proxy Sniffer "Exec Agent Network Configuration Menu" by using the <public DNS name of the EC2 instance>. This menu supports also to upload your license ticket to the Exec Agent. |
| Q: | How can I verify that the CPU of a pre-installed Exec Agent is not overloaded ? |
| A: | You can monitor the CPU usage of an Exec Agent by entering http://<public DNS name of EC2 instance> into your web browser. You will see a time chart about the CPU usage. In case of overload you can launch more Exec Agents and build a Load Releasing Cluster (see next 2 questions). |
| Q: | Can I launch several pre-installed Exec Agents ? |
| A: | Yes. You can to upload the same license ticket to all of your launched Exec Agents. |
| Q: | Can I build a Load Releasing Cluster of pre-installed Exec Agents ? |
| A: | Yes. After you have registered all Exec Agents inside the Exec Agent Network Configuration Menu you can build the Load Releasing Cluster inside the same menu (see submenu "Exec Agent Clusters" at the right side of the window). |
| Q: | Can I build several Load Releasing Clusters by using only one GUI ? |
| A: | Yes - and you can also use them concurrently. |
| Q: | We are currently using the "Free Edition" of Proxy Sniffer. Can we rent a "Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License" ? |
| A: | No. You have first to rent or purchase at least one Starter Package or one Standard GUI License. In case of purchase you have also to order the "Upgrades + Bug Fixes + Support" option. |
| Q: | Is it permitted to install Starter Packages or Exec Agents on generic Amazon EC2 instances by our self ? |
| A: | No. This is only permitted for owner of a Site License. |
| Q: | Is it permitted to give other persons access for using the Exec Agents ? |
| A: | Yes, but only for persons of your own company or own organization. You have also to consider
the restrictions written in the End User License Agreement. |
| Q: | We have already rented or purchased "Standard Licenses". Do we get some discount for renting a "Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License" ? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | We have already rented or purchased a "Standard Site License". Are there some additional license costs for using the pre-installed Exec Agents on Amazon's EC2 Cloud ? |
| A: | Yes, but they are low. You have to pay additionally 600 € / 850 USD per year as contribution to us for maintaining the AMI. Note: that applies not for customers which rent an "Unlimited Exec Agent Short-Time License" (using the AMI of pre-installed Exec Agents is already included in the price of short-time licenses). |
Company Address / Manufacturer
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Correspondence Address & Legal Residence: Ingenieurbüro David Fischer GmbH Mühlemattstrasse 61 3007 Bern Switzerland |
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E-Mail: direct@d-fischer.com Phone: (+41 Switzerland) (0)77 458 24 20 |
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