ObjectOSCompare Editions
What each ObjectOS edition and plan includes, row by row — Community, Cloud Free, Cloud Team and Enterprise — and where each difference is enforced.
ObjectOS is one product in three editions. ObjectOS Community is the open-source runtime you run yourself. ObjectOS Cloud is the same product hosted for you, on the Free and Team plans. ObjectOS Enterprise is the licensed product you run on your own infrastructure; Business and Business Self-Managed are contract options under it. Prices and contracts are on License & Pricing; this page is what each one does differently.
Every page in these docs carries a row of edition badges under its title, naming the editions it applies to. The sidebar marks the pages and groups that are not for every edition with the same icons.
The matrix
| Community | Cloud Free | Cloud Team | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery | Self-managed | Hosted | Hosted | Self-managed |
| Price | Free (Apache-2.0) | Free | $24 / AI seat / month | By contract |
| File storage | Your own (Storage) | 1 GB | 20 GB | Your own (Storage) |
| Development environment | n/d | — (production only) | n/d | n/d |
| MCP requests | Set by your deployment | 20 / minute, 1,000 / day | n/d | Set by your deployment |
| Custom domain | Your own host | — | ✓ | Your own host |
| Record- and field-level security | ✓ | — | n/d | ✓ |
| In-UI AI (AI Builder, "ask your data") | MCP only — bring your own model | Taste | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI governance (action audit, guardrails, permission scoping) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Single sign-on with your identity provider | ✓ (Authentication) | — | — | ✓ |
| SCIM | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Clustering / high availability | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Several organizations on one deployment | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Air-gapped operation | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Support | Community | Community | Standard | SLA + dedicated |
n/d — not yet documented here. These cells are being confirmed against the product and will be filled in; until then, ask sales@objectstack.ai.
On ObjectOS Cloud, single sign-on and AI governance come with Business, a contract option of ObjectOS Enterprise on the hosted service. On a self-managed deployment, Community and Enterprise run the same runtime: everything in the Community column is in the Enterprise column too.
Where each difference is enforced
The matrix lists only differences the product enforces. These are the ones these docs already describe in detail:
- The license decides what a self-managed deployment is. Without one, a single-organization deployment runs with Community behaviour — the open MCP server, bring your own AI. With one, the AI Builder and "ask your data" are unlocked on your own infrastructure. See AI Service.
- Several organizations on one deployment requires a license. A multi-organization posture without one is refused at startup, and the runtime does not serve traffic. See Runtime Configuration and Troubleshooting.
- Air-gapped operation is a license mode. An ordinary license is validated online against a control plane; an air-gap license is verified locally, and the deployment must also declare no control plane. The combinations that cannot work are refused at startup. See Air-gapped Deployment.
- A lapsed license never stops the runtime. Business Self-Managed switches its paid features off and keeps your data and runtime working; a full Enterprise deployment keeps the last paid version. See License & Pricing.
Which edition is this page for?
| Badge | Means |
|---|---|
| Community | True when you run ObjectOS Community yourself |
| Cloud | True on ObjectOS Cloud, on the Free and Team plans |
| Enterprise | True on a licensed, self-managed ObjectOS Enterprise deployment |
Deploy and Operate are for the two self-managed editions, Community and Enterprise: on ObjectOS Cloud we run the deployment for you.
Next
- Start — the three ways in: Cloud, Community or Enterprise.
- License & Pricing — prices, contracts and the open-source license.
- Public Preview — what ObjectOS Cloud's current stage means for your data and integrations.