Cerbos-Documentation-Editions&UsageLimits-06May2026.docx
Documentation:
Product Packages, Functionality & Usage Limits
This document outlines various product packaging options for Cerbos PDP, Cerbos Synapse and Cerbos Hub licenses.
Last updated: 11 May 2026
Cerbos PDP
Open-Source product package
- YAML-based policy definition
- Audit logs
- CI/CD & IDE tooling
- Git, Disk, Cloud or DB-based storage
- Community support
Cerbos Hub
Proof of Concept product package
- Up to 100 monthly active principals
- 1 workspace, 2 developers
- 2 Playgrounds
- 2 simultaneous PDPs
- Up to 5 custom tenants
- 5 policy builds per week
- Cerbos Synapse
- 1 week of unified audit logs
- In-browser/serverless authorization
- Managed CI/CD pipeline
- Community support
- For POC only, not to be used for further development and in Production environments.
Development product package
- Up to 100 monthly active principals
- Over 100 will be calculated based on the rate card in Appendix A
- 3 workspaces, 5 developers
- Up to 5 Playgrounds
- Up to 10 simultaneous PDPs connect to Cerbos Hub
- Up to 20 custom tenants
- 100 policy builds per week
- Cerbos Synapse
- In-browser/serverless authorization
- Managed CI/CD pipeline
- Community support
- 3 months of unified audit logs
- Uptime SLA
- Live Chat & Community support
- Not to be used in Production environments.
Production product package
- Up to 5,000 monthly active principals
- Over 5,000 will be calculated based on the rate card in Appendix A
- Unlimited Playgrounds
- Unlimited workspaces & developers
- Unlimited simultaneous PDPs connected to Cerbos Hub
- Unlimited custom tenants
- Unlimited policy builds per week†
- 1 year of unified audit logs
- Cerbos Synapse
- Managed CI/CD pipeline
- Uptime SLA
- Live Chat & Community support
- Can be used in production/live environments
† Fair usage policy applies.
Appendix A
Monthly Active Principals Rate Card
| Number of Principals | Price per Principal for each tier of Principals per month |
|---|---|
| 1-100 | $25 (flat amount) |
| 101-500 | $0.22 |
| 501-1000 | $0.20 |
| 1001-2500 | $0.188 |
| 2501-5000 | $0.175 |
| 5001-7500 | $0.168 |
| 7501-10000 | $0.16 |
| 10001-20000 | $0.144 |
| 20001-30000 | $0.117 |
| 30001-40000 | $0.105 |
| 40001-50000 | $0.105 |
| 50001-60000 | $0.094 |
| 60001-70000 | $0.085 |
| 70001-80000 | $0.077 |
| 80001-90000 | $0.069 |
| 90001-100000 | $0.062 |
- The price per applicable month is calculated based on the number of Monthly Active Principals. The total price is calculated for each applicable tier. Example: If Customer uses Cerbos Hub for 1,000 Monthly Active Principals, the price for that month will be calculated as $25 + (400 * $0.22) + (500* $0.20) = $213.00 USD per month
$$ $ 2 5 + (4 0 0 ^ {} $ 0. 2 2) + (5 0 0 ^ {} $ 0. 2 0) = $ 2 1 3. 0 0 $$
"Monthly Active Principals" means the Principal that makes at least one transaction in the applicable month that is tracked in Cerbos Hub.
“Principal” means a user or service whose permissions are being checked. For most applications, the terms "user" and "principal" are interchangeable because the application is only ever used by humans. However, Cerbos can also authorize access for other applications, services, bots or anything you can think of. All those will also count as Monthly Active Principals alongside users.