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# Licenses and plans

FineParser is licensed by pages parsed per month. Your license file gives the container access to your plan's monthly page allowance.

## Register

Sign up for a plan at [fineparser.ai](https://www.fineparser.ai/#pricing). Pick a plan, complete checkout, and you receive one `.fineparserlicense` file for your account. Keep it somewhere safe. It is the only credential the container needs.

## Use your license

Pass the contents of the license file to the container in the `FINEPARSER_LICENSE_DATA` environment variable. There is no license file mount, and nothing else needs configuring: the file carries both your instance ID and the key that signs metering.

```bash theme={null}
docker run -d --name fineparser -p 8080:8080 \
  -e FINEPARSER_LICENSE_DATA="$(cat acme.fineparserlicense)" \
  -v fineparser-output:/app/output \
  fineparser
```

The license is multi-line text, so pass it with `$(cat file)` as above or from a Kubernetes Secret. Docker `.env` files cannot hold multi-line values and will not work. The `-license-data` flag accepts the same contents if you prefer a flag to an environment variable.

Without a license the container starts but refuses every job. See [Confirming the license](/fine-parser/basics/configuration#confirming-the-license) for how to check it was accepted.

## Plans

All plans except Enterprise are self-service monthly subscriptions.

| Plan       | Pages per month | How to get it                                                       |
| ---------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Free       | 1,000           | Sign up at fineparser.ai. Valid for one year. Credit card required. |
| Starter    | 25,000          | Self-service upgrade                                                |
| Growth     | 250,000         | Self-service upgrade                                                |
| Business   | 1,000,000       | Self-service upgrade                                                |
| Enterprise | Custom          | [Talk to sales](/fine-parser/reference/enterprise)                  |

## Manage your subscription

Self-service plans are billed through Stripe. Open the [FineParser billing portal](https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/00weVd4rQeQC5zsf1y7EQ00) and sign in with the email address you registered with. Stripe sends a one-time login link to that address.

From the portal you can:

* Upgrade your plan. The new page allowance is available immediately.
* Downgrade your plan. The change takes effect at the start of your next billing cycle.
* Update your payment method.
* View and download invoices.
* Cancel your subscription. This disables your license. Every license, including Free, needs an active subscription in Stripe to keep working.

Enterprise customers are invoiced directly. Contact your account manager for changes, or see [Support](/fine-parser/reference/support).

## Reaching your limit

Processing stops when you reach your plan's monthly page limit. FineParser does not offer pay-as-you-go pricing or overage billing. If you need more pages before the next billing cycle, upgrade to a larger plan in the [billing portal](https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/00weVd4rQeQC5zsf1y7EQ00). The new allowance is available immediately.

If your volume is unpredictable, or you want to pay for what you use rather than a fixed monthly allowance, [FineParser Enterprise](/fine-parser/reference/enterprise) offers volume-based licensing with no monthly ceiling.