Licensed per machine, not per user
Each installation is a fingerprint. 20 or 2,000 end users on a customer server cost the same: nothing extra.
For software houses
Ship customer projects on WUIC. Pay per server, not per user.
A software house that delivers business applications to several customers pays WUIC once per installation, keeps resale rights, and never sees the bill grow with the customers' user count. This page puts the numbers side by side and explains how a customer deployment is licensed.
Why software houses pick WUIC
Six reasons that come up in every evaluation call.
Explicit resale rights
The Software House tier states in writing that you can sell WUIC-based applications to your customers and install them on their servers.
Your stack, your servers
.NET 10 backend and Angular 21 frontend, self-hosted on the customer's Windows/IIS or Linux server. No SaaS, no container requirement, no call home.
From the customer's schema to the app
Point it at the customer's SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle database: lists, forms, dashboards, workflows and reports are generated from metadata. You write code only where the customer is different.
Three complete apps as starting points
CRM, Italian e-invoicing and fleet management ship for free with the framework. Fork one instead of starting a customer project from a blank page.
Offline license checks
The license payload is signed and verified locally. Customer installations keep running without contacting our servers.
Three-year cost of ownership
Adjust the scenario to your pipeline. WUIC rows are list prices in EUR; competitor rows use their published per-seat prices in USD with annual billing.
Professional needs 8 fingerprints (developer machines + customer servers): 3 included, 5 extra at €200 / year each.
| Option | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WUIC Professional €1,200 first year, extension at €600 / year, extra fingerprints at €200 / year | €2,200 | €1,600 | €1,600 | €5,400 |
WUIC Software House €4,800 / year: 3 developer seats, unlimited production servers, priority support, resale rights | €4,800 | €4,800 | €4,800 | €14,400 |
Retool Team $10 per builder + $5 per end user, per month, annual billing | $12,360 | $12,360 | $12,360 | $37,080 |
Retool Business $50 per builder + $15 per end user (15 included), per month, annual billing | $35,100 | $35,100 | $35,100 | $105,300 |
Budibase Premium (self-hosted) $50 per creator + $5 per app user, per month, annual billing | $13,800 | $13,800 | $13,800 | $41,400 |
Competitor prices are the vendors' public list prices as of 2026-09, before volume discounts, and exclude add-on meters (AI credits, workflow runs, external users). WUIC extension prices assume renewal within 60 days of the window expiry. Currencies are not converted.
How a customer project works
Five steps from your development machine to a licensed customer server.
Build on your fingerprint
Your development machine is one of the fingerprints of your license. Develop against the customer's schema, or start from one of the free apps.
Deliver the built application
Publish the .NET backend and the compiled Angular frontend on the customer's IIS or Linux server. Their data stays in their database.
Read the server fingerprint
On the customer server call GET /api/Meta/LicenseStatus and copy machineFingerprint. Until the license is applied the installation runs in Trial mode (20 records per query).
Get the updated license within 24 hours
Send us the fingerprint. You receive a signed license payload that adds the server; paste it into appsettings.json and restart. Existing fingerprints stay valid; a server swap costs nothing.
Update when you decide
Every release published within your 12-month window is yours. After that the installed version keeps working; an extension license at half price opens the next window.
Professional or Software House?
Both include every feature. The difference is how many machines you deploy to and what support you need.
Professional
€1,200 / year, then €600 / year extension
- 3 fingerprints included: typically 1 developer machine + 2 customer servers
- Extra fingerprints at €200 / year each, no technical limit
- Best for one or two customer deployments
- Documentation, updates within the window, public bug tracker
Software House
€4,800 / year
- 3 developer seats + unlimited production fingerprints on customer servers
- Explicit resale rights for customer projects
- Priority support with guaranteed 48-hour response
- Cheaper than Professional from about 6 customer servers upward
Frequently asked by software houses
Can I resell applications built on WUIC to my customers?
Yes. The Professional license covers customer projects, and the Software House license adds explicit resale rights, three developer seats and unlimited production fingerprints on end-client servers.
How is a customer installation licensed?
Per machine. Each server has a machineFingerprint (GET /api/Meta/LicenseStatus). You send it to us and receive an updated license payload that adds the new server. Professional includes 3 fingerprints, extras cost €200 per year, Software House has no production limit.
Professional or Software House?
Professional fits one or two customer deployments plus your development machine. From roughly six fingerprints upward, or when you want priority support and explicit resale rights, Software House at €4,800 per year is cheaper and simpler.
What happens after the first year?
The installed version keeps working forever. To receive newer releases you buy an extension license at half price within 60 days of the window expiry (Developer €300, Professional €600), which opens a new 12-month update window.
Do my customers get the source code?
The framework runtime is closed-source; your application code (metadata, Angular customizations, .NET hooks) is yours and stays in your repository. Customers receive the built application and its data in their own SQL database.
Is there lock-in for my customers?
Application data lives in the customer's SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle database and metadata lives in SQL tables under their control. The runtime is closed, but nothing is hosted by us: installations keep running without any contact with our servers, and license checks are offline.