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License Tiers

Detailed feature matrix for Rockfish NDR license tiers.

Tier Comparison

FeatureBasic (Free)Professional ($99)Enterprise ($999)
Event Rate10,000/min50,000/minUnlimited
Ingest + Parquet storageYesYesYes
GeoIP enrichmentYesYesYes
HTML reportsYesYesYes
S3 cloud uploadYesYesYes
Full documentationYesYesYes
IP reputation scoringYesYes
Basic hunt algorithmsYesYes
MCP server integrationYesYes
Priority email supportYesYes
ML anomaly detectionYes
Threat Intelligence supportYes
Workflow integration supportYes
Dedicated supportYes

Basic (Free)

Available without a license file. Provides core NDR functionality:

  • Ingest + Parquet storage
  • GeoIP enrichment
  • HTML reports
  • S3 cloud upload
  • Full documentation

Limit: 10,000 events per minute.

Professional ($99)

Adds detection intelligence and AI-powered analysis:

  • Everything in Basic
  • IP reputation scoring
  • Basic hunt algorithms
  • MCP server integration
  • Priority email support

Limit: 50,000 events per minute.

Enterprise ($999)

Full NDR capability:

  • Everything in Professional
  • ML anomaly detection
  • Threat Intelligence support
  • Workflow integration support
  • Dedicated support

No event rate limit.

License File Format

{
  "id": "rockfish_acme-corp-enterprise_Abc123",
  "tier": "enterprise",
  "customer_name": "Acme Corp",
  "customer_email": "[email protected]",
  "max_events_per_min": null,
  "issued_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "expires_at": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "signature": "base64-encoded-ed25519-signature"
}

Licenses are verified using Ed25519 digital signatures with a public key embedded in the binary. License provenance metadata is included in every Parquet file.

Deployment Model

  • Perpetual licenses on a per site basis with 12 months of software maintenance
  • Runs on your VPC or on-premise
  • No telemetry or phone home
  • Fully air-gap capable