Choose a License
All licenses are royalty free. You make a one-time payment per-product (i.e. per stock-keeping unit) and it remains valid for the lifetime of your product.
| Solopreneur | Standard | Enterprise |
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| $100 | $6,000 | $17,000 |
| For incorporated entities with a single owner and no employees. | For businesses with a turnover less than $50,000,000 USD in their last fiscal year. | For businesses with a turnover equal to or greater than $50,000,000 USD in their last fiscal year. |
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In addition to the licenses presented here, Unicorn is available under a free for non-commercial use license. This license is ideal for non-profits and hobbyists.
Full Source Code Access
The publicly available source code for Unicorn is amalgamated. It is intended for non-commercial use, auditing, and Solopreneur licensees. However, it is not the preferred form for editing Unicorn. For example, it does not include the tests or code for generating the Unicode® data tables consumed by Unicorn.
When you purchase a Standard or Enterprise license to Unicorn you will be granted access to its complete source code. The complete source code is unamalgamated and includes the unit tests, integration tests, fuzz tests as well as the code that processes the Unicode® data, and code that generates the Unicode® data tables. The complete source code is required to maintain your own fork of Unicorn.
The unit, integration, and fuzz tests for Unicorn depend on Audition which is not included with your purchase of Unicorn. If you need to maintain the tests, then you must either purchase a license to Audition or migrate the tests to your preferred testing framework.
Special Discounts
Unicorn licenses are valid for one product (i.e. one stock-keeping unit), however, if you have a family of products, then please reach out for a discount.
The Standard license is available at a discount to small businesses that do not qualify for the Solopreneur license. How substantial the discount is will depend on the size of the company, how it is funded (e.g. bootstrapped, venture-backed), how recently it was founded, etc.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions.
How many products can I integrate Unicorn with?
Exactly one (1). A single Unicorn license is valid for embedding in exactly one product (i.e. one stock-keeping unit). If you have a family of products, then reach out for a discount.
Is there a feature difference between the licenses?
No. All licenses include all features of Unicorn.
Where can I review the license text?
The license will be emailed to you after you reach out. It is not publicly available. The non-commercial use license is available for review on GitHub.
Do licenses expire?
Licenses are valid indefinitely, however, they are only valid for the current major version of Unicorn. The “major version” refers to the first numeral in its version string. That means if you purchase Unicorn version 1.x you may use all newer versions of Unicorn up to but not including version 2.x. Please review the versioning notice for the circumstances under which the major version may change.
Can I refund Unicorn?
No. All sales are final. You are expected to verify that Unicorn meets your needs by downloading the public source code from the downloads page and trying it on your computer.
How will I receive the full source code?
Your company must elect a technical representative and they will be granted access to the complete source code via a private GitHub repository. They must have a GitHub account and provide their username for access.
When are payments due?
All payments are due up-front and in-full.
What payment methods are accepted?
Railgun uses Stripe to send invoices and collect payments. Most payment methods accepted by Stripe are acceptable to Railgun.
Is support included?
In general, no. Support packages are sold separately. However, if you believe you’ve discovered a bug, you can submit it online. Do note that without a support package there is no guarantee when the bug will be investigated.