Flex Consumption Program (FCP)
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- Kind
- Commitment / consumption
- Term
- 36 months, three 12-month Annual Terms; 3- or 5-year commitment per the F5 purchasing page
- Aliases
- FCP; Flex Consumption
- Definition
- Subscription Program Terms: FCP Subscriptions are granted for three years and give access to a full suite of F5 Products, with an annual true-up/true-forward of actual usage against the commitment.
- Commercial rules
- Annual Commitment = prior commitment plus growth measured over the Billing Term (months 9 to 11 for Software; months 1 to 11 for Services). Monthly Usage Reports within 10 days after month end; 30-day grace period at expiry by agreement; support and software upgrades included.
- Applies to
- Eligible deployable software (Schedule A: BIG-IP VE, NGINX, F5 Insight, AI Security, software on rSeries and VELOS) and F5 Services (Schedule B: Distributed Cloud)
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""Annual Software Growth" means the average of the Run Rates in the Billing Term minus the Annual Software Commitment for the Annual Term (rounded to the nearest whole dollar)."
"F5 Distributed Cloud WAF Max # of WAF-enabled XC Load Balancers deployed"
"your failure to comply with these terms, including applicable Schedules, is a material breach."
"At the end of each year, F5 will reconcile your actual usage against your commitment ("annual true-up/true-forward")."
"we may, if we both agree, extend your FCP Subscription Term for up to 30 days ("Grace Period")"
"FCP is F5’s flagship buying program and successor to ELA."
"If your subscription was renewed under the Flexible Consumption Program (FCP), automatic JWT renewal isn’t supported."
"Schedule A (Deployable Software) supports BIG-IP VEs, NGINX, F5 Insight, AI Security, and software on rSeries and VELOS."
"Unless your Quote says otherwise, your subscription ("FCP Subscription") is for a period of thirty-six (36) months ("FCP Subscription Term"), beginning on the Subscription Start Date."
"Hardware cannot be acquired or used without an active Software SKU."
"we reserve the right to calculate Subscription Report based on the highest monthly utilization recorded in the preceding twelve (12) months"
"F5 Distributed Cloud Mobile App Shield # of unique monthly active users (MAUs) of protected apps"
"If your actual Consumption for month 12 of an Annual Term of your FCP Subscription is equal to or greater than one-and-one-half (1.5) times your actual Consumption during month 11"
"Within 10 days after the end of each calendar month you will provide to us a Usage Report for each Software Product that you Deployed in the prior calendar month."
"You will not alter a Usage Report, knowingly report inaccurate usage, transfer Software Instances between subscriptions, or otherwise attempt to manipulate the reporting of actual usage."
"delete all Software (including all Software Instances), license keys, documentation, and any other F5 materials in your possession or control"
"Unless we otherwise agree in writing, you will order all Products from a reseller authorized by F5 ("Reseller") in accordance with these Requirements."
"If your aggregate Consumption in a Billing Term is an amount less than your Annual Services Commitment, it shall not reduce your payment obligations for the Annual Services Commitment."
"For Software: the 9th through 11th full calendar months of an Annual Term"
"Pricing includes F5 Premium Support unless otherwise indicated."
"If you do not dispute a Subscription Report within 10 days of us making it accessible to you, the Subscription Report will be considered final."
"means, unless otherwise defined on your Quote or order confirmation, the day that registration keys, certificates, or other authentication methods are first made available to you for any Software"
Source Documents 3
- F5 Subscription Program Terms | F5Program terms · effective 2026-09-30 · retrieved 2026-10-08
- F5 Flex Consumption Program | F5Vendor page · retrieved 2026-10-08
- NGINX Plus licensing workflows | NGINX DocumentationDocumentation · retrieved 2026-10-08