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Utility (pay-as-you-go) licensing

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Kind
Consumption (postpaid)
Term
Hourly or monthly
Aliases
PAYG; utility
Definition
BIG-IP VE data sheet: Utility (Pay-as-you-go) is hourly or monthly billing for maximum flexibility and no long-term commitment.
Commercial rules
Under a cloud utility offering the customer buys from the cloud provider marketplace and pays the provider (Platform Terms s.2.8 and s.5.2.3).
Applies to
BIG-IP VE and NGINX offerings through public cloud marketplaces
Related metrics

Evidence 1

Each public cloud BYOL instance needs its own licence key
"Each instance of the Software running in the Cloud Provider’s environment requires its own license key when you are using a bring-your-own-license offering from the Cloud Provider."

Platform Terms s.2.8F5 Platform Terms of Use (DOC-0355-20 CT)Effective 2026-07-01Retrieved 2026-10-08

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