Planning and preparation: Product licensing

License subscription plans

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Cayosoft Guardian can be used with different license subscriptions. Each of these subscriptions enables different functionality.

Here is the list of license subscriptions available for working with Cayosoft Guardian:

• Cayosoft Guardian 
• Cayosoft Guardian and Forest Recovery
• Cayosoft Guardian Freeware
• Cayosoft Guardian Trial

License workflow

1. When Cayosoft Guardian is installed, it is not activated and you need to specify the activation code to activate Cayosoft Guardian Trial or Cayosoft Guardian Freeware subscription. To activate a paid subscription and to start working with the product, import the enterprise license. 

2. With the activation code, you can activate the Cayosoft Guardian Trial subscription which has the same features as the Cayosoft Guardian subscription.

3. When 25 days pass, Cayosoft Guardian will switch to the Cayosoft Guardian Freeware subscription. This subscription includes Threat Detection and Change monitoring features.

 

License subscription plans and features

The table below displays the Cayosoft Guardian features available in different license subscription plans.

Features/Subscriptions	Cayosoft Guardian/ Cayosoft Guardian Trial	Cayosoft Guardian and Forest Recovery	Cayosoft Guardian Freeware
Threat Detection
Real-time Threat Detection	x	x	-
Scheduled Threat Detection	x	x	x
Updates from cloud	x	x	x
Manual remediation of threat alerts	x	x	x
Reporting	x	x	x
Change Monitoring
Change Monitoring	x	x	x*
Change Alerts	x	x	-
Change Reports	x	x	-
Initiator Detection	x	x	x
Rollback/Automatic rollback	x	x	-
Connect to Azure SQL or local SQL Server	x	x	-
Archiving to another database	x	x	-
Forest Recovery
Active Directory backup	-	x	-
Single DC Recovery	-	x	-
Instant Forest Recovery	-	x	-
Azure Recovery Sites	-	x	-
AWS Recovery Sites	-	x	-
Back up Active Directory domain controllers to Azure, Amazon S3, or network shares	-	x	-
Configuration and Settings
License Management	x	x	x
Delegation	x	x	-
Service settings	x	x	x**
Jobs management	x	x	-
Communication channels management	x	x	-
Retention rules management	x	x	-
Live browsing for connected systems	x	x	-

 

 

x^*  - Only 2 weeks of change history are available. 

x** - Some Service settings can not be modified.