Licensing¶

LightlyTrain is available under three licensing options depending on your use case.

License Types¶

AGPL-3.0 License¶

The default open-source license. Ideal for open-source projects, academic research, and community contributions. If you distribute software that uses LightlyTrain, you must make your source code available under AGPL-3.0.

Commercial License¶

For businesses and organizations that need to keep their code and models private. Covers model training and deployment. No obligation to open-source your work.

Free Community License¶

Available for students, researchers, startups in early stages, or anyone exploring or experimenting with LightlyTrain. Full access to all features without cost. Contact us to apply.

Model Weights¶

Are my trained model weights covered by AGPL-3.0?¶

Yes. The AGPL-3.0 license covers the training code and the model weights produced by that training code. Weights trained with LightlyTrain under AGPL-3.0 are therefore AGPL-3.0 licensed.

What are my options?¶

AGPL-3.0 License: Open-source your model weights and the complete source code of any application that uses them under AGPL-3.0.
Commercial License: Required for any commercial use of the weights. No obligation to open-source your code or weights.
Free Community License: For non-commercial use without open-sourcing. Free for students, researchers, and early-stage startups.

Commercial Pricing¶

We publish our pricing openly so you know what to expect before reaching out.

Plan	Price	Eligibility
Startup	$5,000 / year	< $1M revenue or < 10 employees
Growth	$10,000 / year	< $10M revenue or < 100 employees
Enterprise	Custom	> $10M revenue or > 100 employees

What’s Included¶

Startup and Growth Plans

Commercial use license (model training and deployment)
Startup: Community support
Growth: Basic support

Enterprise Plan

Commercial use license (model training and deployment)
Priority support
Joint Slack channel
Co-development engineering
Influence on the product roadmap