Compare Acropolis, Orion OEM, and Nephele.
All three products are built on the Orion Network Licensing Platform. Orion OEM ships the full platform for you to self-host and redistribute. Acropolis is Orion OEM with Agilis running the server — hosting, uptime, and operations included. Nephele is a monthly-subscription hosted service tuned for ISV startups and small businesses, with most of the Orion capability set. Use the matrix below to pick the delivery model that fits.
- Concurrent-license limit
- Licensing terms
- Starting license fee
- Business Qualifications
- Support
- License server deployment options
- Languages and operating systems supported
- Application Types
- Data backup and archival
- Throughput
- Limited*
- Monthly Subscription
- Low monthly subscription*
- Small Business Qualified*
- Self-service portal, email, and hosting support*
- Agilis hosted
- Partial Support*
- Partial Support*
- Agilis maintains limited-time backups and archives
- Restricted to normal licensing usage throughput limits
- Unlimited*
- Annual Subscription*
- Based on company revenue*
- No restrictions
- Phone, web, with SLA
- ISV hosted; redistributed to ISV’s end customer
- No restrictions
- No restrictions
- ISV maintains backups and archives
- No restrictions
- Unlimited*
- Annual Subscription
- Based on company revenue and server capacity*
- No restrictions
- Phone, web, with SLA, and hosting support*
- Agilis hosted; redistributed to ISV’s end customer
- No restrictions
- No restrictions
- Agilis maintains limited-time backups and archives
- Subject to excess-use restrictions
A licensing path that scales with your company
Start on Nephele at the subscription tier that matches your stage, scale the plan as revenue grows, and transition to Orion OEM or Acropolis once your products reach mainstream adoption. The three products are designed to carry you from early-stage ISV through enterprise scale without re-integration.
Coverage across major industries
Beyond the standard licensing scenarios, each product is tuned for specific industry segments — the matrix below shows where each fits:
- Enterprise ISV
- Embedded Systems
- Hardware/Software Integration
- Cloud Service Provider
- Start-Up/Small Business ISV
- [y]
- [n]
- [n]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
- [y]
See the full technical comparison chart