--- title: "How Kanoa MES Is Licensed: Per Gateway, Not Per User, Line or Tag" description: Kanoa MES is licensed per Ignition Gateway and by Solution, not by users, tags or lines. Here's what you license, what's separate, and how to get a budget. image: https://kanoa.ai/hubfs/KM-2026-019-how-kanoa-mes-is-licensed-blog-hero-r2.png --- [![kanoa](https://kanoa.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/primary_logo.png?width=177&height=50&name=primary_logo.png "kanoa")](https://kanoa.ai/) [![kanoa](https://kanoa.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/primary_logo.png?width=177&height=50&name=primary_logo.png "kanoa")](https://kanoa.ai/) - Kanoa MES - [Kanoa MES Platform](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-mes-overview) - [Kanoa Ops](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-ops) - [Kanoa Trace](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-trace) - [Kanoa Quality](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-quality) - [Kanoa Maintenance](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-maintenance) - [Kanoa Inventory](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-inventory) - [Implementation Assurance](https://kanoa.ai/implementation-assurance-expert-guidance-for-successful-mes-kanoa) - [Powered by Ignition](https://kanoa.ai/powered-by-ignition) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://kanoa.ai/faq) - [Pricing](https://kanoa.ai/pricing) - Resources - [Live Demo](http://demo.kanoa.ai/data/perspective/client/kanoaDemo/) - [Downloads](https://kanoa.ai/downloads) - [Blog](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-blog) - [Partners](https://kanoa.ai/become-a-kanoa-partner) - [Systems Integrators](https://kanoa.ai/systems-integrator-partners) - [Friends of Kanoa](https://kanoa.ai/partners) - [Become a Partner](https://kanoa.ai/become-a-kanoa-partner) - [Kanoa on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@kanoa_ai) - [About](https://kanoa.ai/about) - Support - [Documentation](https://docs.kanoa.ai/) - [Support Portal](https://kanoa.freshdesk.com/) - [Kanoa Forum](https://forum.kanoa.ai/) - [Support Policy](https://kanoa.ai/hubfs/Documents/Kanoa%20Support%20Policy%2020240618.pdf) - [Contact](https://kanoa.ai/contact) More results Download Kanoa Download Kanoa - Kanoa MES - [Kanoa MES Platform](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-mes-overview) - [Kanoa Ops](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-ops) - [Kanoa Trace](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-trace) - [Kanoa Quality](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-quality) - [Kanoa Maintenance](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-maintenance) - [Kanoa Inventory](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-inventory) - [Implementation Assurance](https://kanoa.ai/implementation-assurance-expert-guidance-for-successful-mes-kanoa) - [Powered by Ignition](https://kanoa.ai/powered-by-ignition) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://kanoa.ai/faq) - [Pricing](https://kanoa.ai/pricing) - Resources - [Live Demo](http://demo.kanoa.ai/data/perspective/client/kanoaDemo/) - [Downloads](https://kanoa.ai/downloads) - [Blog](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-blog) - [Partners](https://kanoa.ai/become-a-kanoa-partner) - [Systems Integrators](https://kanoa.ai/systems-integrator-partners) - [Friends of Kanoa](https://kanoa.ai/partners) - [Become a Partner](https://kanoa.ai/become-a-kanoa-partner) - [Kanoa on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@kanoa_ai) - [About](https://kanoa.ai/about) - Support - [Documentation](https://docs.kanoa.ai/) - [Support Portal](https://kanoa.freshdesk.com/) - [Kanoa Forum](https://forum.kanoa.ai/) - [Support Policy](https://kanoa.ai/hubfs/Documents/Kanoa%20Support%20Policy%2020240618.pdf) - [Contact](https://kanoa.ai/contact) Download Kanoa # How Kanoa MES Is Licensed: Per Gateway, Not Per User, Line or Tag By [**Sam Russem**](https://kanoa.ai/kanoa-blog/author/sam-russem) on Nov 11, 2026, 8:00:00 AM ![Kanoa MES licensing: per Ignition Gateway, by Solution. Another Ignition Gateway or another Solution changes your license; more users, stations, lines or tags don't. Start with Kanoa Ops and add Solutions as you grow.](https://kanoa.ai/hubfs/KM-2026-019-how-kanoa-mes-is-licensed-blog-hero-r2.png) "How many users will you have?" "How many lines?" "How many stations?" "How many sites?" "How many tags?" If you've priced MES software before, you've probably answered those questions, and watched the number climb as the project grew. With Kanoa MES, those questions don't come up. Here's how licensing works, and how to get a budget figure for your own plant. ## Licensed per Ignition Gateway Kanoa MES is licensed per Ignition Gateway. Like Ignition, it isn't priced by users, tags, lines, sessions, sites or transactions. Adding operators, a second line or more data collection doesn't change your Kanoa license. What does set practical scale is your architecture: your Ignition Gateway infrastructure, application design and data volumes. Multi-line, multi-site and high-volume deployments are supported with the right architecture, and multi-gateway and multi-site deployments can be quoted as enterprise bundles. ## What you license: Kanoa Ops, then the Solutions you need Kanoa MES is modular. - **Kanoa Ops** is the required foundation Solution: OEE, downtime, scheduling, security and dashboarding. List price $20,000 per Ignition Gateway, and it's in every quote. - **Add-on Solutions**, each requiring Kanoa Ops: Kanoa Quality (+$10,000), Kanoa Trace (+$10,000), Kanoa Maintenance (+$10,000) and Kanoa Inventory (+$5,000). You can start with Kanoa Ops and add Solutions later as your needs grow. Licenses are perpetual, a one-time purchase per Ignition Gateway. **Annual Support** is the recurring part. It's required with the initial license, priced at 20% of total license fees, and it includes ongoing upgrades, compatibility updates and access to support channels. ## Dev, test and redundant servers Most teams want somewhere to build and test before production. Dev Server, Test Server and Redundant Server licenses are each priced at 50% of the production license subtotal, and they include the same Kanoa Solutions licensed on the production server. A production license is required to buy them. This is often an evolution. A pilot or proof of concept usually starts on a single licensed Gateway. Once Kanoa MES is part of everyday production, you'll want a separate system for building and testing changes, and that's when a Dev or Test Server license comes in. If it fits your needs, you can also build and test in Kanoa MES's 2-hour trial mode, the same as Ignition's, without buying another license. ## What's licensed separately Kanoa MES runs on Ignition and Microsoft SQL Server. Both are required, and both are licensed separately: Ignition through Inductive Automation or your Ignition provider. Implementation services aren't part of the license either. If you'd like Kanoa's help, Kanoa Implementation Assurance is an optional service offering (+$20,000) of consulting, engineering and training to support your implementation. ## What's in the license The selected Kanoa MES Solutions, the Kanoa MES Ignition module, the Kanoa MES database schema and the Kanoa APP Ignition Perspective project. ## Getting a number for your plant The [Pricing page](https://kanoa.ai/pricing) has an estimator. Pick your Solutions and supporting servers, and you get a budgetary estimate on the spot, with Annual Support included. It's for planning: taxes, travel and implementation scope can affect final pricing, and Ignition and SQL Server aren't included. When you're ready, submit your configuration from the same page to get a formal quote. Prefer to talk it through? 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