Compare the Bakasir cloud subscription with a self-hosted license, see how signed activation and the 30-day heartbeat grace period work, and what to confirm before purchase.
- Signed license fileYour installation verifies a cryptographic signature.
- 30-day grace periodA failed heartbeat never stops you immediately.
- POS is never switched offSales and business operations are never remotely disabled.
Cloud or self-hosted: compare
Choose who operates the infrastructure. Commercial terms are confirmed in your agreement before purchase.
- SaaS
- Self-hosted
- Who runs the infrastructure
- Bakasir hosts and maintains it for you.
- You run it on your own servers.
- Billing
- Per store or outlet on a monthly or yearly plan; plugins are separate where shown.
- A licensing agreement; commercial terms are confirmed with us before purchase.
- Updates and backups
- Handled for you.
- You schedule upgrades and backups unless your agreement says otherwise.
- Where your data lives
- On Bakasir hosting.
- On your own infrastructure.
- Entitlements
- Plan and plugin subscriptions in your account.
- A signed license file verified by the installation.
- Connectivity
- Browser POS with an offline mode that syncs when you are back online.
- Online activation once, then a daily heartbeat.
- Support
- Support inside the tenant portal.
- Scope agreed in your contract.
How self-hosted activation works
Scroll through the license lifecycle, from agreement to a daily heartbeat.
- 1
Confirm the agreement
Agree the licensed organisation, permitted use, support scope and renewal terms before anything is issued.
- 2
Receive the signed license
You receive a cryptographically signed license file for your organisation.
- 3
Deploy on your infrastructure
Install Bakasir on your servers. Infrastructure, backups and upgrades are yours to run.
- 4
Activate online once
The installation verifies the signature and activates online one time. The license file is then stored on your installation.
- 5
Daily heartbeat
The installation contacts api.bakasir.com every day. Rotating or terminating a license takes effect at the next successful heartbeat.
- 6
30 days of grace
If heartbeats fail, everything keeps working for 30 days. After that a warning banner appears and license admin pages lock. POS and business operations are never remotely disabled.
Step 1: agree the terms
After 30 days a warning banner appears and license admin pages lock. POS keeps working.
What to confirm
Confirm the licensed organisation, permitted use, support scope, renewal terms, deployment responsibilities and third-party components. A marketing page does not replace your signed agreement.
Contact us- The licensed organisation
- Permitted use
- Support scope
- Renewal terms
- Deployment responsibilities
- Third-party components
License questions
No. If the daily heartbeat fails, the installation stays fully functional for 30 days. After that a warning banner appears and the license admin pages lock. POS and business operations are never remotely disabled.
The license activates online once. After that the installation contacts api.bakasir.com daily, and brief outages are covered by the 30-day grace period.
Both take effect at the installation's next successful heartbeat.
On a self-hosted installation, you do, unless your agreement says otherwise. Agree the operating responsibilities before purchase.
