# Sensu-go free vs paid

**URL:** <https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-free-vs-paid/2098>\
**Category:** Migrating to Sensu Go\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-free-vs-paid/2098 "2020-10-21T09:59:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![simon71](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/simon71/32/481_2.png) [@simon71](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/simon71)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-free-vs-paid/2098/1 "2020-10-21T09:59:15Z")

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Hi,

I’m working on a spike to move from Sensu-core to sensu-go.

In the pinned post “introducing-usage-limits-in-the-sensu-go-free-tier” it says your able to use supported modules for up to 1000 entities.

Here [Get started with commercial features - Sensu Docs](https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/commercial/) it say’s it’s up to 100 entities.

The website says

> All official binaries distributed by Sensu, Inc. are commercially licensed and made available for FREE for small teams or individual use (up to 100 nodes)

My questions are:

1. Are supported modules and official binaries the same thing?
2. is it 100 or 1000 entities?
3. Are nodes and entities the same?
4. If there is a limit on commercial features can you choose which entities they are applied to? i.e. have poduction entities using commercial and test not.
5. If we are starting with more than the max entities can we disable commercial features on all, so we don’t constantly have the warning message? or is it a case we’ll just have to pay for the license?

Has anyone else been through this and can give me any pointers.

Thanks

Simon

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**Author:** ![calebhailey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/calebhailey/32/46_2.png) [@calebhailey](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/calebhailey)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-free-vs-paid/2098/2 "2020-10-22T21:26:01Z")

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Hi there, @simon71 👋 great question(s).

1. **Are supported modules and official binaries the same thing?**

2. **Is it 100 or 1000 entities?**

3. **Are nodes and entities the same?**

4. **If there is a limit on commercial features can you choose which entities they are applied to? i.e. have poduction entities using commercial and test not.**

5. **If we are starting with more than the max entities can we disable commercial features on all, so we don’t constantly have the warning message? or is it a case we’ll just have to pay for the license?**

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions. 🙂

#monitoringlove

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**Author:** ![miralgj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/miralgj/32/662_2.png) [@miralgj](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/miralgj)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-free-vs-paid/2098/3 "2020-10-27T17:55:40Z")

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If you compile binaries yourself you are essentially using the _community_ version and can go past the 100 entity limits of the enterprise packages.

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**Author:** ![wedwards](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/wedwards/32/280_2.png) [@wedwards](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/wedwards)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-free-vs-paid/2098/4 "2020-10-30T10:29:26Z")

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> Has anyone else been through this and can give me any pointers.

We’ve migrated from Sensu Core to Sensu Go. After writing Ansible code installing the precompiled packages, we hit the 100 entities limit. We then used the binary distribution - which is free with no entity limit - but it seemed ‘flaky’ at times. We’re now using the ‘enterprise edition’.

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**Author:** ![simon71](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/simon71/32/481_2.png) [@simon71](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/simon71)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-go-free-vs-paid/2098/5 "2020-11-02T08:48:01Z")

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@wedwards Thats the exact answer I both expected and needed thanks.