License & Tiers

Beta reality check. During the public Beta, License v2 activation is bypassed. Everyone runs as Freemium. No signup, no key, no payment.

Pay-tier features are visible in the UI with a Pay Feature badge but they are disabled. They become accessible at the V1.0 release.

The two tiers โ€” at a glance

Capability Free Pay
Core QTO workflow (Setup, Tag, Compute, Report) โœ“ โœ“
Excel computo flat export (Power BI ready) โœ“ โœ“
XPWE export (PriMus interchange) โœ— โœ“
Atomic Erase โ€” Shared Parameters step โœ— โœ“
QTOAI conversational assistant (V1+) โœ— โœ“
QTOValidate validation pipeline (V2+) โœ— โœ“
International BoQ formats โ€” IFC, GAEB, BC3 (V3+) โœ— โœ“

Free tier โ€” what you get

Free is a complete workflow, not a trial. There is no time limit, no project cap, no watermark.

Free works for studios that produce BoQs for internal estimation. Pay adds the delivery surface for external workflows โ€” handover to estimators in PriMus, AI-assisted matching, third-party validation, multi-format international deliverables.

Pay tier โ€” what unlocks at V1.0

How activation will work at V1.0

At V1.0, Pay-tier users activate the add-in by entering a license file generated against their account. Activation is per-user (not per-machine), Windows DPAPI-protected, and works offline after first activation.

Beta users who want to be first to know when V1.0 ships can subscribe to the changelog โ†’ or check the About dialog inside the add-in for the release-notes link.

See also

Last updated 2026-05-19 โ€ข Applies to v0.9+