VictoriaMetrics/docs/enterprise.md

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# VictoriaMetrics enterprise

VictoriaMetrics components are provided in two kinds - [community edition](https://victoriametrics.com/products/open-source/)
and [enterprise edition](https://victoriametrics.com/products/enterprise/).

VictoriaMetrics community components are open source and are free to use - see [the source code](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/)
and [the license](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/LICENSE).

The use of VictoriaMetrics enteprise components is permitted in the following cases:

- Evaluation use in non-production setups. Just download and run enterprise binaries or packages of VictoriaMetrics
  components from usual places - [releases page](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases) and [docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/u/victoriametrics).
  Enterprise binaries and packages have `enterprise` suffix in their names.

- Production use if you have a valid enterprise contract or valid permit from VictoriaMetrics company.
  [Contact us](mailto:info@victoriametrics.com) if you need such contract.

- [Managed VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/managed_victoriametrics/) is built on top of enterprise binaries of VictoriaMetrics.

All the enterprise apps require `-eula` command-line flag to be passed to them. This flag acknowledges that your usage fits one of the cases listed above.

## VictoriaMetrics enterprise features

VictoriaMetrics enterprise includes [all the features of the community edition](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#prominent-features),
plus the following additional features:

- [Downsampling](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#downsampling) - this feature allows reducing storage costs
  and increasing performance for queries over historical data.
- [Multiple retentions](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#retention-filters) - this feature allows reducing storage costs
  by specifying different retentions to different datasets.
- [Automatic discovery of vmstorage nodes](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#automatic-vmstorage-discovery) -
  this feature allows updating the list of `vmstorage` nodes at `vminsert` and `vmselect` without the need to restart these services.
- [Graphite querying](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#graphite-render-api-usage) - this feature allows seamless
  transition from Graphite to VictoriaMetrics without the need to modify queries at dashboards and alerts.
  VictoriaMetrics allows reducing infrastructure costs by more than 10x comparing to Graphite -
  see [this case study](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CaseStudies.html#grammarly).
- [Backup automation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackupmanager.html).
- [Advanced per-tenant stats](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/PerTenantStatistic.html).
- [Advanced auth and rate limiter](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmgateway.html).
- [mTLS for cluster components](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#mtls-protection).
- [Kafka integration](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html#kafka-integration).
- [Multitenant support in vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#multitenancy).

On top of this, enterprise package of VictoriaMetrics usually includes the following important Enterprise points:

- First-class consulting and technical support provided by the core dev team.
- [Monitoring of monitoring](https://victoriametrics.com/products/mom/) - this feature allows forecasting
  and preventing possible issues in VictoriaMetrics setups.
- [Enterprise security compliance](https://victoriametrics.com/security/).

[Contact us](mailto:info@victoriametrics.com) if you are interested in VictoriaMetrics enterprise.