Licensing, explained
Your rXg price is three numbers and three tiers. Nothing else. No bundles, no forced upgrades, no paying for scale you don't have.
The three numbers
Answer three questions about your deployment. Each one is set independently.
Data Plane · DPL
1 · How fast?
Your licensed uplink speed, in Gbps. Want a 10 Gbps uplink for 50 devices? Buy exactly that — speed is no longer tied to device count.
Control Plane · CPL
2 · How many client devices?
Phones, laptops, TVs, IoT — the number online at the same time. One CPL per concurrent client. Cluster sessions are included at no extra charge.
Management Plane · MPL
3 · How much gear?
Switches, access points, OLTs — the infrastructure devices the rXg manages for you. One MPL per device.
The three tiers
Each plane gets a feature tier. Mix them freely — an Elite Data Plane with a Core Management Plane is a perfectly normal build.
Core
Everything you need to run: routing, security, access control, essential monitoring.
Premium
Core, plus advanced automation: micro-segmentation, AAA, enhanced infrastructure control.
Elite
The whole arsenal: top speeds, Elite-level control, monetization, and management features.
The three digits are your three tiers.
Every Matrix subscription code ends in three digits — your tier for the Data, Control, and Management planes, in that order. 1 = Core, 2 = Premium, 3 = Elite.
- Data Plane — Premium
- Control Plane — Elite
- Management Plane — Core
How your three numbers become capacity
The three numbers you buy aren't just a price — they define the capacity of every node in your deployment. Here's how each one maps onto the hardware.
Every node can run uplinks up to your licensed DPL speed. The Data Plane License sets the aggregate uplink capacity available on each node — not a pool shared across the cluster. Configure a node's uplinks and it draws from that same licensed ceiling.
Concurrent client sessions are shared across the nodes in a cluster. Your CPL is the total number of simultaneous client devices the deployment supports; the cluster distributes those sessions across its member nodes. Cluster sessions themselves are included at no extra charge.
One MPL per infrastructure device the rXg manages. Switches, access points, and OLTs each consume a single Management Plane License, counted across the whole deployment regardless of which node manages them.
From three numbers to every licensed property
Almost every limit on your license scales off your three numbers. One property comes from your DPL, one from your MPL, and the rest scale with your CPL — here's exactly how much of each you get.
| License property | Scales with | How it's calculated |
|---|---|---|
| Uplink throughput | DPL | Every 1 DPL licenses 1 Gbps of uplink throughput on each node. |
| Managed infrastructure devices | MPL | Every 1 MPL lets the rXg manage 1 infrastructure device — a switch, access point, or OLT. |
| Concurrent client sessions | CPL | Every 1 CPL is 1 concurrent client-device session — that's what CPL counts. |
| Custom portals | CPL | For every 50 CPL, you can configure 1 custom portal on the rXg. |
| Groups | CPL | For every 5 CPL, you get 1 group (never fewer than 6). |
| Policies | CPL | For every 10 CPL, you get 1 policy (never fewer than 3). |
| Uplinks | CPL | For every 100 CPL, you get 1 uplink. |
| Identities | CPL | Every 1 CPL provides 125 identities. |
| Managed IPs | CPL | Every 1 CPL provides 3 managed IPs. |
| Connection states | CPL | Every 1 CPL provides 100 connection-tracking states. |
| VLANs | CPL | For every 2 CPL, you get 3 VLANs (that's 1.5 each), up to a maximum of 16,384. |
Coming from SUL licensing?
The old model chained speed to device count — to get 10 Gbps you bought SUL for devices you didn't have. Matrix Pricing cuts the chain.
Need 10 Gbps for 50 devices? Old model: buy stacks of SUL you'll never use. Matrix: 10 Gbps DPL + 50 CPL. Done. Bonus: cluster sessions are now free.
| You knew it as… | In Matrix Pricing it's… | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| SUL — scale of the deployment in one number | DPL + CPL + MPL — three independent numbers | Speed, clients, and gear are priced separately. You stop over-buying one to get the other. |
| DPL / CPL — both meant max login sessions, interdependent | DPL = uplink Gbps · CPL = concurrent client devices | Independent variables. You set properties of the deployment — not a puzzle about rXg internals. |
| Cluster licensing — paid per cluster session | Included | Cluster sessions come free, as configured. |
| Feature packs tied to size | Core / Premium / Elite per plane | Small deployments can run Elite features; big ones can stay Core. Size ≠ features anymore. |
What real builds look like
1 Gbps uplink · Core
10 client devices · Core
10 infrastructure devices · Core
5 Gbps uplink · Premium
2,000 client devices · Premium
150 infrastructure devices · Core
100 Gbps uplink · Elite
50,000 client devices · Elite
1,200 infrastructure devices · Elite
Questions we hear a lot
Three quantities — uplink speed (DPL), concurrent client devices (CPL), and managed infrastructure devices (MPL) — each at a feature tier you choose (Core, Premium, or Elite). Your subscription is the sum of the three lines. That's the entire model.
One SUL bundled speed and devices together. Now they're separate: buy the uplink speed you actually have, the client count you actually serve, and the gear count you actually manage. Most legacy customers pay less because they stop over-buying one dimension to satisfy the other.
No. Cluster sessions are included as configured. We no longer charge more for clustering.
Yes — that's the point of the matrix. Each plane gets its own tier. An Elite Data Plane with Core Control and Management is a normal, supported build (that's RXG-MSUB-311).
Move any one slider. Need more uplink? Raise DPL. More devices? Raise CPL. The other numbers — and your bill for them — don't move.
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