We listen. A lot. And one message has come through loud and clear from our community: teams want a way to get into the BoxLang ecosystem with commercial licensing, real tooling, and actual support — without jumping straight to a full BoxLang+ subscription. Today, we're thrilled to announce the BoxLang Starter Plan — the new entry point designed for teams beginning their modernization journey. Simple. Affordable. Production-ready from day one. 🎉
What Is the BoxLang Starter Plan?
BoxLang has always been free and open source under the Apache 2 license. That isn't changing. But between "free forever" and a full BoxLang+ enterprise subscription, there was a gap — and the Starter Plan fills it perfectly.
BoxLang Starter: A commercial license for a single web deployment, bundled with Premium Modules, 5 support incidents, and the full BoxLang tooling suite. All for $749/year.
It's the fastest, most affordable path from evaluation to production.
What's Included 📦
✅ Core BoxLang Features
Everything that makes BoxLang powerful is included: async programming, closures, lambdas, virtual threading, Java interop, OOP, scripting and templating language, XML/JSON/YAML, scheduled tasks, interceptors, JDBC data framework, and more.
✅ Premium Modules
Starter subscribers unlock the full Premium Modules library, including:
- Documentation: PDF generation, PDF manipulation, extract & fill PDF forms, spreadsheets, CSV
- Communication: FTP/SFTP connectivity, LDAP, SOAP, POP Mail, REST module
- Caching & NoSQL: Redis module (session distribution, caching, pub/sub, AI memory), MeiliSearch, BoxLang cache engine
- AI: The
bx-aimodule with multi-provider support and extended AI providers - CFML Compatibility: Full CFML/ColdFusion parser, transpiler, and feature scanner
✅ 5 Support Incidents / Year
Real humans, real answers. You get 5 dedicated support incidents per year backed by our team of language engineers. Need to refill? Support blocks of 5, 10, 15, or 20+ hours are available.
Support also includes:
- Access to the dedicated support tracker
- Community Slack and forums
✅ 1 Server / Container / Lambda
The Starter Plan covers one deployment target — your choice of:
| Runtime | Covered |
|---|---|
| Standard Server (VM / Bare Metal) | ✅ |
| Docker / Servlet Containers | ✅ |
| AWS Lambda | ✅ |
| Google Cloud Functions | ✅ |
| CLI Application | ✅ |
| Native Binaries (Windows, Mac, *nix) | ✅ |
| WASM (Browser or Container) | ✅ |
| Cloud (Any Provider) | ✅ |
| Embedded / IoT / ESP32 | ✅ |
Pick the runtime that fits your deployment. Each Starter license also includes one development environment (all local developer machines) at no extra cost.
⚠️ Note: The Starter plan covers a single web/container/lambda deployment. For desktop applications, web assembly, or native images as standalone products, a BoxLang+/++ license is required.
Premium Tooling — Included 🛠️
One of the best parts about Starter? You get the full BoxLang commercial tooling suite, the same tools available in BoxLang+/++:
- BoxLang Administrator Desktop App — Manage your server from a beautiful native desktop interface
- BoxLang MCP Server + Chat UI — Integrate BoxLang into your AI-powered workflows
- ColdFusion/CFML Transpiler — Migrate existing CFML code to BoxLang automatically
- CFML Feature Scanner — Know exactly what's compatible before you migrate
- Line-by-Line Debugger — Full debugging support inside VS Code
- BoxLang Code Formatter — Keep your codebase consistent
- CommandBox PRO — High-performance servlet engine, web server, JRE management, multi-site support, SSL management, and OS service manager
Who Is This For? 🎯
The BoxLang Starter Plan is the right fit if you are:
- A team beginning modernization — Moving off legacy CFML or Java stacks and want a supported, commercial path forward
- A solo developer going to production — You need a real commercial license but don't need multi-server SLAs yet
- A CFML shop evaluating BoxLang — The CFML transpiler and compatibility module are included; Starter is a low-risk way to test the waters in production
- An agency or freelancer deploying a single client project — One clean deployment, one affordable price
Pricing at a Glance 💰
| Starter | BoxLang+ | BoxLang++ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Server | $749/year | $1,999/year | $3,999/year |
| Orchestrator Node | $749/year | $2,999/year | $4,999/year |
| Deployments | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Support Incidents | 5/year | 12 hrs/year | 24 hrs/year |
| Premium Modules | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Business SLA | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Account Manager | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Need something custom — freelancer rates, non-profit pricing, or a multi-server arrangement? Reach out to info@boxlang.io and we'll work something out.
Get Started Today 🟢
Head over to boxlang.io/plans to pick up your Starter license. You can also download the full BoxLang Buying Guide to compare plans in detail.
Already on the fence? Try BoxLang free at try.boxlang.io or jump into the documentation to see what's possible. When you're ready to go to production, Starter will be waiting. 🚀
We are incredibly grateful to every community member who gave us feedback, filed issues, jumped on calls, and pushed us to make BoxLang more accessible. This one's for you.
The BoxLang Team @ Ortus Solutions
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