License management

Sitefinity Cloud implements a cloud-native subscription mechanism, where it always keeps up-to-date licensing information. Regardless of whether the Developer Extensions toggle is enabled, the license file does not have to be maintained, included in the repository, or updated manually.

If you renew your Sitefinity Cloud subscription, no action is required on your side. After your order is processed, Sitefinity Cloud will update the license data with the new purchase date on all environments automatically.

If the Developer Extensions toggle is enabled and you set up your Sitefinity CMS project locally, the license data will be automatically downloaded from the cloud. There is no need for any additional configurations on your side. In case a connection cannot be made from the local machine, the Sitefinity CMS application will use previously cached license data.

The licensing mechanism also handles Sitefinity CMS upgrades. You will not need to download and upload a new license for every new version. When you upgrade, the new version will be detected automatically, and the corresponding license data will be used.