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Plans to give you Freedom to scale!

BoxLang is a professional open-source project. You can use it for FREE forever or you can purchase one of our subscriptions plans to give you support, SLA, enterprise features and much more.

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BoxLang Starter

The perfect entry point into the BoxLang ecosystem. Designed for teams beginning their modernization journey, BoxLang Starter delivers professional tooling, commercial licensing, and simplified support in a streamlined package built for a single web deployment. Simple, affordable, and ready for production.

✅ Core Features
✅ Premium Modules
✅ 5 Support Incidents
✅ 1 Server / Container / Lambda

1 Server

(VM, Bare Metal, Container, WAR)

$749 per year

Open Source

BoxLang® is a professional open source project based on the Apache 2 license . Deploy commercial software with confidence.

✅ Core Features
✅ Community Support
✅ Always Free

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Subscription-based professional license for all runtimes. World-class support, Business SLAs, custom patches, security notifications, exclusive features, and premium modules.

✅ Core Features
✅ Premium Modules
✅ Plus Support
✅ 1 FORGEBOX PRO License

Standard Server

(VM,Desktop,Etc)

$1999 per server/year

Orchestrator Node

(Swarm, Kubernetes, Lambdas)

$2999 per node/year

Everything in BoxLang+, plus enhanced SLAs, a dedicated account manager, priority video call support, and a personalized Yearly Checkup conducted by our language engineers.

✅ Core Features
✅ Premium Modules
✅ 1 FORGEBOX Org Account
✅ 5 FORGEBOX Org Users
✅ Account Manager
✅ Video Support
✅ Enterprise SLAs

Standard Server

(VM,Desktop,Etc)

$3999 per server/year

Orchestrator Node

(Swarm, Kubernetes, Lambdas)

$4999 per node/year

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* Freelancer, Non-Profit, Other

If your project requires a custom plan with specific features, SLAs, or support levels, we are here to help. If you are a freelancer, or non-profit, we can also help. Contact us at and our team will work with you to create a solution that fits your exact requirements.

* Each Production License Includes:

All development environments
1 additional environment (QA, Testing, Staging, Shared Development, etc.)
Additional Non-Production environments may be purchased at 30% of the Production License cost

** The BoxLang starter is meant for a single web/container/lambda deployment. It cannot be used for desktop, web assembly, or native images. For that you will require a +/++ license.

*** BoxLang +/++ Orchestrator license allows you to deploy unlimted containers or lambdas.

Support #

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
Community Support Forums
Community Slack Support
Dedicated Support Tracker
Priority/Security Patches
Dedicated Slack Channel
Access to Language Engineers
Yearly Checkup
Video Call Support
Dedicated Account Manager
Support Hours	0	5 incidents/year	12	24
SLA: Support hours			9:00 am - 5:00 pm EAT	5:00 am - 11:00 pm EAT
SLA: Support days			Monday - Friday (Excluding Holidays)	Monday - Sunday (Excluding Holidays)
SLA: Response time			< 12 hrs	Monday - Friday: < 6 hrsSaturday - Sunday: < 8 hrs

Language and Framework Features #

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
Artificial Intelligence Module
Asynchronous Programming
Closures Support
Enterprise cache engine
Extended AI Providers
Hibernate Based ORM
Image Manipulation Library
Interceptors Support
Java Interop
JDBC Data Framework Services
JSR-223 Support
Lambda Support
Markdown Language
Native XML, JSON, YAML
Object Oriented Capabilities
Scheduled Tasks Framework
Scripting Language
Templating Language
Virtual Threading

Tooling #

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
BoxLang Administrator Desktop App
BoxLang Administrator - Remote Web Connector
BoxLang MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server
BoxLang MCP Chat UI
ColdFusion/CFML Compatibility Module
ColdFusion/CFML Feature Scanner for BoxLang Compatibility
ColdFusion/CFML Parser & Transpiler
ColdFusion/CFML to BoxLang Code Transpiler
BoxLang Code Formatter
CommandLine Scheduler Runner
CommandLine Script/Class Runner
Compiler for sourceless deployments
Line-by-Line Debugger
REPL
Visual Studio Code Language Tooling

Certain advanced administrator features are available only in Starter, BoxLang+ and BoxLang++.

Documentation Services #

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
PDF Generation
CSV Module
Extract and Fill PDF Forms
PDF Manipulation
Spreadsheet Module

Integrated Application Server: Commandbox #

Only starter,+/++ subscribers will have access to the CommandBox PRO suite of tools

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
High performance servlet engine
High performance web server
JRE/JDK Automatic Management
Portable configuration files (server.json)
Multi-Site Management and deployment*
Multi-Site SSL Management
Operating System Service Manager
Server configuration synchronization (via FORGEBOX)

*Multi-Site Management and Deployment Seamlessly manage and deploy multiple sites within a single environment using the powerful Multi-Site Management feature, powered by CommandBox PRO. This capability allows you to:

Host multiple applications or domains in a single server environment.
Simplify routing, configuration, and deployments for multi-tenant scenarios.
Streamline workflows for agencies, enterprises, or developers managing multiple projects.

Learn more about Multi-Site Management:

Multi-Runtimes #

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
Android (Coming Soon)
Cloud (Any Provider)		1 Deploy
Docker Containers (Any Orchestrator)		1 Deploy
Desktop Application		1 Deploy
Embedded Systems (IoT)		1 Deploy
ESP32 (IoT)		1 Deploy
JSR-223 Java Platform Scripting
Native Binaries (Windows, Mac, *Unix)		1 Deploy
CLI Application		1 Deploy
Serverless - AWS Lambda		1 Deploy
Serverless - Google Functions		1 Deploy
Servlet Containers		1 Deploy
WASM Browser		1 Deploy
WASM Container		1 Deploy

Communication Services #

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
Email Sending Component
FTP Server Module
LDAP Module
POP Mail Features
REST Module
SFTP Server Connectivity Module
SOAP Module

Caching & NoSQL #

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
BoxLang Cache
Cache Lock Framework
Couchbase Distributed Locks
Couchbase Module (Session distribution, caching, vector search, AI Memory, etc)
ElasticSearch Module (Document services, session distributions, caching, etc) (Coming soon)
MeiliSearch Module (Document services, session distributions, caching, etc)
Redis Distributed Locks
Redis Module (Session distribution, caching, publish/subscribe, AI Memory etc)

Parsers #

BoxLang has been designed to parse different language syntaxes and transpile them to the BoxLang Language alongside different compatibility modules to bring the appropriate language features into BoxLang.

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
BoxLang (Scripting & Templating)
CFML Script
CFML Templating Language
COBOL (Coming Soon)
Groovy (Coming Soon)

Language Runtimes integrations #

BoxLang can run code from other languages inside the BoxLang runtime. The following languages are supported, each with its own caveats and limitations.

Features	Open Source	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
Groovy (In progress)
JavaScript (In Progress)
Python
Ruby (In Progress)

Pricing #

License Type	Starter	BoxLang+	BoxLang++
Standard Server VM or BareMetal OS Install	$749/year 1 Deployment No Non-Production Env Unlimited Cores & RAM 5 Incidents / Year Premium Modules	$1,999/year 2 Non-Production Environments Unlimited CPU Cores Unlimited Concurrent Instances Business SLA Premium Modules 1 FORGEBOX Pro Account	$3,999/year All BoxLang+ Features Priority Support + Fixes Video Call Support Dedicated Account Manager Enhanced SLAs 20% off Consulting Rates 1 FORGEBOX ORG (5 Users)
Orchestrator Node Docker Swarm, K8s Pool, etc	$749/year 1 Deployment No Non-Production Env Unlimited Cores & RAM 5 Incidents / Year	$2,999/year Unlimited Containers/Pods Unlimited Lambda Runtimes Business SLA Dedicated Slack Channel 1 FORGEBOX Pro Account	$4,999/year All BoxLang+ Features Priority Support + Fixes Enhanced SLAs Yearly Checkups 1 FORGEBOX ORG (5 Users)

Server = A physical or virtual server Node = An orchestrator node

At your company, you're the boss. We believe in giving you the freedom and control to run your business exactly how you envision it. Our focus is on empowering your success, not on taking a share of your profits. We're here to provide the tools and support you need to thrive on your own terms!

Please note that if your license included support hours are depleted, you can refill them with support blocks of 5, 10, 15, 20+ hours.