Licensing, trial & the free tier
How Tablyne's free local-only tier, trial and paid license work.
Tablyne is free forever for local development and offers a paid license for working against real AWS accounts, with a 14-day trial in between.
The three states
Tablyne’s license can be in one of four states, shown in the center of the top bar and managed from the license dialog:
| State | What it means |
|---|---|
| Licensed | A paid license is active on this device. The top bar shows nothing — everything is unlocked. |
| Trial | A time-limited trial. The top bar shows “trial — N day(s) left” with a manage button. |
| Trial expired | The trial ran out. The top bar shows a warning with activate license. |
| Unlicensed | No active license. |
The free local-only tier
You can use Tablyne for free, forever, against a local endpoint — DynamoDB Local or LocalStack running on localhost. No account, no trial countdown, no payment.
To work locally, point Tablyne at your endpoint under Settings → Connection (for example http://localhost:8000). When a local endpoint is active, the AWS profile and region are ignored, and the trial state doesn’t restrict you. When your trial ends, Local mode stays free — only cloud access requires a license.
New to running DynamoDB locally? See DynamoDB Local.
The trial
To connect to a real AWS account you start a 14-day free trial. The trial unlocks the full app — any AWS account and region, AI, bulk operations and STD Studio. The top bar counts down the days remaining; when it reaches zero, cloud access is locked until you activate a license (local mode keeps working).
What a paid license unlocks
A license unlocks Tablyne against any AWS account:
- Any AWS account and region — not just localhost
- AI (bring your own key), bulk operations and STD Studio
- Up to 3 devices and all updates
The site advertises a 14-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Plans
| Plan | Identifier |
|---|---|
| Pro Lifetime | pro_lifetime |
| Team | team |
The license dialog shows your plan, the email it’s tied to, the number of device slots (seats), and whether it’s lifetime or has an expiry date.
Buying a license
Open the license dialog (File → License, the command palette, or the manage / activate license button in the top bar) and click Buy on the site. This opens the pricing page in your browser, where checkout is handled. Tablyne itself never processes payment — it just links out.
Activating a license
Once you have a license key:
- Open the license dialog.
- Under I already have a key, paste your key into the box.
- Click activate license.
On success the dialog flips to the licensed view showing your plan, email, device slots and expiry. If activation fails (bad key, no device slots left, no network), the error is shown inline — fix it and try again.
Devices and seats
A license covers a limited number of devices (up to 3 on the standard plan; team plans may differ). Activating uses one device slot.
To free a slot — for example before reinstalling or moving to a new machine — open the license dialog on the licensed device and click remove license from this device. This deactivates the current device so the slot can be reused elsewhere.
Checking your status
Two places show your current license state:
- Top bar — quick at-a-glance trial/expiry status with a manage/activate button.
- Settings → License — shows whether you’re licensed, in trial, expired or unlicensed, plus the plan and device count, with a manage button that opens the full dialog.
Privacy
Your AWS credentials never leave the native process. License activation talks only to Tablyne’s own API to validate the key and manage device slots.
Next steps
- The local endpoint — set up the free local tier.
- Connect to AWS — start your trial against a real account.
- Settings — see and manage your license.