FlowFuse Trial Environment
The FlowFuse Trial Environment is the running FlowFuse the customer tests in during a Proof of Value — a first-class asset of the engagement, alongside the PoV Workbook. It is set up in the Solution stage (it is item 5 of the Pre-PoV checklist) and is where the PoV is run.
Where FlowFuse lives defines it. The architecture decision of where FlowFuse itself runs — in the cloud, or on the customer's own infrastructure — is the same decision as which trial environment they get. See Architectures in the Application Guide.
Two forms
Cloud trial
The prospect self-services at https://app.flowfuse.com/account/create for a 30-day trial of FlowFuse Cloud. To test Enterprise features, apply a coupon code to their Stripe account and elevate their Tier after they create the trial account.
Self-hosted
The customer installs FlowFuse on their own server. A self-hosted install needs a trial license key to unlock paid-for features, and every self-hosted PoV call should have an engineer present.
The licensing tasks — issuing a key and extending a trial — are covered on the PoV page.
When trial licenses are used
Trial licenses are not a general giveaway — they exist to support the sales process and help a customer understand the value of the platform.
- Open source — any customer can use the open-source version of FlowFuse for whatever they want, no license required.
- Cloud trial — the FlowFuse Cloud trial area is free for 30 days by default, self-service, with no license needed.
- Trial (Enterprise) licenses — self-hosted trial license keys are handed out only within a defined PoV process. Their purpose is to let the customer evaluate the Enterprise platform during a scoped Proof of Value, not to provide free Enterprise use outside one.