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title: "Licenses per use case"
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> Macro (aura-html)

This article lists the licenses needed for each Configuration Manager use case.

For the production instances in your use cases, you need commercial licenses, and for the QA/staging instances, you can use free developer licenses issued by Appfire. 

[Read more](https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/marketplace/server-app-licensing/) about the different licensing options in the Atlassian ecosystem.

# Test - Staging - Production

[Test - Staging - Production](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198279492)

One commercial license for the *Target* *production* Jira instance and two free developer licenses for the *Test* and *Staging* Jira instances.

# Jira Clones

[Jira Clones](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198021550)

One commercial license for the *Target* *production* Jira instance and one free developer license for the *Jira clone* instance.

# Move projects with issue data

[Move projects with issue data](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198279348/Move+Projects+with+Issue+Data)

One commercial or trial license for the *Source* *production* Jira instance and a commercial license for the *Target* *production* Jira instance.

# Project template

[Project template](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/197825360)

One commercial license for the *Source* *production* Jira system.

# Project backup and CMDB

[Project backup and CMDB](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/197857347)

One commercial license for the *Source* *production* Jira system.

# Project archiving

[Project archiving](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198116356)

A commercial license is required for the *Source* *production* instance. The *Target* *archive* instance, however, needs to have the same license as its Jira system (i.e., if the instance has a commercial Jira license, then you’ll also need a commercial CMJ license).

# Merge Jira Servers

[Merge Jira Servers](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198021865)

Only the *Target* *production* Jira instance is required to have a commercial license. The other *Source* *production* Jira instance can use either a commercial or a trial license.

Two free developer licenses will be needed for the *Development* and *Staging* Jira instances.

# Delegated project administration

[Delegated project administration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/197892691)

A commercial license is needed only for the *Target* *production* Jira instance. You can license the rest of the instances with free developer licenses (both Jira and Configuration Manager).

# Incremental archiving

[Incremental archiving](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMJ/pages/198084309)

This use case license-wise is the same as the project archiving one, and it explains how to archive any given project incrementally. 

So, again, you’ll need a commercial license for the *Source* *production* instance, and the *Target* *archive* instance needs to have the same license as its Jira system (i.e., if the instance has a commercial Jira license, then you’ll also need a commercial CMJ license).