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Home / Citrix & VDI / Pay-as-You-Go Licensing

Citrix & VDI · Pay-as-You-Go Licensing

Citrix Licenses on Your Terms.
Not Citrix’s.

Pay only for the Citrix licenses you use. Scale up or down month to month. Commit if it makes sense, and skip it if it doesn't. When something breaks, you call Altanora first, not a Citrix support queue.

Get a Free Citrix License ForecastSee How It Compares

What Is Citrix Pay-as-You-Go Licensing?

Citrix pay-as-you-go licensing lets you buy the same Citrix licenses Citrix sells direct, billed monthly on the users you actually had, with no multi-year commitment.

Altanora delivers it through Altanora FlexDaaS, our Citrix-authorized pay-as-you-go licensing plan. It bundles OEM Citrix licenses with Altanora support. The product is identical to buying direct. The terms, the support and the total cost are what change: typically 20% or more lower than buying Citrix direct.

Why Teams Switch to Pay-as-You-Go

If any of this sounds like your Citrix renewal, keep reading.

Get a Free Citrix License ForecastSee your number before your next renewal

Locked into a multi-year commit?

Pay-as-you-go is month to month. Want a one-year price lock? It's optional, with a 50-user floor instead of 250. Want no commitment at all? That works too.

Paying for licenses you don't use?

Buying direct means committing up front and paying for a 10–15% buffer. With pay-as-you-go, you pay for what you used last month. Seasonal staff or an acquisition mid-year? Just adjust.

Tickets stuck in Citrix support?

Altanora is your first line: L2 and L3 Citrix engineers with a 1-hour SLA on Sev 1. We open the Citrix ticket and own the relay only when escalation is really needed.

Renewal creeping up every year?

Pricing is transparent and based on consumption. There's no mandatory annual uplift and no surprise SKU re-bundles.

Headcount changing mid-year?

Add users the week they start and drop them the month they leave, instead of waiting for the next renewal cycle.

Features you never turned on?

Altanora activates and runs the capabilities you're already entitled to, from uberAgent to Secure Private Access.

Pay-as-You-Go vs. Buying Citrix Direct

The same Citrix licenses. Better terms.

Comparison of Altanora pay-as-you-go Citrix licensing versus buying Citrix direct
TermAltanora Pay-as-You-Go (FlexDaaS)Buying Citrix direct
Monthly billingYesNo
Upfront paymentOptionalRequired
Minimum users50 (locked-rate plans only)250
Unused-license bufferNone10–15% built in
Scale up or down monthlyYesNo
Multi-year commitOptionalEffectively required
Priority support includedYes, 1-hour SLA on Sev 1Enterprise tier only
First line of supportAltanora L2/L3 engineersCitrix queue
Support languagesEnglish and French, plus Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi (best effort)English

Already Paying for These Features. Are You Using Them?

Most Citrix environments leave half the bundle switched off. Altanora turns these on and runs them as part of your plan.

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uberAgent

Endpoint analytics and user-experience monitoring that finds the slow workstation before the helpdesk ticket lands.

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NetScaler VPX

Secure and accelerate every app behind your delivery layer. Managed NetScaler →

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Unicon eLux and Scout

A lightweight endpoint OS that extends the life of existing hardware and turns old PCs into thin clients.

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deviceTRUST

Access decisions based on device posture, location and risk signals in real time.

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XenServer

The hypervisor built for Citrix workloads, included rather than sold as an add-on. Managed XenServer →

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Secure Private Access

Zero trust access to internal and SaaS apps, without buying a separate ZTNA product.

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CVAD / UHMC

Run workloads on-premises, in a hyperscaler or in a sovereign cloud without buying new licenses each time.

When Citrix Support Takes Hours, We Take Minutes

With pay-as-you-go, Altanora is your first call, not Citrix.

Follow-the-sun coverage

Support centres keep your case moving 24/7/365, even after you go home for the night.

L2/L3 engineers first

Citrix engineers answer first, not a triage desk reading a script. Sev 1 incidents carry a 1-hour SLA.

Multi-vendor coordination

We work directly with Microsoft, Cisco, NetApp and your other vendors when the problem is not purely Citrix.

Basic Support included

Every plan includes unlimited tickets, full Sev 1 coverage and weekday SLAs on Sev 2 and 3.

VIP Priority Support

Adds 24/7 coverage, priority queuing, an assigned Technical Account Manager and root-cause analysis on every Sev 1 and 2.

We own the Citrix relay

A ticket goes to Citrix only when escalation is really needed, and we manage it for you.

Built for Three Roles in Your IT Team

IT Director or VP Infrastructure

Stop overpaying for idle licenses, and adjust for headcount changes the same week they happen. There is no make-or-break renewal day anymore.

CIO or CFO

It's OPEX, not CapEx, with no upfront payment and a predictable monthly bill. On a like-for-like basis, total cost is typically 20% or more lower than buying Citrix direct.

Citrix admin or architect

The same OEM SKUs you'd buy direct, plus help turning on the features you're already entitled to, and engineers who pick up when something breaks.

Citrix Pay-as-You-Go FAQ

What is Citrix pay-as-you-go licensing?

It is a way to buy Citrix licenses billed monthly on actual usage, with no multi-year commitment. Altanora delivers it as Altanora FlexDaaS.

Is pay-as-you-go the same Citrix product?

Yes. They are the same OEM Citrix licenses and SKUs you would buy direct. Only the terms and the support change.

Is there a minimum number of users?

There's no minimum on month-to-month plans. Locked-rate plans start at 50 users, compared with 250 when buying direct.

Can we switch at our next renewal?

Yes. Altanora converts existing Citrix subscriptions at renewal and maps your current SKUs.

What is Altanora FlexDaaS?

It's the name of Altanora's pay-as-you-go Citrix licensing plan: OEM Citrix licenses bundled with Altanora first-line support.

Related services: Managed XenServer · Managed NetScaler · Citrix SecurSpaces · Hosted VMware (AltaSphere)

Get a Free Citrix License Forecast, and See What You'd Save

You get 30 minutes with an Altanora Citrix engineer. We review your current SKUs, your real user count and the features you're entitled to but not running. You leave with a written forecast and a number.

Book My Free License Forecast