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layout: article
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title: Licensing for paid features
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categories: [hosting]
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featured: false
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tags: [hosting, licensing]
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Hosting Bitwarden yourself is free. However, some features of Bitwarden require that you obtain a paid license in order to unlock.
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## Premium Membership
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Using premium features of Bitwarden in a self-hosted installation requires that you obtain a premium membership license.
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1. If you haven't already, purchase a premium membership by logging in to your bitwarden.com account at <https://vault.bitwarden.com> and navigating to **Settings** → **Go Premium**.
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2. Download your premium license file from <https://vault.bitwarden.com> by navigating to **Settings** → **Premium Membership** → **Download License**.
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3. Log in to the web vault of your self-hosted Bitwarden installation. Ensure that the email address used for your user account on your self-hosted installation matches the email address used on your bitwarden.com account. Also make sure that your account's email address is verified.
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4. In your self hosted installation's web vault, navigate to **Settings** → **Go Premium**.
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5. Upload the license file that you downloaded in step 2 and your user account will upgraded to premium.
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## Organization Account (Sharing)
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The sharing features of Bitwarden require that you create an organization account. To create an organization in an on-premises hosted Bitwarden installation you must first obtain a **families organization** (for personal use) or **enterprise organization** (for business use) license. Only families and enterprise organization plans are eligible for on-premises hosting.
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1. If you haven't already, purchase a families or enterprise organization plan by logging in to your bitwarden.com account at <https://vault.bitwarden.com> and navigating to **Settings** → **Organizations** → **New Organization**. If you would like to upgrade an existing organization account to a families or enterprise plan, please [contact Bitwarden support](https://bitwarden.com/contact).
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2. Download your families or enterprise organization license file from <https://vault.bitwarden.com> by navigating to your organization's admin area, then **Settings** from the organization's sub-menu, and then **Subscription** → **Download License**. Enter the [installation id]({% link _articles/hosting/install-on-premise.md %}#install-bitwarden) that matches your Bitwarden installation. You can always locate your installation id in the `./bwdata/env/global.override.env` configuration file.
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3. Log in to the web vault of your self-hosted Bitwarden installation and navigate to **Settings** → **Organizations** → **New Organization**.
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4. Upload the license file that you downloaded in step 2 and your organization account will be created.
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