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12 <header><h2>Support Contracts</h2></header>
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14 <p>In addition to <a href="/community">community</a> support,
15 <a href="/community/contacts.html">OpenSSL Software Services</a>
16 offers three different types of support contract. If you
17 have specific requirements not addressed by any of these plans,
18 or for more information, please contact us at
19 <a href="mailto:osf-contact@openssl.org">osf-contact@openssl.org</a> to
20 discuss custom arrangements.</p>
22 <p>Please see the <a href="#definitions">list of definitions</a>
23 at the bottom of the page for the definitions used below.</p>
26 <dt><a href="#premium">Premium</a>
27 Enterprise Level Support</dt>
28 <dd>Designed for the large enterprise utilising OpenSSL
29 extensively in product lines or critical infrastructure.</dd>
30 <dt><a href="#vendor">Vendor</a> Support</dt>
31 <dd>Designed for organisations requiring support of product
32 lines using OpenSSL or for customised in-house versions of
34 <dt><a href="#basic">Basic</a> Support<dt>
35 <dd>Basic technical support for application development shops or
40 <h3><a name="premium">Premium Level Support</a></h3>
41 <p>US$50,000 annually</p>
43 <li>A support contract designed to meet the needs of Enterprise customers
44 <li>Includes extended support for the immediately previous LTS release
45 beyond the public EOL date for that release
47 <p>The premium support plan is intended for the large enterprise
48 using OpenSSL as an essential component of multiple products or
49 product lines or in support of in-house or commercially provided
50 services. The typical large enterprise customer has a capable in-house
51 technical staff but still finds it cost-effective to engage OpenSSL
52 authors and maintainers directly.</p>
54 <h3><a name="vendor">Vendor Level Support</a></h3>
55 <p>US$25,000 annually</p>
58 <li>Limit of four Service Requests per month
60 <li>Two Support Administrators
62 <p>This plan is designed for the medium enterprise using OpenSSL
63 for a single product or product line. The prospective Vendor Level
64 Support customer has a proficient technical staff but no specific
65 expertise in cryptography or OpenSSL.</p>
67 <h3><a name="basic">Basic Support</a></h3>
68 <p>US$15,000 annually</p>
71 <li>Limit of one Service Requests per month
72 <li>One Support Administrator
74 <p>This plan is designed for the medium to small enterprise
75 relying on standard OpenSSL for significant products or services and
76 lacking internal resources for effectively addressing all
77 operational and application development issues.</p>
79 <h3><a name="definitions">Support Terms</a></h3>
81 <dt>Patch Preparation</dt>
82 <dd>The preparation of a patch changeset from existing changes
83 committed to the OpenSSL source code repository.</dd>
85 <dt>Service Request</dt>
86 <dd>A specific request for support initiated by a Support
87 Administrator and assigned a service request number by the
90 <dt>Support Administrator</dt>
91 <dd>An individual designated by the customer to submit requests
92 for technical support to the OSF. The number of individuals
93 that can be designated as support administrators varies with the
94 support plan option. The support administrator may be a
95 Customer Contact in the context of a specific Service Request,
96 or may designate a Customer Contact for Service Requests.</dd>
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