First Steps
You know which modules your licence lets you edit, where KOSMA shows your licence and what changes when your licence comes from a team.
Your licence decides which modules of a project you can edit. With every licence, you can open and read all four modules.
In the Project Manager, **License** in the left sidebar shows the name of your licence. Next to it, **Renewal** shows the date your licence renews. If your licence comes from a team, this is the date the team's subscription renews. Once the subscription or your team seat is cancelled, KOSMA shows **Expires** instead, with the last day you keep your licence.
| Licence | You can edit | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | | **Free** | Nothing | | **Budget** | Budgeting | | **Cost Control** | Budgeting and Cost Control | | **Production** | Budgeting, Financing, Cash Flow and Cost Control | | **Trial** | The same as Production, until the trial ends |
You can print or export from a module only if your licence lets you edit that module.
Licence names are in English in every interface language.
On Free, you cannot edit anything, not even a project you created yourself, and you cannot share. You can read everything others share with you as a guest. When you point at a disabled button, KOSMA shows why:
This dataset is locked because your Free licence does not allow editing it. Upgrade your licence — or ask your team admin, if your licence comes from a team.
If a paid licence does not cover a module, you can only read that module. When you point at a disabled button there, KOSMA shows why:
You don't have editing access to this module with your licence. Upgrade your licence — or ask your team admin, if your licence comes from a team.
In the Demo Project, you can edit all four modules with every licence, Free included.
The exception covers only the Demo Project itself. To create a copy of it or a new dataset from it, such as a new budget, you need a licence that covers that module.
During a trial, **License** shows **Trial** and the number of days left. Instead of **Renewal**, KOSMA shows **Expires** with the day your trial ends. This is not a billing date. When the trial ends, your licence becomes **Free**.
You can be signed in on one device at a time. To learn what happens to your work on the first device when you sign in on a second one, see [work offline or in local-only mode](/kb/article/work-offline-or-in-local-only-mode).
Click  **Account Admin** to open your account page on the KOSMA website. Click **Upgrade License** to open the pricing page. KOSMA opens both pages in your default browser. For the steps, see [upgrade your licence](/kb/article/upgrade-your-licence).
Once you have redeemed a seat in a team, your licence is the tier of that seat: **Budget**, **Cost Control** or **Production**. **License** shows that tier as long as your seat is active, even if you also pay for a licence of your own. Only your team admin can change your seat. If you are the team admin yourself, you change your own seat like every other seat; see [manage your team](/kb/article/manage-your-team).
If you have no subscription or trial of your own, the **Subscription** tab of your customer area on kosma.io shows the card **Team seat**:
You are using KOSMA with a {tier} seat provided by {name}. Billing and seat management are handled by your team admin.
When your seat ends, your licence becomes **Free**. To learn when a seat ends and what happens then, see [redeem a team invitation](/kb/article/redeem-a-team-invitation).
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