The smart choice for app developers

The Community Edition is suitable for developers who want to start creating mobile and web applications for only few users or who want to test the market opportunities without major pre-investments. It is also the right edition for hobby developers.

The Professional Edition provides developers and developer teams with the highest level of flexibility, scalability, security and service. It is the right choice for anyone who wants to build and deploy mobile, web and desktop applications with any popular database backend.

It is indeed free of charge. There are no hidden fees and you don’t have to commit to anything. You can build as many mobile and/or web apps with the Community Edition as you want to, but free deployment is limited to 5 concurrent users.

If your apps are successful and you want to deploy them to a bigger number of users you should upgrade to the Omnis Studio Professional Edition.

The Omnis Studio Community is suited for mobile and web apps with small numbers of users and ideal for developers who are new to Omnis or want to implement their first project(s) without a big investment.

It includes everything you need to develop mobile and web apps and to deploy them to up to 5 concurrent users. You can build as many apps with the Community Edition as you want to, but free deployment is limited to 5 concurrent users.

It is free – so simply sign-up and get started immediately.

Yes, you can evaluate Omnis Studio free of charge for 90 days and test all features during that time. If you wish to use Omnis Studio beyond that point you need to purchase and activate a full software development license.

If you downloaded Omnis Studio from our website at https://www.omnis.net/developers/resources/download/index.jsp it can be started in Trial mode, which means you can use the full capabilities of Omnis Studio for up to 90 days, free of charge.

Yes, you can upgrade from the Community to the Professional Edition at any time. You simply subscribe to the Professional Edition and all features of the new edition will be added to your Omnis license key. So you can continue to work on your project immediately with the additional Professional features.

The Omnis Studio Community Edition is a powerful environment for building complex business applications but it is limited to the Omnis JavaScript Client technology for developing web and mobile apps with a PostgreSQL backend for developing web and mobile apps with a PostgreSQL backend. The Professional Edition provides you with the option to develop desktop apps, too which are fully compatible with your mobile and web apps, and it adds more flexibility and power as it provides you with Data Access Modules to all other popular database systems including Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Express, MySQL, SQL Anywhere and all ODBA and JDBC compatible DBMS. You can always upgrade your platform subscription from Community to Professional Edition.

When you first start Omnis Studio you will see the Registration screen. To use Omnis Studio you need to activate your software license using an Omnis ID. If you don’t have an Omnis ID login you need to create one. When you click the Create / Sign-in button on the Registration screen you will be transferred to a web browser tab to login with your Omnis ID. To create an Omnis ID, you can use an existing SSO (Single Sign-On) from one of the listed providers, such as Google, Microsoft or Apple, or you can use your own email address.

Once you have created or signed in with your Omnis ID, the web browser tab will close and you need to switch back to the Registration screen in Omnis Studio, which will show what licenses are available to you – if you are a new user there will be one Studio Pro Edition license, or a Trial version.

Schools and other educational institutions may use the Community Edition for teaching application development however, Omnis Software offers special packages for educational institutions which include all advantages of the Omnis Studio Professional Edition and are better suited for academic use. For details please go to Education Offers.

Community Edition is a good choice for individual students for learning programming languages and developing their first applications. However, Omnis Software offers a special Omnis Studio Students’ Package which includes all advantages of the Omnis Studio Professional Edition and is better suited for academic use. For details please go to Education Offers.