Licenses
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nEdge is shipped with two different licenses:

- **nEdge Pro**: provides full monitoring capabilities, but only *bridge mode* support.
  Protocol/category policies can be set, along with bandwidth limits and quotas.
  It does *not* provide *routing mode*.

- **nEdge Enterprise**: provides all the features of the *nEdge* version plus the
  *routing mode*, with the possibility to load balance or failover multiple gateways.

Visit the ntop shop at https://shop.ntop.org for prices and purchases.

Models Comparison Table
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.. list-table:: Features by Model
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   * - Feature
     - Professional
     - Enterprise
   * - **Ensured Internet availability**
     
       - Enforce the maximum download/upload bandwidth
       - Guarantee the minimum download/upload bandwidth
     - ✓
     - ✓
   * - **Layer-7 applications traffic blocking/throttling**
     
       - Enforce policies on the basis of Layer-7 applications traffic
       - Define per-user and per-Layer-7 application time and traffic quotas
     - ✓
     - ✓
   * - **Inline unsafe traffic blocking**
     
       - Industry’s leading cyber-security companies IP and domains lists
       - Enable the use of Child-Safe DNS
       - Secure DNS to block malicious domains
     - ✓
     - ✓
   * - **Captive Portal**
     
       - Identify and associate users with physical devices through a login page
       - Grant Internet access only to authorized users
     - ✓
     - ✓
   * - **Bridge Mode**
     
       - Create a bridge between two network interfaces, one connected to a LAN and the other to a WAN
     - ✓
     - ✓
   * - **Router Mode**
     
       - Route the traffic coming from an interface connected to a LAN towards one or more WAN interfaces
       - Define routing policies to be applied on a per-user basis (e.g., premium users via SAT and basic users via WiFi)
     - ✗
     - ✓
   * - **Failover**
     
       - Constantly monitor Internet reachability and automatically exclude gateways that can no longer access the Internet
     - ✗
     - ✓
   * - **Load Balancing**
     
       - Balance the traffic to spread the traffic going to the Internet across multiple gateways
     - ✗
     - ✓