# Provenance stamped 2026-10-07 (roadmap#943): written by an API Evangelist sweep (dated 2026-05-25 by the file itself), not
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generated: '2026-05-25'
specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: A10 Networks
providerId: a10-networks
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Application Delivery
  - DDoS
  - Load Balancing
  - Licensing
  - Capacity FlexPool
description: >-
  A10 Networks does not publish list prices for its APIs or appliances. The
  aXAPI itself is included with every ACOS-licensed device at no additional
  per-call charge. Commercial entitlement is purchased through hardware
  appliances (Thunder ADC / TPS / CGN / CFW SKUs), vThunder VM and container
  licenses, and the Capacity FlexPool — a pooled, term-based licensing model
  that lets organizations move capacity (bandwidth, SSL TPS, DDoS mitigation
  capacity, etc.) across vThunder instances. The A10 Defend Threat Control
  service is a SaaS subscription. All pricing is quote-based via direct sales
  and authorized resellers.
sources:
  - https://www.a10networks.com/products/
  - https://www.a10networks.com/products/thunder-adc/
  - https://www.a10networks.com/products/defend-ddos-mitigator/
  - https://www.a10networks.com/contact-us/
  - https://documentation.a10networks.com
plans:
  - id: a10-thunder-adc-appliance
    name: Thunder ADC — Physical Appliance
    type: capex
    description: >-
      Physical Thunder ADC appliance (1U, 2U, or 5U chassis) with perpetual
      software entitlement. Pricing scales with throughput tier, SSL TPS, and
      port density. Sold through direct sales and authorized resellers.
    entries:
      - label: Appliance + perpetual license
        name: appliance
        type: one-time
        metric: device
        unit: 1
        price: contact-sales
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Annual support & software updates
        name: support
        type: subscription
        metric: device
        timeFrame: year
        price: contact-sales
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: a10-vthunder-byol
    name: vThunder — Bring-Your-Own-License
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Virtual machine or container form factor of Thunder. Customer brings a
      term-based license (1, 3, or 5 years) keyed to throughput, SSL TPS, or
      Capacity FlexPool entitlement and deploys on AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI,
      OpenStack, KVM, VMware, or Kubernetes.
    entries:
      - label: vThunder ADC term license
        name: term-license
        type: subscription
        metric: throughput-tier
        timeFrame: year
        price: contact-sales
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: a10-capacity-flexpool
    name: A10 Capacity FlexPool
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Pooled, term-based licensing model. Customers buy a pool of capacity
      (e.g., aggregate Gbps, SSL TPS, DDoS mitigation Mbps) once and shift
      allocations across vThunder instances on demand via Global License
      Manager.
    entries:
      - label: FlexPool capacity allocation
        name: capacity
        type: subscription
        metric: capacity-unit
        timeFrame: year
        price: contact-sales
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: a10-defend-ddos-mitigator
    name: A10 Defend DDoS Mitigator
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Thunder TPS hardware appliance or vThunder TPS instance for inline DDoS
      mitigation. Sized by mitigation throughput (Mbps to multi-hundred Gbps).
    entries:
      - label: Mitigator license
        name: mitigator
        type: subscription
        metric: mitigation-bandwidth
        timeFrame: year
        price: contact-sales
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: a10-defend-threat-control
    name: A10 Defend Threat Control (SaaS)
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      SaaS feed and dashboard delivering proactive DDoS attack intelligence,
      weaponized-source telemetry, and reputation lists.
    entries:
      - label: Threat Control subscription
        name: threat-control
        type: subscription
        metric: tenant
        timeFrame: year
        price: contact-sales
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: a10-ai-firewall
    name: A10 AI Firewall
    type: subscription
    description: >-
      Guardrails for protecting AI and LLM applications from prompt injection,
      data leakage, jailbreaks, and abuse.
    entries:
      - label: AI Firewall subscription
        name: ai-firewall
        type: subscription
        metric: throughput-tier
        timeFrame: year
        price: contact-sales
        userMultiplied: false
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - object
  plans:
  - name: Thunder ADC — Physical Appliance
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - object
    periods:
    - year
  - name: vThunder — Bring-Your-Own-License
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - year
  - name: A10 Capacity FlexPool
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - year
  - name: A10 Defend DDoS Mitigator
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - year
  - name: A10 Defend Threat Control (SaaS)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - object
    periods:
    - year
  - name: A10 AI Firewall
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - year