generated: '2026-08-19'
method: searched
source: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/catalyst-center/index.html
note: 'Cisco publishes NO list pricing for Catalyst Center. Licensing is per managed device across three named tiers sold
  through Cisco sales and partners; every price figure findable on the open web is a reseller or licensing-consultancy estimate,
  not a Cisco-published number, so none is recorded here. plan_count is 0 because zero priced plans are published — the
  tiers below are recorded as a license model, not as plans with prices. API access is not separately licensed: the northbound
  API ships with the controller.'
plan_count: 0
pricing_model: per-managed-device subscription license, quote-only
api_metered: false
license_tiers:
- name: Essentials
  price: null
  currency: null
  billing_period: null
  includes: base network visibility and provisioning, device health monitoring, software image management, foundational
    assurance
- name: Advantage
  price: null
  currency: null
  billing_period: null
  includes: adds AI-driven insights, SD-Access and full network automation
- name: Premier
  price: null
  currency: null
  billing_period: null
  includes: adds premium analytics and AI-driven assurance reporting for regulated and security-intensive environments
evidence:
- url: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/catalyst-center/index.html
  status: 200