generated: '2026-08-19'
method: searched
source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/computing/hybrid-cloud-operations/intersight-licensing-aag.html
  (HTTP 200, document updated 2026-06-02)
pricing_url: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/computing/hybrid-cloud-operations/intersight-platform/licensing.html
plan_count: 2
currency: null
public_pricing: false
model: per-server subscription licence, applied individually so tiers can be mixed within one account
billing_periods:
- 1 year
- 3 years
- 5 years
free_trial:
  available: true
  length: 90 days
  tier: Advantage
  note: Every new Intersight account includes a 90-day free trial of the Advantage tier.
  url: https://www.cisco.com/go/intersightfreetrial
api_access: Not metered or tiered separately — the REST API is the same surface at every tier; what differs is which
  product capabilities exist behind it.
plans:
- name: Essentials
  price: null
  currency: null
  period: annual subscription per server
  summary: Foundation tier for global visibility and health.
  included:
  - Unified monitoring across data centre, colocation and edge
  - Proactive support — Cisco Connected TAC and proactive RMA
  - Policy-driven configuration via server profiles
  - Energy consumption insights and power-policy management
  - Automated firmware and BIOS lifecycle
  limits: null
- name: Advantage
  price: null
  currency: null
  period: annual subscription per server
  summary: Adds full-stack automation and third-party ecosystem orchestration.
  included:
  - Everything in Essentials
  - Ecosystem integration — ServiceNow, Splunk, Red Hat Ansible, Terraform
  - Advanced orchestration via the Workflow Designer across storage (NetApp, Pure Storage) and virtualization (VMware,
    Red Hat)
  - Fleet management for Cisco Unified Edge with zero-touch provisioning
  - Enhanced visibility — enriched topology, advanced metrics, two years of historical data
  - Automated OS installation and storage provisioning
  limits: null
note: Cisco publishes the tier structure and the capability split in detail but no price at any tier — purchase
  runs through a Cisco account representative or partner. Historically there were three tiers (Essentials, Advantage,
  Premier); the licensing-simplification collateral dated 2026-06-02 records the reduction to two. A Base entitlement
  is bundled at no cost with Cisco UCS, HyperFlex and UCS Director. The licensing landing page returns HTTP 403
  to non-browser clients (Akamai bot control), so the tier detail here is read from the At-a-Glance document on
  the same domain, which serves 200.