AppSource transactability has now finally arrived for Business Central apps!

The introduction of transactability for Business Central apps on AppSource is a significant development. It means that users and businesses can now more easily purchase and manage apps that enhance their Business Central experience.

How does an App with transactability look on AppSource?

Section “Plans+Pricing” is shown on AppSource.

In that section, you could see pricing plans for the App.

In order to install App the user will have to purchase at least 1 license, even if it is Free Plan license.

When you click “Buy now”:

You can select which pricing plan you would like to buy, does that pricing plan has Monthly or Annual billing plans, and if the plan has 1-month free trial.

With Recurring billing, your license can be renewed always, and with paying annually it is most likely that you will get some discount instead of paying per month. 

Upon completion of purchase, you could go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and assign licenses:

Even before assigning you could install App in Business Central. Then the standard license that ISV created will be applied:

In this example, we have implicit Free Plan which applies to all users who don’t have an assigned Full Plan license. This type of behavior could now be controlled in BC App. 

After assigning the License that you bought, new features in the BC App will be unlocked!

AppSource transactability brings a lot of possibilities for licensing directly in any BC App. So far only Per User licensing is available, but other ways for licensing are coming also.