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Terms of Service

Last updated 2 November 2026

These terms cover the Scops software and Scops licenses. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders.

1. Who we are

Scops (“we”, “us”) makes the Scops software. These terms cover downloading, installing and using Scops and buying Scops licenses. If you accept them for a company, you confirm that you may bind it.

2. Merchant of Record

Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Paddle provides all customer service inquiries and handles returns. Payments are also subject to Paddle’s Buyer Terms.

3. Editions

The Community edition is free. The Professional edition and the Archiving and Compression & Statistics add-ons are paid, per database, per year. What each includes is shown on our pricing page and in the docs.

4. Your license

When you have paid, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use Scops on your own infrastructure, for your internal business purposes, for the number of databases and the period in your license key.

A license key is locked to one Scops server (its Server ID). You can move it to another server by releasing it, within the limits shown in the product. You must not:

• share, resell or publish license keys or purchase codes;
• modify, reverse engineer or work around the license checks, except where the law allows it;
• use Scops to run a service for third parties without our written consent.

5. Subscriptions and renewal

Paid licenses are annual subscriptions. They renew automatically each year at the price then in force unless you cancel before the renewal date. You can cancel at any time from the link in your receipt email or at paddle.net. Cancelling stops future renewals; your key keeps working until its end date. After a renewal, activate again to get a key with the new end date.

Prices are in US dollars and exclude taxes, which Paddle adds where they apply.

6. Refunds

Refunds follow our Refund Policy. In short: activated licenses are non-refundable, and purchase codes that were never activated can be refunded within 14 days.

7. Your data

Scops runs on your servers. We do not receive the contents of your databases. If you turn on Scops AI, Scops sends masked requests only to the AI endpoint you set up, under your own agreement with that provider.

You remain responsible for your databases, your backups and your compliance with your Oracle license agreements.

8. Updates and support

We may release updates and new versions. Paid editions include email support at support@scops.dev during the license period. Community edition support is best effort.

9. Intellectual property

Scops, its code and its documentation belong to us or our licensors. These terms do not transfer ownership. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates; Scops is not affiliated with or endorsed by Oracle.

10. No warranty

Scops is provided “as is”. As far as the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and uninterrupted or error-free operation.

Automation features such as plan fixes, datafile additions, archiving and compression change your databases on your instructions. Test them before you use them in production.

11. Limitation of liability

As far as the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of data, profit or business. Our total liability is limited to the fees you paid for Scops in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing here limits liability that the law does not allow us to limit.

12. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or end your license if you seriously breach these terms. You may stop using Scops at any time. Sections 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13 survive the end of these terms.

13. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the country where we are established. Nothing in them limits the rights that consumer law where you live gives you.

14. Changes

We may update these terms. The date at the top shows the current version. Material changes apply to paid licenses from your next renewal.

15. Contact

Support: support@scops.dev. Sales: sales@scops.dev.