As of January 1, 2026, Continia will implement major pricing and licensing adjustments affecting all its solutions for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central, both on-premise and Business Central Online Cloud (SaaS) versions.
These changes aim to align Continia's offerings with market trends, facilitate the transition to cloud solutions and ensure continuity of services to existing customers.
In this article we explain in detail how these changes will affect you and what you should take into account for your planning.
➤ General price adjustment of Continia solutions
All Continia applications available on Microsoft AppSource will be subject to a general pricing adjustment.
In addition, solutions with pricing based on transaction tiers will have an operational change: the first tier will go from 24 to 25 transactions, applying consistently to all subsequent tiers.
The new pricing is now available for consultation on Continia's official site: www.continia.com/pricing.
➤ End of perpetual licenses in NAV and Business Central On-Premise.
One of the most relevant changes affects the traditional licensing model for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central On-Premise. As of January 1, 2026, Continia will no longer offer perpetual licenses for new customers, following the industry trend towards subscription models that allow greater flexibility and continuous updating of solutions.
It is important to note that customers who already have perpetual licenses will not be affected. They will be able to continue using their current licenses and, if required, extend them by adding new companies or additional modules to the Base or Base Plus licenses. However, any new implementations will have to be done under the six-monthly subscription model, which will be the only option available to new customers.
➤ Updating of annual maintenance fees
In line with Microsoft's policy, the annual maintenance fee will increase from 19% to 20% of the perpetual license value as of January 1, 2026.
Indexation will remain at 0%, ensuring stability and predictability in customers' budget planning. This change applies to all Upgrade Plans renewed after this date.
➤ Semiannual subscription licenses: changes in renewals
For customers already using semi-annual licenses, both new and existing, price adjustments will be applied effective from the subscription renewal date, which will be communicated six months in advance. This allows for early planning of any contractual or budgetary updates and ensures uninterrupted service continuity.
➤ End of On-Premise OCR on Document Capture
As of January 1, 2026, the on-premise OCR option will no longer be available to new Document Capture customers. Existing customers will continue to be able to use this option, but will not be able to activate new instances.
Continia facilitates the transition to OCR Cloud, eliminating the migration fee previously applied, so that customers can adopt the cloud solution without additional costs and benefit from all the advantages of cloud technology.
➤ Conclusion and recommendations.
The Continia 2026 pricing and licensing changes reflect the company's strategy towards more flexible, scalable models aligned with the technological evolution of the Microsoft ecosystem. Customers are encouraged to review their current contracts, plan the transition to OCR Cloud if using Document Capture, and evaluate the semi-annual subscription model for new deployments.
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