Hydra Pricing and Licensing
Transparent. Predictable. Purpose-Built for AVD.
Hydra makes it easy to automate, manage, and optimize costs of Azure Virtual Desktop for your environment – without hidden modules or bloated add-ons. One powerful platform, one simple price.
Hydra
Marketplace Edition
$5/Month/Concurrent User
(fixed pricing)
Payment Terms – Month to Month
Unlimited Tenants
- Standard Licensing Options:
- Payment Method: Azure Marketplace
- Concurrent Licensing Model
Best Value
Hydra
Enterprise Edition
$5/Month/Concurrent User
Payment Terms – Annual Contract
Unlimited Tenants
- Enterprise Licensing Options:
- Payment Method: Azure Marketplace / Purchase Order
- Volume Based Pricing Available
- Burst Protection: 1 Free Month/Year at 2x Contracted Users
- Master Service Agreement and Security Review
- Enterprise Support SLA:
- Urgent and Priority Access
- Video Conferencing
- Phone Support
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
One flat rate. Everything included. No surprises.
With Hydra, you get enterprise-grade automation, support, and scalability, without the challenges of named-user pricing or modular add-ons.
- Only pay for what you use – pricing is based on concurrent AVD users, not total users
- All-in-one access – every Hydra feature included with no confusing tiers or upsells
- Proven Enterprise grade support from Login VSI included
- Optimized for MSPs – manage complex environments or multiple customers from a single console, with built-in automation, visibility, and control across multiple tenants.
- Fast onboarding with intuitive setup – go from zero to optimized in minutes
- Custom pricing available for annual commitments, large-scale environments, education and non-profit organizations
- Annual contracts include 1 month of Burst Protection at no additional charge – giving you flexibility to handle seasonal or one-off spikes without disrupting cost predictability
- Designed for scale – flat-rate concurrent-user pricing with included multi-tenancy and flexible billing – no per-tenant fees, no complexity.
- Try Hydra for free and experience intelligent Auto-scaling, streamlined image and script management, and powerful administrative tools that simplify AVD operations and help reduce costs.
| Hydra Marketplace Edition |
Hydra Enterprise Edition |
|
|---|---|---|
| Automation & Imaging | ||
| Scheduled image updates | ✔ | ✔ |
| Golden image preservation | ✔ | ✔ |
| Azure image gallery storage | ✔ | ✔ |
| Automated sysprep cleanup | ✔ | ✔ |
| Script engine for patching, resizing, and more | ✔ | ✔ |
| Session & User Management | ||
| Shadow sessions for support | ✔ | ✔ |
| Real-time session/process control | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multi-session actions across tenants | ✔ | ✔ |
| User self-service portal | ✔ | ✔ |
| Monitoring & Insights | ||
| Real-time dashboards | ✔ | ✔ |
| Logon duration metrics | ✔ | ✔ |
| Host/session load tracking | ✔ | ✔ |
| Auto-Scaling & Cost Control | ||
| Predictive autoscaling | ✔ | ✔ |
| Session consolidation (preview) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Drain-mode aware scaling | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disk switching (Premium ↔ HDD) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Role-Based Access & Multi-Tenant Support | ||
| Scoped roles by tenant/pool | ✔ | ✔ |
| Reusable rollout configs | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multi-tenant UI | ✔ | ✔ |
| Azure Files & Storage Management | ||
| Auto-shrink storage shares | ✔ | ✔ |
| Release locked file handles | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pricing & Licensing | ||
| Unlimited tenants | ✔ | ✔ |
| Volume pricing | X | ✔ |
| Payment via purchase order | X | ✔ |
| Burst protection | X | ✔ |
| Master service agreement & security review | X | ✔ |
| Support Terms | ||
| Urgent and priority access | X | ✔ |
| Video conferencing | X | ✔ |
| Phone support | X | ✔ |
| Dedicated customer success manager | X | ✔ |
Login VSI Support
Login VSI Enterprise Support — Included with Hydra
With every Hydra annual contract, you get full enterprise-grade support.
- Built and supported by a team trusted by the world’s largest enterprises and system integrators.
- Direct access to our expert support team
- SLA-backed response times
- Onboarding guidance & best practices
- Escalation paths and hands-on troubleshooting
Burst Protection
Flexibility Without Surprise Costs
AVD usage can spike during seasonal rollouts, short-term projects, or onboarding surges. Hydra’s Burst Protection lets you scale up temporarily without locking into a higher pricing tier or facing unpredictable overages.
- One month of burst usage included annually
- Built-in to annual contracts – no extra cost
- Ideal for short-term peaks or one-off events
- Keep pricing predictable, even when usage fluctuates
- Contact us to learn how Burst Protection works in real-world environments.
Try Hydra today – start with a live demo and get onboarded within hours
Why Customers Choose Hydra
Hydra isn’t just another product – it’s the control layer for modern AVD teams. With Hydra, you get:
- Lower Azure costs with built-in auto-scaling
- Fast image updates across tenants – no scripts required
- Deployment in hours, not weeks
- Multi-tenant by default – perfect for IT teams and MSPs
- Simple, scalable pricing with built-in burst protection
- Backed by Login VSI, a trusted leader in the end user computing space
Hydra replaces the need for multiple tools, scripts, and dashboards – giving you control, visibility, and automation in one place.