Yes, Patronum requires a license for every active Google Workspace user in your domain. This ensures consistent security monitoring, policy enforcement, and feature access across your organization.

Why is domain-wide licensing required?

Patronum operates at the domain level to provide security monitoring, automated policies, and centralized management for your entire Google Workspace environment. This domain-wide access allows features like file sharing governance, user lifecycle automation, and security alerts to work consistently across all users.

Managing licensing costs

You can reduce costs by excluding certain accounts from your license count:

• Suspend inactive accounts — Use Patronum's offboarding policies to automatically suspend users and remove their Google Workspace licenses when they become inactive
• Exclude system accounts — Contact our team to adjust your invoice to exclude service accounts, bots, or other non-human users
• Adjust for your organization — For larger domains or educational institutions, we can work with you to adjust license counts based on your specific needs

If you need to adjust your license count for inactive users or system accounts, contact sales@patronum.io or use the Subscribe button in your dashboard to discuss your requirements.

Adding users mid-contract

There is no need to worry about increasing users mid-contract. Patronum subscription is for 12 months, no mid-term charges for additional users is required.

For more information about purchasing Patronum, see How do I purchase Patronum?

Updated on: 24/02/2026