Pricing
Lightweight, no-code, file-based mainframe-to-cloud storage and data sharing — for backups, file sharing, hybrid workflows, and AI pipelines.
Simple, transparent, flat-rate pricing with no meters and no true-ups.
$235,000 / year
Unlimited use license with flat-rate pricing.
No metering, no true-ups, with multi-year pricing available.
What’s Included in Each FlowZ™ License
FlowZ keeps your files and data sets in cloud object storage while existing z/OS applications read and write them as if they were local — no recompile, no rewrite. One flat Unlimited Use License covers your enterprise.
Access & Architecture
Unlimited use across your enterprise
Unlimited LPARs, sites, and installations under one license.
Open, standard file formats
Sequential mainframe files in open formats — consumable by cloud, distributed, and AI platforms.
Bidirectional, cloud-agnostic
Read and write any cloud object store or distributed application, in either direction.
No application rewrite
Existing COBOL and z/OS apps access cloud data with a simple JCL change.
Operations & Economics
Installs in minutes
No specialized skills or heavy configuration — set it and forget it.
Works with IBM backup utilities
Built-in integration with DFDSS — point the output at FlowZ and stream to the cloud.
Off-site resilience by default
Data lands in the cloud, safe from a local fire, flood, or hardware failure.
Flat-rate, predictable cost
No meters, no hidden fees, no true-ups — with multi-year pricing available.
Flat-Rate License
One License, Unlimited Use
FlowZ is a flat-rate Unlimited Use License — not metered by data volume, seats, or LPARs. One price covers your whole enterprise, with no surprises at renewal.
App Store Model
An App Store of Connectors Is Coming
Like every VirtualZ product, FlowZ is priced on an App Store model — a base license plus connectors you add only as you need them. Today, everything you need ships in the flat-rate Unlimited Use License. As FlowZ grows, its App Store will fill out with connectors that mirror the PropelZ catalog.
Roadmap note. The connectors below are planned App Store additions for FlowZ, modeled after the PropelZ catalog. They are shown here to indicate where FlowZ is headed.
Included in the license today:
Unlimited LPARs, sites, and installations; sequential files in open formats; bidirectional, cloud-agnostic file movement; DF-DSS integration; and installation in minutes.
WHY FLOWZ
The End of Fragile Backups
Keeping big, long-lived mainframe data safe used to mean local devices, removable media, and off-site storage services — fragile, expensive, and easy to get wrong. FlowZ replaces all of it with a simple stream to the cloud.
Legacy Methods
Local NAS or SAN
Thousands of dollars in hardware that still sits feet from the mainframe.
Blu-ray, tape & off-site vaults
Hundreds of discs per terabyte, or tapes shipped to an Iron Mountain service.
Fragile and brittle
Easy to break — you discover a failed backup only when you need to restore.
At risk from disaster
A fire or flood can take the mainframe and its local backups at the same time.
The FlowZ Model
Stream straight to the cloud
Point IBM DFDSS at FlowZ and back up to object storage — no extra hardware.
Dramatically cheaper
Months of retained backups for pennies in cloud storage, with lifecycle tiering to Glacier and more.
Fire-and-forget reliability
Problems surface right on the console — no silent failures, no surprises at restore time.
Off-site and safe by default
Data lives in the cloud, beyond the reach of any local fire, flood, or hardware loss.
Pricing That Works the Way You Do
FlowZ keeps pricing simple today with a flat-rate license, while giving you a roadmap for customer-driven connectors as the App Store expands.
Flat-rate licensing
FlowZ is a single Unlimited Use License at $235,000/year — not metered by data volume, seats, or LPARs. No meters, no hidden fees, no true-ups, with special pricing for multi-year subscriptions.
App Store expansion
Like every VirtualZ product, FlowZ is priced on an App Store model — and everything you need ships in the license today. As FlowZ grows, its App Store will fill out with connectors mirroring the PropelZ catalog, so you add only what you need and never pay for what you don’t use.
Cheaper, faster, lower risk
Stream backups, source-code archives, and log data straight to the cloud — fire-and-forget, off-site, and dramatically less expensive than local media. Installs in minutes and moves data the same day.
Move Mainframe Files Anywhere
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