Imazen Subscription Terms of Service

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1. Introduction

These Subscription Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of Imazen LLC’s (“Imazen,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) software products, including but not limited to ImageResizer and Imageflow, and any related services (collectively, the “Services”). By accessing or using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

2. License Types and Usage Rights

Imazen offers various license types, including but not limited to site-wide, per-server, and redistribution licenses. The specific rights and restrictions for each license type are outlined in the respective license agreements, which are incorporated by reference into these Terms:

Both the Redistributor Agreement and the Per-Server agreement are add-ons to the Site-wide Subscription License; you cannot purchase the add-ons without also purchasing the Site-wide Subscription License.

2.1 License Validity

All licenses are valid only during your active subscription term (“Subscription Term”). A subscription is considered inactive if it maintains a past-due balance for more than 14 days.

2.2 License Non-Transferability

Licenses are non-transferable and cannot be assigned or sublicensed, except as expressly permitted within these Terms.

2.3 License Revocation

Imazen reserves the right to revoke your license without prior notice and without any obligation to provide a refund if:

  1. The terms of the license are violated.
  2. Imazen determines that the intention of the license has been violated.
  3. Imazen determines that the rights granted have been exercised for harmful purposes.
  4. Your account balance remains past due for more than 14 days.

3. Subscription and Billing

3.1 Subscription Terms

Subscriptions are billed on a recurring basis (monthly or annually) until canceled. You must cancel before the end of your billing cycle to avoid being charged for the next period.

3.2 Payment Methods

Credit card and ACH payments are processed through third-party services such as Chargebee and Stripe. We may also accept payment by bank transfer on yearly plans. We do not accept payment by paper check.

We reserve the right to refuse any payment method at our sole discretion.

3.3 Payment Due Date

Payments are due by the date specified on the invoice.

3.4 Late Payments

Any amounts not received by the due date may accrue interest at a rate of 1.5% per month (18% per annum) or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is less, from the due date until paid. Additionally, a late fee of $50 will be assessed for each overdue invoice, or the maximum fee permitted by law, whichever is less.

3.5 Suspension of Services

Imazen reserves the right to suspend access to licensed software and services if payments are more than 15 days overdue. Imazen is not liable for any damages or losses incurred as a result of suspension.

3.6 Collection Costs

You agree to reimburse Imazen for any costs incurred in collecting delinquent payments, including reasonable attorney fees.

3.7 Additional Fees

Certain arrangements or requests may incur additional fees. Please refer to Section 24 for details on special arrangements and associated fees.

4. Cancellation and Refunds

4.1 Cancellation Policy

You may cancel or modify your subscription at any time by logging into your account portal at account.imazen.io or by contacting support at least 3 business days before the end of your billing cycle.

4.2 Refunds

Early cancellation is not subject to a refund, unless required by law. When changing between different subscription types, any difference in price may be prorated at our discretion, and a credit may be issued toward future payments at our discretion.

5. Discounts and Pricing

5.1 Eligibility

Discounts may be offered based on factors such as organization size in terms of revenue and employee count (including all parent companies and their subsidiaries), non-profit status, or other criteria. Eligibility for discounts is subject to verification and may require documentation.

If your organization utilizes a discount, an authorized representative must contact sales@imazen.io and certify that the organization qualifies for the discount and provide the basis for the discount.

5.2 Verification

You may be required to provide proof of eligibility, such as company size, non-profit status, or revenue documentation. Failure to provide adequate documentation upon request may result in the removal of discounts.

5.3 Fraudulent Reporting

By subscribing, you agree to be billed retroactively for the full amount due based on your actual eligibility status if you provide fraudulent information to obtain a discount you are not eligible for. Additionally, a 50% penalty on underpaid amounts may be applied at our discretion.

5.4 Right to Modify Discounts

Imazen reserves the right to modify or discontinue any discounts at its sole discretion.

6. License Restrictions

6.1 Permitted Use

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Services during the Subscription Term, subject to the terms applicable to your specific license type.

6.2 Prohibited Use

You shall not:

  • Use the Services beyond the scope granted.
  • Redistribute, resell usage thereof, or sublicense the Software except as expressly permitted.

6.3 Modification Rights

You may modify the Services and prepare derivative works, subject to the terms of your license agreement.

6.4 Redistribution Rights

Redistribution is permitted only under the terms specified in your license agreement and may require adherence to additional conditions, such as:

  • Licensing derivative works under compatible terms.
  • Ensuring the work can be upgraded to new, backwards-compatible revisions.
  • Preserving the original extensibility of the Services.

7. Support Services

7.1 Support Plans

Imazen offers various support plans for its Services, which provide different levels of support and service level agreements (“SLAs”). The available support plans include:

7.1.1 24/7 Platinum Support for Imageflow

  • 24/7 access to the development team for emergency incidents.
  • Hotfix delivery within 3 business days
  • Maximum response time of 2 hours for emergency incidents
  • Maximum response time of 24 hours for standard support requests
  • An onboarding and architecture review is included.
  • When billed yearly:
    • 10 hours of consulting per year are included.
    • A compression tuning analysis for your images.
    • 12 free 24/7 emergency incidents per year (up to 3 can be used in a single month). Additional incidents are $1,500 each.
  • When billed monthly:
    • 1 free 24/7 emergency incident included per month. Additional incidents are $1,500 each.
  • 30 free standard (business hours) email and phone support incidents per month. Additional incidents are $600 each.
  • Support is extended to all your employees and contractors.

7.1.2 24/7 Business Support for Imageflow

  • 24/7 access to the development team for emergency incidents.
  • Hotfix delivery within 7 business days
  • Maximum response time of 24 hours for emergency incidents
  • Maximum response time of 24 hours for standard support requests
  • An onboarding and architecture review is included.
  • 3 hours of consulting per year are included.
  • When billed yearly:
    • A compression tuning analysis for your images.
    • 6 free 24/7 emergency incidents per year (one incident may be utilized per month). Additional incidents are $1,500 each.
  • When billed monthly:
    • 3 free 24/7 emergency incidents per year (one incident may be utilized per month). Additional incidents are $1,500 each.
  • 10 free standard (business hours) email and phone support incidents per month. Additional incidents are $600 each.
  • Support is extended to all your employees and contractors.

7.1.3 Basic Email Support for Imageflow

  • Includes 10 email support incidents per month. Additional incidents are $600 each.
  • Maximum response time of 3 business days.
  • Includes an onboarding call and media architecture review with our development team (up to 30 minutes).
  • Support is extended to all your employees and contractors.

7.2 Availability of Support

Support services are available only if you have an active subscription and your account is not in arrears. Support benefits commence upon receipt of payment and are not available until payment clears, regardless of other billing terms.

7.3 Support Requests

Support incidents may be used as specified in your support plan. Procedures for opening incidents are outlined below. Failure to follow these procedures may result in delays in support response and waives any and all remedies for support response times.

7.3.1 How to Contact Imazen Support for Standard Incidents

Standard support incidents are opened via email and may later involve phone support. To initiate a standard support incident:

  1. Email support@imazen.io with the following information:
    • Diagnostics File: Access the diagnostics page on your web server at /imageflow.debug. This may only be available from localhost. Save and attach this file. If your project will not run, this is not required.
    • Issue Description: Provide a detailed description of the issue and what you have tried.
    • Support Plan Verification: Verify you have an active support plan at account.imazen.io and include the name of your support plan.
    • Company Information: List your company name and indicate you wish to utilize a standard support incident.
    • Contact Details: Include a callback phone number with your time zone and business hours.

7.3.2 How to Contact Imazen Support for Emergency Incidents

To initiate an emergency support incident:

  1. Email support@imazen.io with the following information:

    • Diagnostics Data: Access the diagnostics page on your web server at /imageflow.debug. This may only be available from localhost. Copy and paste this page into your email.
    • Issue Description: Provide a description of the issue.
    • Support Plan Verification: Verify you have an active support plan at account.imazen.io and include your support plan tier.
    • Company Information: List your company name and indicate you wish to use an emergency support incident.
    • Contact Details: Include a callback phone number.
  2. Call the emergency number provided to you with your support plan. If you are unable to connect:

    • Call the backup number provided three times within 5 minutes.
    • If you do not receive a callback within 10 minutes, please try again.

7.4 Service Level Agreements

Imazen will use commercially reasonable efforts to meet the response times and service levels specified in your support plan. Response times are relative to the receipt of a properly submitted support request as outlined in Section 7.3.

7.5 Limitation of Remedies

If Imazen fails to meet the maximum emergency response time specified in your support plan, you may be entitled to a refund for the current month’s support plan fees, subject to the terms outlined in Section 7.6.

7.6 Refunds and Remedies

7.6.1 Refund Eligibility

  • Emergency Response Time Failure: If Imazen fails to meet the maximum emergency response time guaranteed under your support plan for a given month, you are entitled to a refund of 100% of the amount paid for that month’s support plan (or 1/12th if billed yearly). Refund requests must be submitted within 45 days of the incident. The refund shall not exceed the amount paid for that month’s support plan.
  • Standard Response Time Failure: If Imazen fails to meet the maximum standard response time guaranteed under your support plan for a given month, you are entitled to a refund of 50% of the amount paid for that month’s support plan (or 1/12th if billed yearly). Refund requests must be submitted within 45 days of the incident. The refund shall not exceed the amount paid for that month’s support plan.

7.6.2 Limitations

  • No Guarantee on Resolution Timeline: Failure to deliver any specific resolution via product update on a specific timeline is not guaranteed. Factors outside of Imazen’s control—such as defects introduced in operating systems, third-party software updates, misconfiguration of third-party software by the Customer, or hardware failure—may impact resolution timelines.
  • Best-Effort Basis: Imazen shall make a best-effort attempt to fix issues under its control and provide workarounds when possible for third-party software issues.
  • Financial Liability Cap: Imazen’s financial liability shall never exceed the amount paid to Imazen by the Customer during the most recent billing period.

7.7 Conditions and Terms

  • Definitions:
    • Company” refers to Imazen LLC.
    • Customer” or “You” refers to the subscriber listed on the support plan.
  • Accessing Emergency Support:
    • Use the email and emergency phone numbers provided in your support plan.
    • Provide your company name and indicate you wish to use an emergency support incident.
    • Outside business hours, the development team cannot be reached through public contact channels.
  • Accessing Standard Support:
    • Use the email and business hours phone numbers provided in your support plan.
    • Provide your company name and indicate you wish to use a standard support incident.
  • Business Hours:
    • Standard support requests submitted late on a Friday may not be answered until the following Monday.
    • Our international development team operates in both European and U.S. time zones; posted business hours may change due to developer availability.
  • Payment Clearance:
    • Support services are not available until payment clears, regardless of other billing terms.
  • Cancellation Right:
    • Imazen reserves the right to cancel and pro rata refund any support contract.
  • Hotfix Timelines:
    • Hotfix response times are relative to the identification of the issue, not the beginning of the diagnostic process.
    • Some flaws may be outside of our direct control, and workarounds may not always be possible within the given time frame.
    • All services are provided on a best-effort basis and do not constitute a legal warranty or guarantee of any kind.
  • Additional Support Incidents:
    • If you do not have a support plan or your plan does not include emergency support, utilizing emergency support will incur a $3,500 USD fee per incident.
    • By contacting emergency support outside of business hours, you agree to either debit your quota of emergency support incidents or pay separately for the utilized incident.
    • It is your responsibility to verify you have remaining emergency support incidents before using the emergency hotline.
    • Separately purchased emergency or standard support incidents are not subject to the same maximum response time.
  • Contract Year Definition:
    • A “Year” is defined as the period starting from the activation date of the contract and ending on the same day and month in the following year.
    • If a support contract is purchased on February 29 (leap day), the year will end on February 28 of the following year.
  • Product Updates:
    • New product releases may deprecate or remove functionality; support for deprecated functionality is at Imazen’s discretion.
  • Third-Party Plugins:
    • Support for community-maintained or third-party plugins is not included or guaranteed.
    • Consulting hours included in your support plan may be used toward support for such plugins.
    • Response time guarantees do not apply when using community-maintained or third-party plugins.

8. Intellectual Property Rights

8.1 Ownership

All rights, title, and interest in and to the Services, including all intellectual property rights, remain with Imazen and its licensors.

8.2 Feedback and Contributions

By submitting any feedback or contributions to Imazen, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate your feedback or contributions into the Services.

9. Confidentiality

9.1 Definition of Confidential Information

“Confidential Information” means any non-public information disclosed by Imazen that is designated as confidential or that a reasonable person should understand to be confidential.

9.2 Obligation of Confidentiality

You agree to maintain the confidentiality of Imazen’s Confidential Information and not to use it except as necessary to perform your obligations under these Terms.

10. Privacy Policy

Your use of the Services is also governed by our Imazen Subscription Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect your information. By using the Services, you consent to the practices described in the Privacy Policy.

11. Marketing and Communications

11.1 Communication Opt-In

By purchasing a subscription, you automatically opt-in to receive notices of important version releases, announcements, and security notices. You may opt-out at any time using the unsubscribe link included in each email.

You may not opt out of receiving communication related to your subscription, such as renewal notices, billing statements, and support-related communications.

11.2 Use of Client Information

Imazen reserves the right to list you as a client or user of the Services and use your logo for promotional purposes, unless you opt out by notifying us at support@imazen.io. By opting out, you may lose eligibility for certain discounts.

12. Trademarks and Promotional Use

These Terms do not grant you any rights to use Imazen’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, or other brand features.

Imazen reserves the right to list you as a client or user of the software and use your logo for promotional purposes. You may opt out of this for a fee as specified in Section 24.3(c).

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” IMAZEN DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

14. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL IMAZEN BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES ARISING FROM:

  • YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE;
  • ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES;
  • UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT.

IMAZEN’S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATED TO THE SERVICES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES PAID BY YOU TO IMAZEN IN THE PAST TWELVE (12) MONTHS.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Imazen and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of or in any way connected with:

  • Your access to or use of the Services and Software;
  • Your violation of these Terms;
  • Your infringement of any intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity.

16. Modifications to Terms

Imazen reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of significant changes by posting the updated Terms on our website or through other reasonable means. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of the updated Terms constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, United States, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from these Terms shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Colorado.

18. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

19. Waiver

The failure of Imazen to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

20. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under these Terms without Imazen’s prior written consent. Imazen may assign these Terms without restriction to the extent permitted by law.

21. Entire Agreement

These Terms, along with the Subscription Privacy Policy and any additional agreements you may enter into with Imazen, constitute the entire agreement between you and Imazen regarding the Services.

22. Force Majeure

Imazen shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations under these Terms due to events beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, acts of government, pandemics, or civil unrest.

23. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact us at:

Email: support@imazen.io
Mailing Address: Imazen LLC
2093 PHILADELPHIA PIKE #1555
CLAYMONT, DE 19703

24. Special Arrangements and Additional Fees

24.1 Reseller Arrangements

Resellers and intermediaries must self-disclose and are subject to a “Reseller Admin Charge” of $800 USD per year. This charge does not apply to development agencies. Size-based discounts are not available through resellers.

24.2 Standard Services

The following services are provided at no additional charge:

  • Email PDF invoicing
  • ACH or bank transfer payment
  • Use of our customer portal (account.imazen.io)
  • Access to our company billing & ordering information sheets
  • Provision of our W-9 form
  • NET 30 payment terms

24.3 Custom Arrangements and Associated Fees

a) Vendor-Specific Requirements: Customers requiring Imazen to complete vendor forms, use customer-specific portals or software, or agree to customer-specific billing/ordering terms will be subject to an $800 USD per year surcharge. These customers are not eligible for size-based discounts.

b) Custom Legal Terms: Customers requesting custom license or subscription terms that require consultation with Imazen’s legal team will be charged based on the time required for legal revision and review. These customers are not eligible for size-based discounts.

c) Promotional Opt-Out: Customers may opt out of allowing Imazen to use their name or logo in promotional materials for a fee of $300 USD per year.

24.4 Fee Changes

Imazen reserves the right to modify these fees at any time. Any changes will be communicated to affected customers and will take effect at the start of the next billing cycle.

By using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.