What happens if I stop paying for Hyvä Checkout support and updates?
Stop paying for Hyvä Checkout’s Support and Update plan, and the checkout on your store keeps working. What you lose is access to newer releases and to support from the Hyvä team. When your Hyvä Checkout license expires, Hyvä’s terms let you keep every version available on that day. Anything released after that is locked.
Quick answer
If Hyvä Checkout’s Support and Update plan lapses, the checkout keeps working on the last version available at expiry. You get no newer releases and no premium support from Hyvä. the €1,000 license includes the first year. Renewal costs €250 a year after that. Restarting an expired yearly plan means paying for the months it lapsed.
What you keep and lose when Hyvä Checkout support expires
| What you keep | What you lose |
|---|---|
| Your installed checkout, running as before | Any version released after the plan expires |
| Access to versions released before your Support and Update plan expired | Premium support from the Hyvä team |
| The right to keep running the checkout on your licensed Magento installation | New features and payment or shipping integrations |
| Free help on the Hyvä community Slack | Bug and security fixes shipped after expiry |
Hyvä’s support page lists two kinds of help. Free community support runs on Slack, mostly answered by other developers. Premium ticket-based support is for paying customers only. After a Hyvä Checkout plan lapses, only the community option remains.
When an expired Hyvä Checkout plan causes problems
Nothing breaks on the day a Hyvä Checkout plan expires. The cost shows up later, when something around the checkout changes.
- Magento upgrades: Hyvä Checkout only added Magento 2.4.7 support in its 1.1.x releases, per its feature history. A store frozen on an older version can’t move to 2.4.7 without that update.
- PHP version changes: PHP 8.3 support also arrived in Hyvä Checkout 1.1.x. A hosting move off an end-of-life PHP version can force the upgrade on you.
- Payment and shipping modules: Payment integrations like Mollie and Adyen ship as separate modules. When one raises its minimum Hyvä Checkout version, a store on an expired plan can’t follow.
- Security fixes: Anything Hyvä patches after your expiry date becomes your team’s job to backport.
Before you let Hyvä Checkout support lapse
- Check whether a Magento or PHP upgrade is planned for the coming year.
- Upgrade to the newest Hyvä Checkout version your plan covers while it is still active.
- Commit your composer.lock so every deploy installs the exact version you tested.
Can you renew Hyvä Checkout support after it expires?
You can renew a Hyvä Checkout license after it expires, but you pay for the lapsed months. Per Hyvä’s license terms, you can only extend a yearly Support and Update plan while it is still active. Hyvä emails reminders before and after the expiry date, starting 30 days out.
Ways to keep support active, as listed on Hyvä’s pricing page
- Yearly renewal: €250 a year, from the second year.
- Five years upfront: listed at €1,000.
- Hyvä Commerce: includes Checkout support alongside other Hyvä products.
Is renewing Hyvä Checkout support worth it?
For most live stores, renewing Hyvä Checkout support at €250 a year is the cheaper path. Restarting later means paying for every month you skipped.
Lapse only if your Magento and PHP versions are pinned for at least a year. You also need a developer who can maintain the checkout without Hyvä’s help. Our Hyvä development team can check where your setup stands before you decide.
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