# Can externally paid plugins integrate with the IDE’s built-in license management UI?
**URL:** https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955
**Category:** JetBrains Marketplace
**Tags:** plugin-development
**Created:** [June 10, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955 "2025-06-10T04:48:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Anusree\_Lakshmi](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/Anusree_Lakshmi)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/1 "2025-06-10T04:48:10Z")
I have a question regarding license management for plugins.
Is it possible for externally paid plugins to integrate with the IDE’s built-in license management UI? Specifically, can such plugins hook into JetBrains’ native license dialogs or flows?
Thanks in advance !
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### Author:  [@yuriy.artamonov](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/yuriy.artamonov)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/2 "2025-06-10T09:42:00Z")
I don’t think so and we have no plans to add it, it does not help us anyhow unfortunately
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### Author:  [@Anusree\_Lakshmi](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/Anusree_Lakshmi)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/3 "2025-06-11T05:33:09Z")
Thanks @yuriy.artamonov .
How can we set up an **externally paid** plugin on the Marketplace?
Also, is it possible to show a **“Free Trial”** label on the plugin card (bottom-right corner) when using external licensing?
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### Author:  [@yuriy.artamonov](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/yuriy.artamonov)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/4 "2025-06-11T07:26:15Z")
You can set your plugin as externally paid, but in this case Marketplace does not provide any means for you to show information in IDE . You have to do everything on your own
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### Author:  [@Anusree\_Lakshmi](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/Anusree_Lakshmi)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/5 "2025-06-11T09:09:23Z")
But how can I setup that? I noticed that the Marketplace provides options to apply for a plugin as either Paid or Freemium. In the plugin code, I can also configure the `productDescriptor` with an `optional` boolean value to indicate whether the plugin is Freemium (`true`) or Paid (`false`), like so:
```kotlin
productDescriptor {
optional = true // Determines whether the plugin is Freemium (true) or Paid (false)
}
```
However, I couldn’t find any official JetBrains documentation explaining how this works for **externally paid** plugins. The only related reference I found is the [Plugin Monetization – Business Models](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/marketplace/plugin-monetization.html#business-models) page.
Is there any documentation available on this? How can I set up an externally paid plugin?
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### Author:  [@natalia.melnikova](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/natalia.melnikova)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/6 "2025-06-11T12:12:08Z")
Hello,
Unfortunately, it is not possible to add a “Free Trial” label to externally paid plugins. On our end, we can only mark your plugin with “Externally Paid” tag (like this [plugin](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/17718-github-copilot/edit)).
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### Author:  [@Anusree\_Lakshmi](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/Anusree_Lakshmi)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/7 "2025-06-12T05:55:23Z")
Thanks @natalia.melnikova
Could you please clarify the process for enabling this tag?
- Is this something we can configure ourselves through the Marketplace interface? I checked the _Tags_ section here – [https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/add#intellij](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/add#intellij) – but couldn’t find any option for an “externally paid” tag.
- Or do we need to submit a request to JetBrains to enable the “externally paid” label?
- If a request is required, where and how should we submit it?
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@natalia.melnikova](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/natalia.melnikova)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/8 "2025-06-12T17:30:55Z")
Please send an email to [marketplace@jetbrains.com](mailto:marketplace@jetbrains.com) with the plugin name (or a link to it), and we will add the tag to your plugin.
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### Author:  [@Anusree\_Lakshmi](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/Anusree_Lakshmi)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/can-externally-paid-plugins-integrate-with-the-ide-s-built-in-license-management-ui/1955/9 "2025-06-13T08:54:22Z")
Thanks @natalia.melnikova