Authorization is not a purchase.
It is a capability level.

Because authorization is not a document — it is authority. Membership exists to make ongoing authority sustainable and efficient. Per-decision pricing is intentionally positioned above membership value to signal seriousness and direct organizations with recurring inspection exposure toward the correct long-term path.

A DDR is a fixed, inspection-defensible record that binds a compliance decision to its governing logic, evidence, accountable owner, and timestamp. It is assigned a unique ID at the moment of authorization and cannot be retroactively modified. It is what protects you when an inspector asks: "Who decided? Based on what? At what moment?"

Yes. All readiness assessments, briefs, and analysis are always free. You only pay at the moment you choose to authorize — when a DDR is issued. Free modules exist to prepare you to authorize with confidence.

Issued DDRs are permanent records. Cancellation does not invalidate previously authorized decisions. Your DDR IDs, records, and inspection artifacts remain accessible. Cancellation only stops future issuance.

No. Briefs, certificates, and summaries are derivatives — they reference an existing DDR and carry its authority. A DDR is the authorizing event. Without an issued DDR, these outputs are analysis only and carry no inspection authority.

If you are a single decision authority — one QA Director or VP Quality authorizing decisions independently — Individual is correct. If your organization has multiple decision owners across functions or sites, Team is the right level. Enterprise is correct when authorization governance needs to operate across the entire organization with role-based authority and system integration.