This page contains answers to our most frequently asked questions.
For guides, how-tos, and answers on how to set up, configure, and use NodePit Runner, visit the NodePit Runner documentation.
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We are not affiliated with the KNIME AG. We deliberately are not a “KNIME Partner”, but an independent company. We strongly believe that only this way we can provide you with the best and most innovative solutions and services and avoid any conflicts of interest which would stem from a coupling with the KNIME AG.
NodePit Runner is €699 for a one-year license, covering one self-hosted installation with unlimited users, unlimited schedules, and unlimited runs — no per-user or per-execution charges. See pricing and checkout for details.
Yes. You can use NodePit Runner free of charge for one month to evaluate it in your own environment before buying. Request a trial license to get started.
No. Your license covers unlimited users, unlimited schedules, and unlimited runs at a flat annual price — there’s no metering, no per-seat cost, and no usage-based billing.
Nothing is deleted. If your license expires or hasn’t been renewed, NodePit Runner keeps running, but new runs are blocked (the “Run Now” and “Retry” actions are disabled) until you renew.
No. NodePit Runner provisions and manages its own KNIME Analytics Platform environments internally — you don’t even need to install KNIME yourself, let alone a KNIME Server or Business Hub license.
No. Alongside KNIME workflows, NodePit Runner schedules shell scripts and Docker containers — your own image, or one built from an uploaded Dockerfile — so it fits teams that don’t use KNIME at all just as well as those that do.
NodePit Batch is a free, single-workflow command-line tool — you still need your own scheduler (like cron) to run it repeatedly. NodePit Runner uses NodePit Batch internally, and adds scheduling, multi-user projects, and monitoring on top of it. See the full comparison at NodePit Runner vs. NodePit Batch.
NodePit Runner’s flat annual fee tends to be significantly cheaper than KNIME’s metered or per-seat plans once more than one person or a regular schedule is involved. See the detailed breakdowns: vs. KNIME Server, vs. KNIME Business Hub, vs. KNIME Team, and vs. KNIME Pro.
We have successfully tested NodePit Runner with KNIME 3.0 (released in 2015) up to the current KNIME 5.12.0 and “nightly” versions. NodePit Runner is designed to allow you running different KNIME versions in parallel – you can selectively try old or new versions without affecting all your workflows.
To connect your KNIME Analytics Platform to NodePit Runner, you can use the KNIME extension NodePit Runner for KNIME. NodePit Runner for KNIME allows you to interact with NodePit Runner directly from within your KNIME Analytics Platform.
Install the extension, open the KNIME preferences, go to KNIME Explorer and add a new mount point for NodePit Runner. Feedback welcome!
The full documentation — guides, how-tos, and reference material — is available at docs.nodepit.com/runner.