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Is there a way to test Forge paid apps on production sites without subscribing (sandbox/evaluation)?

Sonu
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July 1, 2025

We're migrating our Atlassian Connect app to Forge. During testing on our production site (company.atlassian.net), we noticed that the Forge version prompts for a subscription, even for internal testing.
In Connect, we could test apps without going through the billing flow. But Forge apps seem to require a subscription—even just to upgrade or validate them in real-world use cases.

Is there any official sandbox or evaluation path for Forge apps that allows us to test paid apps on production domains without subscribing? Or is the only option to subscribe even for internal QA/testing?

Any guidance or official documentation link would be appreciated!

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Oleksii Melnyk
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July 2, 2025

Hi! You will still need to subscribe, but you can generate a promo code for a 100% discount

Also, you can use the  distribution link to directly install the app to the prod env.

More details: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/distribute-your-apps/#distribute-your-apps

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