diff --git a/app/Actions/BookAddon.php b/app/Actions/BookAddon.php
index a69f0cb..6e86b57 100644
--- a/app/Actions/BookAddon.php
+++ b/app/Actions/BookAddon.php
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ use RuntimeException;
  * exactly the reason the plan's price does: they agreed to a figure. What they
  * have NOT booked stays on the live catalogue — that is a sale still to be
  * made, at whatever it costs now.
+ *
+ * `$overrides` exists for GrantAddon: a granted module is booked through this
+ * same action, with its price replaced by what the customer actually pays and
+ * its provenance stamped on the row. Empty for every ordinary booking.
  */
 class BookAddon
 {
     public function __construct(private RecordCommercialEvent $record) {}
 
-    public function __invoke(Subscription $subscription, string $addonKey, int $quantity = 1, ?Order $order = null): SubscriptionAddon
+    /** @param  array<string, mixed>  $overrides */
+    public function __invoke(Subscription $subscription, string $addonKey, int $quantity = 1, ?Order $order = null, array $overrides = []): SubscriptionAddon
     {
         $price = app(AddonCatalogue::class)->priceCents($addonKey);
 
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ class BookAddon
         }
 
         try {
-            return $this->book($subscription, $addonKey, $quantity, $order, $price);
+            return $this->book($subscription, $addonKey, $quantity, $order, $price, $overrides);
         } catch (UniqueConstraintViolationException) {
             // A concurrent retry won. The unique index on (order_id, addon_key)
             // is what actually enforces "one order books one module" — the
@@ -49,12 +54,13 @@ class BookAddon
         }
     }
 
-    private function book(Subscription $subscription, string $addonKey, int $quantity, ?Order $order, int $price): SubscriptionAddon
+    /** @param  array<string, mixed>  $overrides */
+    private function book(Subscription $subscription, string $addonKey, int $quantity, ?Order $order, int $price, array $overrides = []): SubscriptionAddon
     {
         // The booking and its entry in the register commit together: if the
         // record could fail afterwards, retrying the same order would find the
         // add-on already there and skip the event for good.
-        return DB::transaction(function () use ($subscription, $addonKey, $quantity, $order, $price) {
+        return DB::transaction(function () use ($subscription, $addonKey, $quantity, $order, $price, $overrides) {
             // Idempotent against a retried webhook: one order books one module.
             if ($order !== null) {
                 $existing = SubscriptionAddon::query()
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ class BookAddon
                 }
             }
 
-            $addon = SubscriptionAddon::create([
+            $addon = SubscriptionAddon::create(array_merge([
                 'subscription_id' => $subscription->id,
                 'order_id' => $order?->id,
                 'addon_key' => $addonKey,
@@ -75,13 +81,13 @@ class BookAddon
                 'currency' => Subscription::catalogueCurrency(),
                 'quantity' => $quantity,
                 'booked_at' => now(),
-            ]);
+            ], $overrides));
 
             ($this->record)(
                 event: SubscriptionRecord::EVENT_ADDON_BOOKED,
                 subscription: $subscription,
                 netCents: $addon->monthlyCents(),
-                extra: ['addon' => ['key' => $addonKey, 'quantity' => $quantity, 'price_cents' => $price]],
+                extra: ['addon' => ['key' => $addonKey, 'quantity' => $quantity, 'price_cents' => $addon->price_cents]],
                 order: $order,
                 stripe: ['event' => $order?->stripe_event_id],
                 // What was actually charged for the module, on the same terms
diff --git a/app/Actions/GrantAddon.php b/app/Actions/GrantAddon.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7af8826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Actions/GrantAddon.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions;
+
+use App\Models\Operator;
+use App\Models\Order;
+use App\Models\Subscription;
+use App\Models\SubscriptionAddon;
+use App\Services\Billing\AddonCatalogue;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+/**
+ * Gives a customer a module without a payment — "ein Plugin schenken".
+ *
+ * Books through the same BookAddon a paid order uses, on a synthetic Order
+ * (no Stripe id, price set to what the customer actually pays) so the module
+ * ends up frozen on `subscription_addons` exactly like a real booking would.
+ */
+class GrantAddon
+{
+    public function __construct(private BookAddon $bookAddon) {}
+
+    public function __invoke(
+        Subscription $subscription,
+        Operator $grantedBy,
+        string $addonKey,
+        int $priceCents,
+        int $quantity = 1,
+        ?string $note = null,
+        ?Carbon $until = null,
+    ): SubscriptionAddon {
+        $cataloguePrice = app(AddonCatalogue::class)->priceCents($addonKey);
+
+        if ($cataloguePrice === null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unknown add-on: {$addonKey}");
+        }
+
+        if ($priceCents < 0 || $priceCents > $cataloguePrice) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('A grant cannot charge more than the catalogue price.');
+        }
+
+        // Vestigial for a module — nothing is provisioned at a datacenter for
+        // it — but the column is not nullable, and the contract's own order
+        // already carries the right one.
+        $datacenter = $subscription->order?->datacenter ?? 'fsn';
+
+        $order = Order::create([
+            'customer_id' => $subscription->customer_id,
+            'plan' => $subscription->plan,
+            'type' => 'addon',
+            'addon_key' => $addonKey,
+            'amount_cents' => $priceCents,
+            'currency' => Subscription::catalogueCurrency(),
+            'datacenter' => $datacenter,
+            'stripe_event_id' => null,
+            'stripe_subscription_id' => null,
+            'status' => 'paid',
+        ]);
+
+        return ($this->bookAddon)($subscription, $addonKey, $quantity, $order, [
+            'price_cents' => $priceCents,
+            'granted_by' => $grantedBy->id,
+            'granted_at' => now(),
+            'grant_note' => $note,
+            'granted_until' => $until,
+            'catalogue_price_cents' => $cataloguePrice,
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Actions/GrantSubscription.php b/app/Actions/GrantSubscription.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9aa110e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Actions/GrantSubscription.php
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions;
+
+use App\Models\Customer;
+use App\Models\Operator;
+use App\Models\Order;
+use App\Models\ProvisioningRun;
+use App\Models\Subscription;
+use App\Provisioning\Jobs\AdvanceRunJob;
+use App\Services\Billing\PlanCatalogue;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+/**
+ * Gives a customer a package without a payment.
+ *
+ * A grant is an order without money, not a second code path: this creates the
+ * exact Order → ProvisioningRun → Subscription rows a Stripe purchase does —
+ * same pipeline, same OpenSubscription — with `stripe_subscription_id` left
+ * null and `price_cents` set to whatever the customer actually pays (0 for a
+ * full gift, less than the catalogue price for a discount). Provisioning,
+ * DowngradeCheck, seats, quotas, cancellation: all of it reads an ordinary
+ * Subscription row afterwards and never learns this one was free.
+ */
+class GrantSubscription
+{
+    public function __construct(private OpenSubscription $openSubscription) {}
+
+    /**
+     * @param  array{quota_gb?:int,seats?:int,traffic_gb?:int}  $bonus  Beyond what the plan tier already includes.
+     */
+    public function __invoke(
+        Customer $customer,
+        Operator $grantedBy,
+        string $plan,
+        string $term,
+        string $datacenter,
+        int $priceCents,
+        array $bonus = [],
+        ?string $note = null,
+        ?Carbon $until = null,
+    ): Subscription {
+        if (! Subscription::knowsPlan($plan)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Plan '{$plan}' is not sellable, so it cannot be granted either.");
+        }
+
+        $version = app(PlanCatalogue::class)->currentVersion($plan);
+        $cataloguePrice = $version->priceFor($term);
+
+        if ($cataloguePrice === null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Plan '{$plan}' is not sold on a {$term} term.");
+        }
+
+        // A "grant" that charges more than the plan actually costs is not a
+        // grant — that path already exists, and it goes through Stripe.
+        if ($priceCents < 0 || $priceCents > $cataloguePrice->amount_cents) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('A grant cannot charge more than the catalogue price.');
+        }
+
+        [$run, $subscription] = DB::transaction(function () use (
+            $customer, $grantedBy, $plan, $term, $datacenter, $priceCents, $bonus, $note, $until, $cataloguePrice,
+        ) {
+            $order = Order::create([
+                'customer_id' => $customer->id,
+                'plan' => $plan,
+                'type' => 'new',
+                'amount_cents' => $priceCents,
+                'currency' => Subscription::catalogueCurrency(),
+                'datacenter' => $datacenter,
+                // Never Stripe's: this purchase never went through Stripe at
+                // all, which is the whole point, and is also what tells
+                // IssueInvoice and the revenue figures this row apart from an
+                // ordinary (possibly also zero-priced) checkout.
+                'stripe_event_id' => null,
+                'stripe_subscription_id' => null,
+                'status' => 'paid',
+            ]);
+
+            $run = ProvisioningRun::create([
+                'subject_type' => Order::class,
+                'subject_id' => $order->id,
+                'pipeline' => 'customer',
+                'status' => ProvisioningRun::STATUS_PENDING,
+                'current_step' => 0,
+                'context' => ['branding' => $customer->brandingResolved()],
+            ]);
+
+            $overrides = array_filter([
+                'price_cents' => $priceCents,
+                'quota_gb' => $bonus['quota_gb'] ?? null,
+                'seats' => $bonus['seats'] ?? null,
+                'traffic_gb' => $bonus['traffic_gb'] ?? null,
+            ], fn ($value) => $value !== null);
+
+            $overrides += [
+                'granted_by' => $grantedBy->id,
+                'granted_at' => now(),
+                'grant_note' => $note,
+                'granted_until' => $until,
+                'catalogue_price_cents' => $cataloguePrice->amount_cents,
+            ];
+
+            $subscription = ($this->openSubscription)($order, $term, $overrides);
+
+            return [$run, $subscription];
+        });
+
+        // After the commit, never inside it — a worker can pick the run up
+        // before the transaction lands (see StartCustomerProvisioning).
+        AdvanceRunJob::dispatch($run->uuid);
+
+        return $subscription;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Actions/OpenSubscription.php b/app/Actions/OpenSubscription.php
index 496ac4a..58ada8c 100644
--- a/app/Actions/OpenSubscription.php
+++ b/app/Actions/OpenSubscription.php
@@ -24,12 +24,20 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
  * records what was charged per event, and Stripe's invoice is the authority for
  * the amount. Copying a gross total into this net field would silently corrupt
  * every pro-rata calculation that reads it.
+ *
+ * `$overrides` exists for exactly one caller, GrantSubscription: a grant opens
+ * a contract through this same action rather than a second one, but needs to
+ * set what the customer actually pays (0, or less than the catalogue price)
+ * and stamp who granted it. Passed straight through to Subscription::create()
+ * on top of the catalogue snapshot — empty for every ordinary purchase, which
+ * is the whole reason this stays a parameter and not a new method.
  */
 class OpenSubscription
 {
     public function __construct(private RecordCommercialEvent $record) {}
 
-    public function __invoke(Order $order, string $term = Subscription::TERM_MONTHLY): Subscription
+    /** @param  array<string, mixed>  $overrides */
+    public function __invoke(Order $order, string $term = Subscription::TERM_MONTHLY, array $overrides = []): Subscription
     {
         // A retried webhook must not open a second contract for one purchase.
         $existing = Subscription::query()->where('order_id', $order->id)->first();
@@ -44,10 +52,11 @@ class OpenSubscription
         // record could fail after the subscription is in, the next webhook
         // retry would find the contract, return early, and leave a paid sale
         // permanently missing from the evidence.
-        return DB::transaction(fn () => $this->open($order, $term, $start));
+        return DB::transaction(fn () => $this->open($order, $term, $start, $overrides));
     }
 
-    private function open(Order $order, string $term, Carbon $start): Subscription
+    /** @param  array<string, mixed>  $overrides */
+    private function open(Order $order, string $term, Carbon $start, array $overrides = []): Subscription
     {
         $subscription = Subscription::create(array_merge(
             // The version the order carries, when the checkout recorded one:
@@ -67,6 +76,9 @@ class OpenSubscription
                     : $start->copy()->addMonth(),
                 'status' => 'active',
             ],
+            // Last, so a grant's price and provenance win over the catalogue
+            // snapshot above rather than the other way round.
+            $overrides,
         ));
 
         // The sale, entered in the register the moment it happens. Written from
diff --git a/app/Models/Order.php b/app/Models/Order.php
index e507d15..a14bd82 100644
--- a/app/Models/Order.php
+++ b/app/Models/Order.php
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use App\Models\Concerns\HasUuid;
-use App\Services\Billing\TaxTreatment;
 use App\Provisioning\Contracts\ProvisioningSubject;
+use App\Services\Billing\TaxTreatment;
+use Database\Factories\OrderFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphMany;
 
 class Order extends Model implements ProvisioningSubject
 {
-    /** @use HasFactory<\Database\Factories\OrderFactory> */
+    /** @use HasFactory<OrderFactory> */
     use HasFactory, HasUuid;
 
     protected $fillable = [
@@ -91,6 +92,32 @@ class Order extends Model implements ProvisioningSubject
         return $this->hasOne(Subscription::class);
     }
 
+    /** The module this order booked, if it was an add-on order. */
+    public function subscriptionAddon(): HasOne
+    {
+        return $this->hasOne(SubscriptionAddon::class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A grant that costs nothing — the one case IssueInvoice must skip.
+     *
+     * Keyed on the linked subscription/add-on's OWN provenance, not merely on
+     * `amount_cents === 0`: a fully discounted Stripe checkout also charges
+     * zero and that invoice is still owed (OpenSubscription's docblock says
+     * the same about the register). Only a grant with nothing charged, and
+     * chosen as a full gift rather than a discount, produces no invoice.
+     */
+    public function isFreeGrant(): bool
+    {
+        if ((int) $this->amount_cents !== 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->subscription?->isFreeGrant()
+            ?? $this->subscriptionAddon?->isGranted()
+            ?? false;
+    }
+
     public function runs(): MorphMany
     {
         return $this->morphMany(ProvisioningRun::class, 'subject');
diff --git a/app/Models/Subscription.php b/app/Models/Subscription.php
index 82d927a..56611d5 100644
--- a/app/Models/Subscription.php
+++ b/app/Models/Subscription.php
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class Subscription extends Model
             'pending_effective_at' => 'datetime',
             'cancelled_at' => 'datetime',
             'stripe_event_at' => 'datetime',
+            'granted_at' => 'datetime',
+            'granted_until' => 'datetime',
+            'catalogue_price_cents' => 'integer',
         ];
     }
 
@@ -76,6 +79,27 @@ class Subscription extends Model
         return $this->belongsTo(Customer::class);
     }
 
+    /** The operator who gave this away, when it was a grant. */
+    public function grantedBy(): BelongsTo
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(Operator::class, 'granted_by');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this contract's own terms were set by a grant rather than a
+     * purchase — the one fact Revenue and IssueInvoice both key off.
+     */
+    public function isGranted(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->granted_at !== null;
+    }
+
+    /** A full gift: nothing was charged for it at all. */
+    public function isFreeGrant(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->isGranted() && (int) $this->price_cents === 0;
+    }
+
     public function order(): BelongsTo
     {
         return $this->belongsTo(Order::class);
diff --git a/app/Models/SubscriptionAddon.php b/app/Models/SubscriptionAddon.php
index 29cc814..fa8f0f6 100644
--- a/app/Models/SubscriptionAddon.php
+++ b/app/Models/SubscriptionAddon.php
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ class SubscriptionAddon extends Model
             'quantity' => 'integer',
             'booked_at' => 'datetime',
             'cancelled_at' => 'datetime',
+            'granted_at' => 'datetime',
+            'granted_until' => 'datetime',
+            'catalogue_price_cents' => 'integer',
         ];
     }
 
@@ -66,6 +69,17 @@ class SubscriptionAddon extends Model
         return $this->belongsTo(Order::class);
     }
 
+    /** The operator who gave this module away, when it was a grant. */
+    public function grantedBy(): BelongsTo
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(Operator::class, 'granted_by');
+    }
+
+    public function isGranted(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->granted_at !== null;
+    }
+
     public function scopeActive(Builder $query): Builder
     {
         return $query->whereNull('cancelled_at');
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180000_add_grant_provenance_to_subscriptions.php b/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180000_add_grant_provenance_to_subscriptions.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70c7eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180000_add_grant_provenance_to_subscriptions.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * A grant is an order without money, not a second code path — so a subscription
+ * given away for free or at a discount is a row in this same table, with
+ * `stripe_subscription_id` null and `price_cents` set to what the customer
+ * actually pays. What makes it a grant rather than a bug is provenance: who
+ * gave it, when, why (free text), and until when.
+ *
+ * `catalogue_price_cents` sits beside `price_cents` for exactly one reason: a
+ * discount is only legible as a discount if the price it was discounted FROM
+ * is on the same row. Left null for an ordinary paid subscription, where
+ * `price_cents` already IS the catalogue price at the time of sale.
+ */
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('subscriptions', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            // Nullable and nullOnDelete: an operator leaving the company must
+            // not take the record of what they gave away with them — the grant
+            // itself outlives its own audit trail either way.
+            $table->foreignId('granted_by')->nullable()->after('cancelled_at')
+                ->constrained('operators')->nullOnDelete();
+            // The presence of this column, not a separate boolean, is what
+            // marks a subscription as a grant — one fact, one column.
+            $table->timestamp('granted_at')->nullable()->after('granted_by');
+            $table->text('grant_note')->nullable()->after('granted_at');
+            // Null means unlimited. The owner's rule: nothing lapses on its
+            // own when this date passes — the console only has to say so.
+            $table->timestamp('granted_until')->nullable()->after('grant_note');
+            $table->unsignedInteger('catalogue_price_cents')->nullable()->after('granted_until');
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('subscriptions', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropConstrainedForeignId('granted_by');
+            $table->dropColumn(['granted_at', 'grant_note', 'granted_until', 'catalogue_price_cents']);
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180001_add_grant_provenance_to_subscription_addons.php b/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180001_add_grant_provenance_to_subscription_addons.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b3f8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180001_add_grant_provenance_to_subscription_addons.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * The same provenance as subscriptions.granted_* (see that migration's
+ * docblock), for a module booked without a payment — "ein Plugin schenken".
+ * A booked module already prices independently of the plan it sits on, so
+ * granting one has to be recorded independently too.
+ */
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('subscription_addons', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->foreignId('granted_by')->nullable()->after('cancelled_at')
+                ->constrained('operators')->nullOnDelete();
+            $table->timestamp('granted_at')->nullable()->after('granted_by');
+            $table->text('grant_note')->nullable()->after('granted_at');
+            $table->timestamp('granted_until')->nullable()->after('grant_note');
+            $table->unsignedInteger('catalogue_price_cents')->nullable()->after('granted_until');
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('subscription_addons', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropConstrainedForeignId('granted_by');
+            $table->dropColumn(['granted_at', 'grant_note', 'granted_until', 'catalogue_price_cents']);
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180002_add_grant_plans_capability.php b/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180002_add_grant_plans_capability.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0517ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_07_29_180002_add_grant_plans_capability.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Spatie\Permission\PermissionRegistrar;
+
+/**
+ * Giving away a subscription or a module is its own capability, not folded
+ * into `customers.manage` (suspend/reactivate, impersonate — reversible,
+ * low-stakes account administration). A grant creates real money-shaped rows
+ * — an order, a contract, a running instance — for nothing or at a discount,
+ * so the button needs its own gate rather than merely being hidden.
+ *
+ * Owner only, following secrets.manage's precedent: this is another page
+ * where the blast radius is someone else's money.
+ */
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        app(PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
+
+        $exists = DB::table('permissions')->where('name', 'customers.grant_plan')->exists();
+
+        if (! $exists) {
+            DB::table('permissions')->insert([
+                'name' => 'customers.grant_plan', 'guard_name' => 'operator',
+                'created_at' => now(), 'updated_at' => now(),
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        $permission = DB::table('permissions')->where('name', 'customers.grant_plan')->value('id');
+        $owner = DB::table('roles')->where('name', 'Owner')->where('guard_name', 'operator')->value('id');
+
+        if ($permission && $owner) {
+            DB::table('role_has_permissions')->updateOrInsert(
+                ['permission_id' => $permission, 'role_id' => $owner],
+            );
+        }
+
+        app(PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        // Deliberately removes nothing — see add_secrets_capability.php for
+        // why: by the time down() runs there is no way to tell what this
+        // migration created from what it merely found already there.
+        app(PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
+    }
+};
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Admin/RbacMoveTest.php b/tests/Feature/Admin/RbacMoveTest.php
index de1cc8a..5b8d756 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Admin/RbacMoveTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Admin/RbacMoveTest.php
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;
 it('moves every permission and role to the operator guard, leaving none behind', function () {
     expect(Permission::where('guard_name', 'web')->count())->toBe(0)
         ->and(Role::where('guard_name', 'web')->count())->toBe(0)
-        ->and(Permission::where('guard_name', 'operator')->count())->toBe(17)
+        // 17 from the original seed, plus customers.grant_plan.
+        ->and(Permission::where('guard_name', 'operator')->count())->toBe(18)
         ->and(Role::where('guard_name', 'operator')->count())->toBe(6);
 });
 
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ it('preflights every customer conflict before mutating anything, listing all of
     // Nothing mutated: still exactly the pre-migration shape, not "moved and
     // then rolled back" — there is nothing here to roll back on a real
     // server, which is the whole reason this has to be checked up front.
-    expect(Permission::where('guard_name', 'web')->count())->toBe(17)
+    expect(Permission::where('guard_name', 'web')->count())->toBe(18)
         ->and(Permission::where('guard_name', 'operator')->count())->toBe(0)
         ->and(Role::where('guard_name', 'web')->count())->toBe(6)
         ->and(Role::where('guard_name', 'operator')->count())->toBe(0)
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Billing/GrantAddonTest.php b/tests/Feature/Billing/GrantAddonTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c6fe42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Billing/GrantAddonTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Actions\GrantAddon;
+use App\Actions\OpenSubscription;
+use App\Models\Operator;
+use App\Models\Order;
+use App\Models\Subscription;
+use App\Services\Billing\AddonCatalogue;
+
+/**
+ * "Ein Plugin schenken" — a module given for free or at a discount, booked
+ * through the same BookAddon a paid order uses.
+ */
+function subscriptionForGrant(): Subscription
+{
+    $order = Order::factory()->create(['plan' => 'team', 'datacenter' => 'fsn', 'status' => 'paid']);
+
+    return app(OpenSubscription::class)($order);
+}
+
+it('books a module at zero cost, with provenance on the row', function () {
+    $subscription = subscriptionForGrant();
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->create();
+
+    $addon = app(GrantAddon::class)(
+        subscription: $subscription,
+        grantedBy: $owner,
+        addonKey: 'priority_support',
+        priceCents: 0,
+        note: 'Entschuldigung für die Störung',
+    );
+
+    $catalogue = app(AddonCatalogue::class)->priceCents('priority_support');
+
+    expect($addon->price_cents)->toBe(0)
+        ->and($addon->isGranted())->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($addon->granted_by)->toBe($owner->id)
+        ->and($addon->grant_note)->toBe('Entschuldigung für die Störung')
+        ->and($addon->catalogue_price_cents)->toBe($catalogue)
+        ->and($addon->order->stripe_event_id)->toBeNull()
+        ->and($addon->order->amount_cents)->toBe(0);
+});
+
+it('books a discounted module below the catalogue price', function () {
+    $subscription = subscriptionForGrant();
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->create();
+    $catalogue = app(AddonCatalogue::class)->priceCents('collabora_pro');
+
+    $addon = app(GrantAddon::class)(
+        subscription: $subscription,
+        grantedBy: $owner,
+        addonKey: 'collabora_pro',
+        priceCents: $catalogue - 500,
+    );
+
+    expect($addon->price_cents)->toBe($catalogue - 500)
+        ->and($addon->isGranted())->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+it('refuses to charge more for a granted module than it actually costs', function () {
+    $subscription = subscriptionForGrant();
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->create();
+    $catalogue = app(AddonCatalogue::class)->priceCents('extra_backups');
+
+    expect(fn () => app(GrantAddon::class)(
+        subscription: $subscription,
+        grantedBy: $owner,
+        addonKey: 'extra_backups',
+        priceCents: $catalogue + 1,
+    ))->toThrow(RuntimeException::class);
+});
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Billing/GrantSubscriptionTest.php b/tests/Feature/Billing/GrantSubscriptionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..112df27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Billing/GrantSubscriptionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Actions\GrantSubscription;
+use App\Models\Customer;
+use App\Models\Operator;
+use App\Models\Order;
+use App\Models\ProvisioningRun;
+use App\Models\Subscription;
+use App\Provisioning\Jobs\AdvanceRunJob;
+use App\Services\Billing\PlanCatalogue;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+
+/**
+ * A grant is an order without money, not a second code path: it must produce
+ * the same rows — order, provisioning run, subscription — a paid purchase
+ * does, with provenance recorded and price_cents set to what the customer
+ * actually pays.
+ */
+it('opens a subscription with no money charged, and provenance recorded', function () {
+    Queue::fake();
+
+    $customer = Customer::factory()->create();
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->create();
+
+    $subscription = app(GrantSubscription::class)(
+        customer: $customer,
+        grantedBy: $owner,
+        plan: 'team',
+        term: Subscription::TERM_MONTHLY,
+        datacenter: 'fsn',
+        priceCents: 0,
+        note: 'Freund des Hauses',
+    );
+
+    $order = Order::query()->where('customer_id', $customer->id)->sole();
+
+    expect($order->amount_cents)->toBe(0)
+        ->and($order->stripe_event_id)->toBeNull()
+        ->and($subscription->price_cents)->toBe(0)
+        ->and($subscription->plan)->toBe('team')
+        // The customer is owed the real machine, so the snapshot is the
+        // catalogue's — only the price and the provenance were overridden.
+        ->and($subscription->ram_mb)->toBeGreaterThan(0)
+        ->and($subscription->isGranted())->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($subscription->isFreeGrant())->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($subscription->granted_by)->toBe($owner->id)
+        ->and($subscription->grant_note)->toBe('Freund des Hauses')
+        ->and($subscription->granted_until)->toBeNull()
+        ->and($subscription->catalogue_price_cents)->toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+    // Same downstream pipeline as a paid order: a run was opened and dispatched.
+    $run = ProvisioningRun::query()->where('subject_id', $order->id)->sole();
+    expect($run->pipeline)->toBe('customer');
+    Queue::assertPushed(AdvanceRunJob::class, fn ($job) => $job->runUuid === $run->uuid);
+});
+
+it('records a discount as what it is: a price below the catalogue, not a free plan', function () {
+    $customer = Customer::factory()->create();
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->create();
+
+    $subscription = app(GrantSubscription::class)(
+        customer: $customer,
+        grantedBy: $owner,
+        plan: 'team',
+        term: Subscription::TERM_MONTHLY,
+        datacenter: 'fsn',
+        priceCents: 5000,
+    );
+
+    expect($subscription->price_cents)->toBe(5000)
+        ->and($subscription->catalogue_price_cents)->toBeGreaterThan(5000)
+        ->and($subscription->isFreeGrant())->toBeFalse()
+        ->and($subscription->isGranted())->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+it('grants a quota bonus beyond the plan, baked into the frozen snapshot', function () {
+    $customer = Customer::factory()->create();
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->create();
+    $plainTeam = app(PlanCatalogue::class)->currentVersion('team');
+
+    $subscription = app(GrantSubscription::class)(
+        customer: $customer,
+        grantedBy: $owner,
+        plan: 'team',
+        term: Subscription::TERM_MONTHLY,
+        datacenter: 'fsn',
+        priceCents: 0,
+        bonus: ['quota_gb' => $plainTeam->quota_gb + 250],
+    );
+
+    expect($subscription->quota_gb)->toBe($plainTeam->quota_gb + 250);
+});
+
+it('refuses to charge more for a grant than the plan actually costs', function () {
+    $customer = Customer::factory()->create();
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->create();
+    $price = app(PlanCatalogue::class)->currentVersion('team')->priceFor('monthly')->amount_cents;
+
+    expect(fn () => app(GrantSubscription::class)(
+        customer: $customer,
+        grantedBy: $owner,
+        plan: 'team',
+        term: Subscription::TERM_MONTHLY,
+        datacenter: 'fsn',
+        priceCents: $price + 1,
+    ))->toThrow(RuntimeException::class);
+});
+
+it('remembers until when a dated grant runs, and leaves it unlimited otherwise', function () {
+    $customer = Customer::factory()->create();
+    $owner = Operator::factory()->create();
+    $until = now()->addMonths(6);
+
+    $subscription = app(GrantSubscription::class)(
+        customer: $customer,
+        grantedBy: $owner,
+        plan: 'team',
+        term: Subscription::TERM_MONTHLY,
+        datacenter: 'fsn',
+        priceCents: 0,
+        until: $until,
+    );
+
+    expect($subscription->granted_until->toDateString())->toBe($until->toDateString());
+});