Businesses can no longer access Docker Desktop for free

Date:
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:28:12 +0000

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Although free version will still be available for smaller businesses.

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Popular container company Docker has updated its subscription plans, and no longer allows enterprise customers to use the free version. Current users (with at least 250 employees or $10 million in revenue) have until January
31, 2022, to sign up to a paid subscription model or risk being barred from entry.

In a blog post published by company CEO Scott Johnston, Docker said the current Free, Pro, Team, and Large plans are being replaced by Personal, Pro, Team and Business.

Personal is still going to be free to use, but only for smaller businesses, personal use, education, and noncommercial open-source projects, which Johnston says make up roughly half of the companys user base. Its customers will keep their free access to Desktop, as well as Docker CLI, Docker
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The Pro plan will cost $5/month for individuals, while the Team plan will set you back $7 a month. The new Business plan costs at least $21 per user, per month. Scaling the business

Further explaining the details, Johnston said that the Pro and Team plans
wont change that much, while large business users will have to pay for extra features such as registry restrictions, single sign-on, or secure software supply chain management.

The updated terms for Docker Desktop reflect our need to scale our business sustainably and enable us to continue shipping new value in all Docker subscriptions, he explained.

As explained by Infoworld , Docker is making substantial changes to its licensing terms, and these changes are just part of the process. Since
selling its enterprise business in 2019, Docker has focused on developers
that build containerized applications through the Docker Engine container runtime, Hub image repository and Desktop application.

At press time, the Desktop app is installed on 3.3 million computers.

Docker Engine runtime, upstream open source Docker, or Moby projects, have
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Via: Infoworld



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