Ubuntu Linux Pricing
There is no licensing cost for the product.
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Nicholas De Villiers
System Administrator at Figment Design Laboratories
It's free and open source! Users should play and experiment to their heart's content and if they get stuck join the wonderful Ubuntu/Linux community to get the help you need.
View full review »The product is cheap compared to Windows. We pay a yearly license fee. I rate the pricing a four out of ten.
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Ubuntu Linux
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Ubuntu Linux. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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JR
reviewer1220712
Principal Cloud Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We do not have any support agreements with Ubuntu, so we are using the free and open source version.
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reviewer1604358
Technician / Network & Systems Administrator, ITAS Program at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is 100% free.
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ImanDarabi
CTO at GreenWeb
I prefer to use an open-source license rather than proprietary licenses. Ubuntu is very well documented. It is also manageable and financially affordable.
View full review »The product is free of cost.
View full review »Ubuntu Linux is free for personal use, including business use. However, if you require enterprise-level support from their team, you need to pay a subscription fee. Ubuntu offers custom pricing that may vary based on the business requirements.
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Karthikeyan Subramnaiam
Technical Manager at LTIMINDTREE
The solution is free.
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ErkanVarol
IT manager at Koleksiyon
There are no payments to be made towards any licensing costs attached to the solution.
The solution is open-sourced.
View full review »Ubuntu Linux is an open-source product that is free to use.
View full review »We don't pay a licensing fee for the solution.
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reviewer2325426
It at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The solution is free.
GR
reviewer1393893
Embedded Engineer at a engineering company with 11-50 employees
We are using Ubuntu Linux free of cost, and there is no licensing.
View full review »This solution is free.
View full review »It's free. I haven't paid for a license. And we can manage all our servers by ourselves.
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Noor Parkar
Sr. System and Storage Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees
We are not buying any licenses at the moment.
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reviewer930072
Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The solution is open-source. We don't have to pay in order to use it. I use it for personal use, and therefore it is free.
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reviewer1053252
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Ubuntu is a free product.
If I am not mistaken, you can purchase support contracts that are available from Ubuntu.
You can always purchase Ubuntu, use it as often as you would like, and you can get enterprise support.
Canonical has its licensing scheme, but I think the product is free to use.
It has a GPL license, (General Public License). This license is always and will always be free to use.
I am not familiar with the prices because I never had to contact Canonical for support and inquired about how much it would cost for their support.
In general, you can always download their software and install it at any time for free and use it for free, according to the GPL license.
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Florent ADODO
IT Assistant at Hotel 2 Fevrier
There is not a license needed for the solution. You only have to pay for technical support.
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DEEPEN DHULLA
Director & CTO at TechnoInfotech
We haven't gone for a support subscription. Ubuntu is very reasonably priced for anyone looking to use it.
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JohanWiklund
System Administrator at Maxar Technologies
We have special workstations with Ubuntu preloaded because it was the best for artificial intelligence within the hardware. We got the whole system, including the hardware, software, and setup. We have support with the total package, but that's the only thing we have to pay for, and we haven't needed to use that support. In general, we don't have any license costs for Linux systems. Some of the Red Hat systems have license costs, but most are open-source or free versions.
View full review »Ubuntu Linux is an open-source product. It's not expensive.
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reviewer1604244
Founder at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
We currently use the open-source version of the product.
View full review »Ubuntu Linux is an open-source operating system.
View full review »If the customer wants to start, there is no license required. It is all free, but they must purchase the production license.
View full review »The price of Ubuntu Linux is more affordable.
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ManishK
Director at SafeSquid Labs
The solution is free.
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reviewer1312446
Director, CTO, Co-Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The main advantage of Unix is that it's free.
Windows Unix and Ubuntu provide a free license and one need just pay for the hardware. Mac is costly. Ubuntu provides a cheaper and better option.
View full review »We do not incur a licensing fee for the solution, as we make use of the free version.
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reviewer1614864
Senior architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I am not in a position to comment on the licensing, as we mostly make use of the free version.
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reviewer1396020
Researcher (telecommunication networks, smart cities and IoT) at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's an open-source solution that can be used free of charge.
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reviewer1635111
Programma / Project Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution is open-source. I'm not sure if we pay for any licensing or services and if we do, I am not sure of the exact costs. It's not a part of my responsibilities.
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reviewer1719711
Co-Founder at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
I'm aware of the paid services that they offer and provide technical support for, which are very good. Down the road, I will use some of them, specifically the service that automatically patches the central core of the operating system because it seems useful. Another service they used to have is a paid networking service. The services they offer are useful, but they depend on your particular situation and requirements. I would consider paying for them when a situation calls for them, but I don't need them right now.
You don't need to pay for licensing.
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Jean Chamoun
Assistant Researcher at CNRS
Ubuntu Linux is open-source and available to use free of charge.
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Shepherd Nhongo
Senior Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Ubuntu Enterprise solution is the best route to pursue for SME. We recommend the standard SLA for 10*5 phone.
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reviewer1430709
Works at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Ubuntu Linux is free, but you can pay for a supported version that is better.
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Dimitris Iracleous
Lead Technical Instructor at codehub
It's an open source solution, but you can make donations if you'd like to.
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Sami Alomaisy
Manager at global trading
This is a free solution.
View full review »It comes as free software, where there is an option for you to buy support licenses.
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Sergio Ferreira
Executive Director at Dynamic Tomorrow
I use the free version, so I don't have any license fees.
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reviewer2015988
Founder at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
I use Ubuntu Linux free of cost.
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reviewer1598691
Project Manager at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
I am a project manager. I am not a system administrator, I don't know about the cost.
View full review »Look beyond the initial cost, for example, free if open source version, or price for a kit from Fujitsu, SUSE, RHEL among others.
Look at ongoing costs for maintenance. This is particularly important if you are going the free route as you will end up paying regarding allocating or using more of your staffs time to support, maintain, upgrade and enhance.
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reviewer1787649
IP/MPLS Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution is free to use and free to explore. People can go ahead and discover it and experiment with it.
View full review »The solution is open-source. It doesn't cost anything to actually use it. You just download it from their website and you can start using it.
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reviewer1556859
Associate Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The solution is open source and we do not need to pay for a license.
View full review »The solution does not come with a licensing fee.
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reviewer1428423
Head of Technical Support at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees
Unlike Windows, which you have to pay for, this solution is free for the most part. We don't use it too much and therefore do not incur much of a cost.
Licensing is basically just for some applications. You get licenses if you want them to support you for Linux. For Ubuntu, you don't pay licenses. You pay for the support if you want them to support you.
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reviewer1505493
Systems Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
We don't pay any fees.
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reviewer1161609
System Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
I'm using the non-supported version which is free.
BP
Buddy Parker
Founder at Element Flux
It is open source, so it is free. There is no licensing fee.
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reviewer1289604
Infrastructure Security Architect at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
The Ubuntu Linux version that I use is free. I just download it, install it on a VM, and that's it. It's because I don't require any support, so I don't need to pay.
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reviewer1531995
Senior Director IP led Services (PES) at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I am using the free version of the solution.
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reviewer1082961
Senior Engineer - Cloud and datacenter at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I don't use the enterprise version. I use the open source version, so it doesn't have any licenses.
View full review »If you need a cheap server, this is the way you should go.
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reviewer1229244
Director, EPS at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
On a personal level, I'm using the free version.
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reviewer1595568
Technical Content Writer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The solution is open-source. It's free to use. We don't have to pay for it.
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Augusta Marbenny
MIS Specialist at a agriculture with 201-500 employees
We are not using the licensed version of the solution, we are using the free version.
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reviewer1487763
Vice President SOC Monitoring at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
I am using the free version. There is no subscription.
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Mac Wang
Project Manager at Realnux
Ubuntu is an open-source Linux operating system that can be used free of charge.
Buyers can pay for services and support, but they do not have to pay for a license.
View full review »A Linux system is generally free. The GPL License is very clear and in favor of the collaboration.
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reviewer1642203
Cyber Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
There are no licensing fees, it's an open-source solution.
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reviewer1655238
NOC Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The solution is open source, so there is no licensing fee.
DK
reviewer1394748
Information Technology Manager and ISMS Auditor at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
There is an annual subscription for this solution.
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reviewer1568649
Solution Architect / Head of DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The solution is free to use. It doesn't cost us anything. It's great that we have access without having to worry about licensing fees.
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Chirosca Alecsandru
Owner and business consultant at networks srl
I don't need to pay for the license.
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reviewer1466880
Operations Manager at a retailer with 201-500 employees
The solution isn't really expensive at this time. So far the version we are using goes, it is being used on the virtual machine. That was a free download.
View full review »The pricing of the solution is pretty fair.
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Somchai Quint
Owner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It is very cheap. It didn't cost anything to download a Ubuntu server version and install it on an already existing Dell server.
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reviewer1393092
Developer / Team Lead at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I'm not paying anything for the use of Ubuntu Linux.
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Nhan Tran
Data & AI expert at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The use of the solution is inexpensive and the hardware it needs to operate can be priced very low. There is not a license for the solution but there is for the hardware.
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Faruk Kutlu
Managing Partner at Veribir Ltd
Ubuntu Linux is free.
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hugodpereira
Computer engineering student at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
One of the main reason users use this solution is because it is free.
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Mariusz Czarnecki
CEO at SoniqSoft JRMM sp. z o.o. s.k.
It is open source.
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Hoveran Gao
Director of Linux Platform Software Institute at a consumer goods company with 51-200 employees
It is not very expensive.
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Mahdi Bahmani
Solution Architect, IT Consultant at Merdasco - Rayan Merdas Data Prosseccing
All of them are free most of the time if you have good Linux admins.
View full review »Use Linux. It is free!
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reviewer1392807
Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It is free.
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reviewer1126923
Systems Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I do not pay a licensing fee for this operating system.
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reviewer1483689
Head of Security at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
It is a free product.
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reviewer1673625
Information Technology Infrastructure Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
We are using the free and open-sourced version of the solution.
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reviewer1468668
Executive Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It is open-source. We don't have to pay for its license.
View full review »It is free.
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reviewer1587588
Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The solution is open source and its use is included in the monthly fees we pay.
SB
reviewer1646424
ITOM Solution Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
There are no costs associated with Ubuntu.
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reviewer1457187
Manager Operations at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Ubuntu pricing is reasonable.
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reviewer1460898
Lead Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The solution is open source, so no licensing costs.
View full review »Not applicable.
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Ubuntu Linux
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Ubuntu Linux. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.