Ubuntu Linux Pricing

AtulChaurasia - PeerSpot reviewer
Operational Technical Security at Metro Bank

There is no licensing cost for the product.

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ND
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.

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Bahattin Yetismis - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at BE1 consultancy

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
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JR
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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DG
Technician / Network & Systems Administrator, ITAS Program at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is 100% free.

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ID
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.

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Naresh Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Solutions Architect at OORWIN LABS INC

The product is free of cost.

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Madhurya Dutta - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Associate at GNRC Hospitals

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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KS
Technical Manager at LTIMINDTREE

The solution is free.

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EV
IT manager at Koleksiyon

There are no payments to be made towards any licensing costs attached to the solution.

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Shehzad Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security and Compliance Officer at Carnation

The solution is open-sourced.

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Olivier Stas - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager at Licent

Ubuntu Linux is an open-source product that is free to use.

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Juan Jose Anaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at SAPEC

We don't pay a licensing fee for the solution.

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MK
It at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is free.

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GR
Embedded Engineer at a engineering company with 11-50 employees

We are using Ubuntu Linux free of cost, and there is no licensing.

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Johan Wentzel - PeerSpot reviewer
Forensic Technology Manager at Baker Tilly

This solution is free.

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Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Integrity

It's free. I haven't paid for a license. And we can manage all our servers by ourselves.

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NP
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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RK
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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MA
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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FA
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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DD
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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JW
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.

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Narender Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at iLenSys Technologies Pvt Ltd

Ubuntu Linux is an open-source product. It's not expensive.

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SK
Founder at a non-profit with 1-10 employees

We currently use the open-source version of the product.

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Sushrit Moundekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at InfoCepts

Ubuntu Linux is an open-source operating system.

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Chairul Manalu - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer (Devops) at PT.Prima Sarana Solusi

If the customer wants to start, there is no license required. It is all free, but they must purchase the production license.

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Franco PaoloCarranza - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and CEO at Applied Labs

The price of Ubuntu Linux is more affordable.

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MK
Director at SafeSquid Labs

The solution is free.

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RM
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. 

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MdZaman - PeerSpot reviewer
IT manager at a agriculture with 10,001+ employees

We do not incur a licensing fee for the solution, as we make use of the free version. 

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OP
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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HF
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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LC
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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IS
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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JC
Assistant Researcher at CNRS

Ubuntu Linux is open-source and available to use free of charge.

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SN
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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PM
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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DI
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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SA
Manager at global trading

This is a free solution.

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Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Solution Architect at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

It comes as free software, where there is an option for you to buy support licenses.

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SF
Executive Director at Dynamic Tomorrow

I use the free version, so I don't have any license fees.

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TS
Founder at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees

I use Ubuntu Linux free of cost.

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PA
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.

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it_user6186 - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Analyst and Advisory Consultant at Server StorageIO - www.storageio.com

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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EJ
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. 

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Syed Masood - PeerSpot reviewer
Web Developer at doodleblue

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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BK
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.

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Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Integrity

The solution does not come with a licensing fee. 

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MS
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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TM
Systems Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees

We don't pay any fees.

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PB
System Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I'm using the non-supported version which is free. 

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BP
Founder at Element Flux

It is open source, so it is free. There is no licensing fee.

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MF
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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RM
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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AP
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.

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it_user697008 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and CEO at a tech services company

If you need a cheap server, this is the way you should go.

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SA
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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HG
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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DB
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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NU
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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MW
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.

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it_user265317 - PeerSpot reviewer
Informatico aziendale at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

A Linux system is generally free. The GPL License is very clear and in favor of the collaboration.

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JV
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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EE
NOC Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

The solution is open source, so there is no licensing fee.

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DK
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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MH
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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CA
Owner and business consultant at networks srl

I don't need to pay for the license.

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AA
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.

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it_user1165362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Product Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The pricing of the solution is pretty fair.

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HQ
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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CR
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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NT
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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FK
Managing Partner at Veribir Ltd

Ubuntu Linux is free.

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HP
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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MC
CEO at SoniqSoft JRMM sp. z o.o. s.k.

It is open source.

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HG
Director of Linux Platform Software Institute at a consumer goods company with 51-200 employees

It is not very expensive.  

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MB
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.

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it_user69474 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Use Linux. It is free!

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IR
Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
KB
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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TL
Head of Security at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

It is a free product.

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AP
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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ZB
Executive Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is open-source. We don't have to pay for its license.

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it_user220236 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate System Administrator at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
HM
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.

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SB
ITOM Solution Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

There are no costs associated with Ubuntu. 

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JS
Manager Operations at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Ubuntu pricing is reasonable.

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RN
Lead Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution is open source, so no licensing costs.

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it_user239649 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Not applicable.

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Buyer's Guide
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.