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Yes, we can host a private instance for you with GitHost. We'll handle installing, updating, hosting, and backing up your own private and secure GitLab instance.
GitLab's Educational pricing is that for educational institutions, students do not count towards the user count. The purchase of at least one subscription is required.
Every person with a GitLab account that is not blocked by the administrator should be counted in the subscription.
It is possible to obtain a free evaluation license of our enterprise edition for a 30 day period for up to 100 users.
When you decide to purchase a subscription, you will be issued a new license key dependent on the type of subscription you sign up for. Should you not take out a subscription, your license key will expire at the end of your evaluation period.
GitLab follows a True-Up model so you can grow now and pay later. You can add more users to the server than what you are licensed for at any time. For users that are added during the year you pay half price when you renew.
If you have 100 active users today, you should purchase a 100 user subscription. Suppose that when you renew next year you have 300 active users (200 extra users). When you renew you pay for a 300 user subscription and you also pay half a year for the 200 users that you added during the year.
GitLab's Educational pricing is that for educational institutions, students do not count towards the user count. The purchase of at least one subscription is required.
Non-profits can use GitLab Community edition for free but need to purchase a subscription to the Enterprise Edition at our published rates.
The code for Enterprise Edition is open and can be inspected by anyone. This makes it easier to offer a trial of Enterprise Edition.
Yes, but it will not be functional without a license key.
Customers can now download and inspect the code for the latest GitLab EE version for free. However, they cannot use it without a valid subscription. They also cannot make any modification to the GitLab EE code.
No, only active users count towards total user count.
The license key is a static file which, upon uploading, allows GitLab Enterprise Edition to run. During license upload we check that the active users on your GitLab Enterprise Edition instance doesn't exceed the new number of users. During the licensed period you may add as many users as you want. The license key will expire after one year for GitLab subscribers.
After you upgrade GitLab to EE version 7.11 and higher, GitLab EE will stop working without a license key. If you don't have a license key, please contact sales@gitlab.com and request a key. Once you deploy the key, GitLab EE will start functioning again.
No, if your GitLab Enterprise Edition servers cover the same users, you can use the same license file for all of them.
14 days after the end of your subscription, your key will no longer work and GitLab Enterprise Edition will not be functional anymore. You will be able to downgrade to GitLab Community Edition, which is free to use.
Bugs that are reported to us always have a high priority, no matter which subscription you have. In most instances they will be fixed in the next release or the release after that, which means the turnaround is one month or two. Severe bugs will be fixed earlier in a patch release.