Unraid is an operating system that brings enterprise-class features for personal and small business applications. Configure your computer systems to maximize performance and capacity using any combination of OS, storage devices, and hardware.

Unraid has come out with their new pricing plan.

I have mistakenly said in some comments here before that they were doing away with their lifetime plan. They still have it, but it is just more expensive. They have introduced a couple of cheaper annual subscription plans.

If anyone is still on the fence about buying Unraid, you have a week until the new pricing plan comes into affect.

After seeing so many examples of companies really screwing up their pricing changes, it is refreshing to see Unraid do this so well.

    • ShortN0te@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      I am personally not a huge fan of unraid, but their new licenses seems based.

      One time purchases are not a sustainable income source for long living and updated software products like unraid.

      Since they (for now) keeping the ‘legacy licenses’, offer security patches for some time after the license ends and do not restrict access to the system after the license ends means they do not fully follow others like Plex to the enshitification.

    • atomWood@lemm.eeEnglish
      261·
      9 months ago

      There’s no enshitification happening if the product hasn’t gotten any worse. It’s just a pricing change. In fact, if the pricing change does in fact lead to a better product then this is the complete opposite of enshitification.

      • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        9 months ago

        Fewer people will get into unraid. Natural churn will happen. The OS will slowly die, and as it dies usability will get worse.

        Not many people are going to choose the subscription Linux over a free Linux.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        You also, no matter the tier, still get a perpetual license. If you don’t pay the upgrade, you keep your current version and can download and install it forever. This is just a more streamlined version of the same business model software has been using forever.

        • whereisk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Can I update every second or third year? Will the previous versions receive security updates?

            • whereisk@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              No worries.

              For those who were wondering:

              On the security updates:

              Yes they’ll provide some security updates for some time even out of contract. No time frame given, only in relative release numbers:

              Our naming convention for releases is: <major>.<minor>.<patch>.

              Version -2 of currently released minor version goes EOL. The cadence is not explicitly provided

              On not renewing or renewing later:

              Yes, jump in any time.

    • Sips'@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Very few companies are able to offer only lifetime plams for as cheap as they did and still be profitable… Was cool that they did but obviously wasn’t very beneficial for them in the long run. No enshittitfication making sure your company survives…