How to plan your Docker usage and pricing

Docker is one of the most preferred, secure and simple to use platforms offering a containerized package to run applications. With Docker, businesses can run their software at high performance regardless of their infrastructure. Docker container technology has been running for a decade now and it has helped businesses, developers and users to enjoy infrastructure-as-a-service offerings. Essentially, containers are used for packing code and multiple containers can be used for handling applications using fewer operating resources.

The advantage of using Docker is that it takes away layers of complexities, making development easier, efficient and more predictable. Docker’s platform includes UIs, CLIs, APIs and security all in a single package, which can be used for an application’s delivery lifecycle. Docker pricing is based on a company’s usage, revenue and application size. Recently, Docker has changed its pricing model and also updated its licence subscription package. This package brings together a combination of products which are used by developers to develop and deploy applications.

If you’ve not been following the updates related to Docker pricing, previously, a free version of Docker's software was accompanied by three tiers of paid subscriptions: first was the Pro, an individual user licence priced at $5 per user per month; second was the Team, which requires a minimum of five users and costs $7 per user per month; and third was the Large, for teams of 500 or more, with pricing that was not made public.

So, what exactly is the impact of the Docker pricing updates? Well, according to the company, only 10-12% of users will be affected by this change. The Personal version still includes unlimited public repos, just like the Free version. However, many businesses who were earlier using the Personal plan will now have to consider moving to using a Pro subscription model at a cost of $5 a month. This will give them all the features of the Personal plan plus add many other pro tools for added productivity and efficiency.

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