Jehoshua

Unraid's greed has increased by a factor of 2 to almost 4x. Calculated over 5 years: Basic now costs 3.9x more Plus now costs 3.3x more Pro now costs 2x more Are we right in assuming that Unraid still expects: the community to develop and maintain Unraid extensions free of charge and that the community will provide free support in their spare time? Unraid lived above all from the great community. This new pricing model is like a kick in the back of the community. Kind regards, Thomas

Hello Basically, it's good that Unraid is thinking about financing. But it is extremely disappointing that Unraid still does not differentiate between commercial and private licenses. And now, it get even worse: Unraid only allows rich users or commercial users to buy a lifetime license. I know many families for whom 30$ is a lot of money - even in 'rich' Germany! That's why I have a private NAS with 12 disks that I make available to friends and neighbors free of charge. Professionally, I am responsible for IT in a company with around 180 employees, so I can judge the business and private benefits very well 🙂 Therefore, such a pricing model would be much fairer: Starter, up to 6 attached storage Devices Private use: Idea: Private user always have the Unraid logo Buy: 39$ Annual fee: 19$ Lifetime: 99$ Commercial use: Idea: Commercial users can change the Unraid logo Buy: 69$ Annual fee: 49$ Lifetime: 219$ Unleashed - unlimited number of devices Private use: Idea: Private user always have the Unraid logo Buy: 79$ Annual fee: 19$ Lifetime: 149$ Commercial use: Idea: Commercial users can change the Unraid logo Buy: 159$ Annual fee: 49$ Lifetime: 299$ An important note: In 50 years I have met a lot of companies and 99% are fair when it comes to licensing. Therefore, I would trust the self-declaration of the users: if someone orders a private license, then you can assume this is no abuse of the license. However, it would be important to be able to convert the license from private use to commercial use. There are many people who start out in a garage with a small private project that develops into a business over time - and then it should be easy to change the license 🙂 Thanks a lot, kind regards, Thomas Schittli