Software Licensing Explained
What the Tiers Actually Cost, and Who Counts as a User
Vendor pricing pages tell you the list price. They rarely tell you what counts as a billable user, which feature forces the next tier up, what the renewal rate is, or which end-of-life date is already on the calendar. These guides answer the questions our customers actually ask before they sign, using published list prices and dated sources.
Atlassian
Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and the Marketplace apps around them.
Atlassian
Cloud editions, Guard and Data Center EOL
Jira • Confluence • Bitbucket • Guard
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Marketplace Apps
Tier matching and what apps really add
Tier matching • Annual billing • Cloud repricing
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Jira Service Management
How JSM and ServiceNow compare on cost
Agent tiers • Escalation • Migration
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HYCU
Atlassian backup beyond the per-user rate
Atlassian Suite • Own storage • Rewind • Revyz
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Source Control and Developer Tools
Where the seat count comes from, and which features force a tier change.
GitLab
Free, Premium and Ultimate compared
Seat true-ups • Guest users • Credits
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GitHub
Team vs Enterprise, and what Actions costs
Actions • Advanced Security • Copilot
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Perforce P4
Editions, seat counting and build agents
P4 Server • Seats • Build agents • Support
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GitKraken
Where GitLens stops being free
GitLens • Seat caps • Git Integration for Jira
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CI/CD, Artifacts and Supply Chain
Consumption pricing, where the meter runs faster than the plan suggests.
CircleCI
What a credit is worth, and why bills overrun
Credits • Resource classes • Overage
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CloudBees
What counts as a user, and what Unify is
CloudBees CI • SCM committers • Unify
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JFrog
Cloud vs self-hosted, and the consumption trap
Artifactory • Xray • Consumption • HA
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Sonatype
Nexus Community vs Pro, and the Lifecycle change
Nexus CE • Nexus Pro • Lifecycle • Guide
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Platform and Infrastructure
Node counting, subscription terms and the end-of-life dates behind them.
Red Hat
RHEL, Ansible and OpenShift subscriptions
RHEL • Ansible nodes • OpenShift • Support
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Docker
Who pays for Desktop, and Hub pull limits
Desktop • Hub limits • Tiers • Audit clause
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Mirantis
Per-node pricing across MKE, MCR and Lens
MKE • Container Runtime • Lens • k0s
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Progress Chef
What counts as a node, and the 2026 EOL
Nodes • Free tier • Infra Server EOL
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Not Sure Which Tier You Actually Need?
We are a licensing reseller for most of the vendors above, so we can put the renewal rate, the true seat count and the migration cost in writing before you commit. There is no charge for the review.