In the future, UnRaid’s long-standing promise, “Buy once, use forever. No subscription. No hidden fees.”, might change.

Unraid writes in »Upcoming Changes to Unraid OS Pricing« on unraid.net

These will function similarly to the current Basic, Plus, and Pro licenses, with the main difference being that the Starter and Unleashed licenses will come with one year of software updates. After that, customers will be able to pay an OPTIONAL extension fee, which makes them eligible for another year of updates. If you choose not to renew, no problem.

One can only hope that introducing a subscription model won’t harm community engagement.

The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.