GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by ig0r0 » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:05 PM UTC

GitHub is now free for teams
github.blog

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by LifeIsBio » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:12 PM UTC

This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by klinskyc » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:12 PM UTC

Seems like Github is feeling heat from GitLab/BitBucket.

I guess the calculation here is that the enterprise contracts are where all the money is, and keeping smaller customers on GitHub is worth the price cut?

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by colinrand » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:13 PM UTC

They are commoditizing their complement. So what's their core business?

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by faitswulff » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:13 PM UTC

LifeIsBio wrote: post #2

This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?

My guess is that they're a Big Company that can land Big Contracts now and that subsidizes small teams.

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by aroch » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:14 PM UTC

LifeIsBio wrote: post #2

This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?

The cynical thought would be drive usage of Github specific features/integrations to increase lock-in

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by smaili » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:14 PM UTC

For those wondering "what makes it worth paying now?", GitHub briefly addresses that:

Teams who need advanced features (like code owners), enterprise features (like SAML), or personalized support can upgrade to one of our paid plans.

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by yingw787 » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:14 PM UTC

Well, this is amazing! I never would have thought the Microsoft acquisition would have these kinds of results! Congrats to Nat and the GitHub team (and by extension Microsoft) for making this possible!

I wonder whether this is a result of market conditions, or whether GitHub sees this is a first-to-market play of some sort, or whether it's something else. I hate to be a cynic given how much good Microsoft + GitHub have been doing lately, but what prevents this change from being rolled back?

Congrats again! I love using GitHub and look forward to many happy years shipping code on the platform.

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by gigatexal » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:14 PM UTC

Microsoft could run all of Github free and still make money by integrating with Github and Azure so tightly that it is so easy to run code in Azure if you use Github

But it’s probably just completion in the space

Re: GitHub is now free for teams

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Post by q3k » Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 4:14 PM UTC

LifeIsBio wrote: post #2

This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?

Probably to lure in early startups away from GitLab, which has this pricing model (free private repos, pay for required reviews and SSO) for a while now.