Choosing a Plan

Distr offers subscription plans for different stages of software distribution. This guide explains which plan fits your current needs.

Starter Plan

Choose Starter if you’re validating customer-install GTM for the first time.

The Starter plan suits teams testing the distribution flow with a small number of customers, often a single internal champion. Agent-based installs and Docker make setup fast, so you can ship updates quickly and customers get the newest version right away.

Ideal for:

Fast learning and proving distribution works before scaling
Testing your first customer installations
Validating your self-hosted distribution strategy
Small teams with 1-3 customer deployments

Key characteristics:

Up to 3 customer organizations
1 deployment per customer
Focus on speed and simplicity
All users have admin privileges (no role management)

Pro Plan

Choose Pro once you’re past POC and rolling out to multiple customers.

Platform/DevOps teams typically take over here. If scalability is important, deployments move to Kubernetes/Helm or Artifact-based distribution. Focus shifts from pure speed to control: version visibility, license enforcement, SSO/RBAC access control across both your team and your customers’ teams.

Ideal for:

Rolling out to multiple customers
Teams that need license management and version control
Organizations requiring role-based access control
Companies needing SSO integration
Teams that want white-label customer portals

Key characteristics:

Up to 100 customer organizations
3 deployments per customer
License management for version control
Role-based access control (Admin, Default, Read-Only)
Single Sign-On (SSO) support
White-label Distr

Enterprise Plan

Choose Enterprise when Distr becomes your entire commercial self-hosted delivery suite.

At this stage you distribute more than software. Documentation, support portals, public images, automated workflows, dynamic licensing, and usage-based billing all live inside one platform.

Ideal for:

Organizations using Distr as their complete commercial platform
Companies needing unlimited scale
Teams requiring dedicated infrastructure
Organizations needing advanced features like License SDK, dynamic licensing, and customer billing
Companies requiring SLA guarantees and dedicated support

Key characteristics:

Unlimited customer organizations, deployments, and users
Advanced features: License SDK, dynamic license management, customer billing
Custom roles and workflows
Documentation pages, wiki, and ticket system
Public registry and CVE scanning
Dedicated support engineer and SLA

Making Your Decision

Start with Starter if:

✅ You’re testing your first customer installations
✅ You have 3 or fewer customers
✅ You want to validate your distribution strategy quickly
✅ You don’t need license management or advanced access controls yet

Upgrade to Pro when:

✅ You’re rolling out to multiple customers (more than 3)
✅ You need license management and version control
✅ You require role-based access control for your team
✅ You want SSO integration
✅ You want to white-label Distr

Consider Enterprise if:

✅ Distr is your complete commercial platform
✅ You need unlimited scale
✅ You require dedicated infrastructure
✅ You need advanced features like License SDK or customer billing
✅ You require SLA guarantees and dedicated support

Self-Hosting Distr

If you prefer to self-host Distr in your own environment, we offer two editions:

Community Edition - Free and open source with the same limits as the Starter plan
Enterprise Edition - Same features and limits as Distr Pro, with pricing equivalent to the Pro plan

For more information about self-hosting options, deployment methods, and how to get started, see our self-hosting guide.

Next Steps

Start your trial - All new organizations get a 30-day Pro Trial. Create your account to begin.
Review pricing - See current pricing and calculate costs on our pricing page.
Learn about trials - Understand how the 30-day trial works in our trial guide.
Manage your subscription - Once you’ve chosen a plan, learn how to manage it in our subscription management guide.