Free Edition?

Samuel Amey asked on January 11, 2023 14:10

Hi, There used to be a limited functionality free edition, but its now 404: https://www.kentico.com/freecms.aspx

Is it still available?

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Liam Goldfinch answered on January 11, 2023 15:11

I believe free Kentico licenses are no longer being offered. If you already use a free license, then you can continue to use it, but there will be no upgrade path to the newer versions of Kentico.

There was a blog post within the Partner Portal in December 2022, here.

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Juraj Ondrus answered on January 12, 2023 06:14

Liam is right. Free edition has been discontinued and is no longer being offered at all.

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Luke Ballantine2 answered on March 20, 2023 22:33

Hey Juraj,

I think Kentico should definitely reconsider this decision. We have several clients that have a paid version of Kentico, but use the free edition for tiny microsites. It is a massive drawback for them if there is now no possibility of a microsite without paying for a full license for what might just be a website with a few pages.

I have a client we are working with now that are about to go down this route, so to suddenly learn this has been discontinued will mean we have to change tack.

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Juraj Ondrus answered on March 21, 2023 05:40

@Luke - I would recommend reaching out to your account manager by sending a message to sales@kentico.com and they will help you with this.

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Tommy Grelecki answered on July 1, 2023 03:08

This is a massive bummer, I was really looking forward to using the free version to tinker around on a website at home so I could apply what I learn while at work. We have an enterprise license through work, but I loved the idea of the free version for personal use. Sad to see that's gone.

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