{"id":6185,"date":"2022-03-30T08:56:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T06:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=6185"},"modified":"2022-04-01T09:18:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T07:18:05","slug":"free-gitlab-saas-5-users-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/free-gitlab-saas-5-users-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Free GitLab SaaS (gitlab.com) will be Limited to 5 Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently GitLab company has announced that the Free tier of GitLab SaaS (also known as &#8220;gitlab dot com&#8221;)<br \/>\nwill have a limit of 5 users per Namespace (**) beginning June 22, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4564 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2018\/12\/gitlab-banner-700px.jpg\" alt=\"gitlab logo\" width=\"700\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gitlab-banner-700px.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gitlab-banner-700px-150x57.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/gitlab-banner-700px-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That means that if you use gitlab.com free tier and you have more than 5 users &#8211; you have to get ready and decide your next steps!<\/p>\n<h3>What You Could Do?<\/h3>\n<p>Here are some of your options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Move to one of the paid editions &#8211; Premium or Ultimate. You can contact us to learn more about the differences<\/li>\n<li>Consider the Ultimate edition and use an unlimited number of &#8220;Guest&#8221; users. Guest users have limited permissions yet you may find it good enough<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move to Free self-hosted GitLab (this allows you to use as many as free users you need).<\/span> We can help you with migration and support.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are more options (depends on your environment and your organization) &#8211; contact us for further info<\/p>\n<div class=\"alm-box alm-contact\">\n<h4>Any questions? Need to know pricing or get a quote?<\/h4>\n<p>You can always contact us and we will be happy to answer: <a href=\"mailto:gitlab@almtoolbox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gitlab@almtoolbox.com<\/a> or 866-503-147 (USA \/ Canada) or +972-722-240-5222 (International).<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are ALM-Toolbox, the official partner of GitLab in Europe and worldwide. We provide GitLab consulting, migration, help customers decide the best fit licenses, private hosting, quality and fast support, GitLab add-on development and we support and sell a variety of DevSecOps and ALM tools.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>** What&#8217;s a GitLab Namespace ?<\/h3>\n<p>A namespace is a unique name for a user, a group, or subgroup under which a project can be created. 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