[merb]

it would be great if you would change it to something like "monthly subscription" "per user pricing". Which means I could start with 2 users, add 10 and pay for them and maybe then I will kick two in the next month and will pay for 10. Paying on demand is something that I think would be really really good. AWS style.

[sytse]

I understand that need but having smaller tiers that 10 people is inefficient on our side and we would need to raise the price.

[toomuchtodo]

Your current pricing model is fine. If someone needs GitLab, they'll pay for it. If they don't pay for it, they don't need it. $30-60/year is cheap, even for a hobbyist project.

[mikekchar]

I think you may have validated what the OP was saying :-) It's $3.25 per user per month, but the minimum order is 10 users. So the minimum price is $390 per year.

[toomuchtodo]

Looks like my math was off. Still agree with Gitlab. Focus on business customers, not hobbyists.

[merb]

We aren't hobbyists, we are just a small company 5+-1. And sometimes we hire people for a small amount of time, which could exceed 10. So for that time we would need to have a bigger license?!

[sytse]

If you exceed 10 non-blocked users you would need a bigger license. If you can block certain users at certain times you would be able to use 1 user pack (the users are not named).