Binions comes as one full-featured platform — there is no “lite” or “pro” edition. Free and paid give you the exact same software: every native daemon and the bundled free infrastructure. The only thing that changes is how you are allowed to use it. Here is the free (non-commercial) tier and the paid licence, side by side.
One platform, two ways to use it. The unit of licensing is a set — one complete Binions installation on one host. The comparison below is about usage rights, not features.
| Feature | Free | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | £1 per binion — £13 for today’s 13-binion set |
| How you may use it | Non-commercial only | Commercial or any use |
| Hosts included | 1 host | Additional hosts |
| All native daemons | Yes | Yes |
| Free infrastructure included | Yes | Yes |
| Version coverage | Current major | Current major |
| Updates within the major | Included | Included |
| Company details required | No | Yes |
| Credit card | Not needed | At checkout |
| EULA acceptance | Yes — non-commercial clause | Yes |
No feature gating. Free and paid both ship every native daemon plus the bundled free infrastructure (Traefik, MinIO, and optional Jaeger). Nothing is held back on the free tier — it is the same platform.
Pick by how you plan to run Binions, not by which features you need — the features are identical either way.
Not sure which side of the commercial line you fall on? See Commercial vs non-commercial use for a plain-language breakdown.
How pricing works. A paid set is £1 per binion — the set is currently 13 binions, so £13, a one-time purchase per host. As binions are added in future versions the set price rises by £1 each (14 binions = £14). Tax for your country is added at checkout on binions.io (Stripe); the free tier needs no card at all.