@Gostev
First of all I am new to this forum, but I am already a long time happy user of Veeam B&R, thank you for your great work!
I am using the Community Edition in my homelab for years now, and it is really great that your product is usable for free in those environments! However reading this thread makes me concerned that Veeam might cancel CE entirely. I really understand that churn to the CE with small businesses is a problem, however I also think that many people discover Veeam through the free version and then pitch the usage of Veeam at bigger scale at their workplaces - leading to customer relationships Veeam might've never have had without providing the Community Edition.
If you really should consider to cancel the CE due to customer churn, I would like to propose that you maybe change it to be a "non commercial - no support" license instead of cancelling it completely. As outlined before I really think many people do also discover the abilities and the qualities of your software through personal usage - at least I know some people that discovered Veeam through this route and then got their employer to buy and implement Veeam in the business - just my 5 cents.
First of all I am new to this forum, but I am already a long time happy user of Veeam B&R, thank you for your great work!
I am using the Community Edition in my homelab for years now, and it is really great that your product is usable for free in those environments! However reading this thread makes me concerned that Veeam might cancel CE entirely. I really understand that churn to the CE with small businesses is a problem, however I also think that many people discover Veeam through the free version and then pitch the usage of Veeam at bigger scale at their workplaces - leading to customer relationships Veeam might've never have had without providing the Community Edition.
If you really should consider to cancel the CE due to customer churn, I would like to propose that you maybe change it to be a "non commercial - no support" license instead of cancelling it completely. As outlined before I really think many people do also discover the abilities and the qualities of your software through personal usage - at least I know some people that discovered Veeam through this route and then got their employer to buy and implement Veeam in the business - just my 5 cents.
Statistics: Posted by espressodriven — Sep 12, 2025 6:57 pm
