Ubuntu Pro provides enhanced security coverage and automated hardening and compliance features. This subscription delivers up to 15 years of security maintenance for thousands of packages beyond the core operating system.
Ubuntu Pro is a comprehensive subscription for security, support, and compliance, optimized for AWS with 10 years of security maintenance, and providing an option to extend for 5 additional years through the Legacy add-on. With Ubuntu Pro, you can enjoy enhanced security coverage that protects the OS and expands security maintenance to thousands of packages, including critical applications such as Apache Kafka, NGINX, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, and more.
The unique features of Ubuntu Pro empower teams to freely consume open source software while simultaneously meeting internal security, governance, and compliance requirements.
Features of Ubuntu Pro:
Kernel Livepatch: Enables in-memory application of kernel security patches without rebooting, minimizing downtime.
Expanded Security Maintenance: Provides up to 15 years of security updates (with Legacy add-on), ensuring long-term coverage for enterprise applications.
Coverage for the widest software ecosystem: Expands security maintenance to thousands of packages, including critical applications such as Apache Kafka, NGINX, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, and runtimes such as PHP and Python, allowing teams to consume a vast collection of open source software in full accordance with internal security, governance, and compliance criteria.
Canonical Landscape license included: Landscape, Canonical's official fleet management tool, automates security management tasks across your Ubuntu estate, available on request, streamlining control and security.
Ubuntu Pro remains fully compatible with Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS, adding additional security, compliance and management tools in a form suitable for small to large-scale Linux operations.
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Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time. Alternatively, you can pay upfront for a contract, which typically covers your anticipated usage for the contract duration. Any usage beyond contract will incur additional usage-based costs.
Additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator to estimate your infrastructure costs.
You pay by the hour for each running Arm-based (Graviton) EC2 instance, with the Ubuntu Pro charge added on top of the underlying compute. Each dimension maps to a specific instance type, so pricing scales with the size and family you pick. Smaller shared instances like t4g.nano cost less per hour, while larger and bare-metal sizes such as m8gd.metal-48xl cost more. Pricing tracks the instance's vCPUs and is metered by the second. You choose only the instance types you deploy; there are no separate tiers or bundles to select.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
How is the Ubuntu Pro charge calculated for each instance type?
The Ubuntu Pro charge is based on the number of vCPUs in the instance and is metered by the second. Larger instance families and sizes carry more vCPUs, so the software charge scales up with them. This charge is added on top of the underlying EC2 compute cost.
Am I charged the Ubuntu Pro fee when my instance is stopped?
The Ubuntu Pro charge meters running time by the second, so a stopped instance stops accruing the software fee. You may still pay underlying AWS storage costs for a stopped instance, but those are separate from the Ubuntu Pro software charge shown here.
What security and compliance coverage is included with the hourly Ubuntu Pro charge?
The charge covers security patches for Ubuntu infrastructure and hundreds of open source applications. It includes FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria EAL2 certified components, optional CIS and DISA STIG hardening profiles, and Kernel Livepatch for updates without reboot. Coverage runs until 2032 for this 22.04 LTS release.
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Ubuntu Pro comes with security maintenance by default for its Main and Universe repositories for 10 years from its release date with additional 5 years with the Legacy add-on. Additional ticket/phone support can be added with two support levels: 24-hour support for business days or 24x7 support coverage. Learn more at
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