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Linux Mint pricing
Linux Mint publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the operating systems tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open source, no licence fee
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Linux Mint plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux Mint | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Linux Mint stops being free
Linux Mint, Free
- Full operating system
- All updates
- Community support
No paid tier on record
Linux Mint lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Linux Mint feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Cinnamon desktop
- Codecs included
- Ubuntu package base
- Update manager
People bring Linux Mint in for moving a desktop or laptop off windows with minimal retraining, reviving older hardware that struggles with current windows releases, everyday desktop use where stability matters more than the newest packages. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Linux Mint are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Operating Systems
Too few operating systems tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux Mint (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | On request | Per-system annual subscription; developer subscriptions available at no cost | - | vs Linux Mint |
| Pop!_OS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Linux Mint |
| Manjaro | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Linux Mint |
| Arch Linux | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Linux Mint |
| FreeBSD | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Linux Mint |
| Debian | Free | open-source | - | vs Linux Mint |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Linux Mint badges page.
Before you pay for Linux Mint
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Linux Mint runs on linux, desktop, and is published by Linux Mint of Ireland. The full record is on the Linux Mint review, and the rest of the category is under best operating systems tools.
Linux Mint pricing questions
- How much does Linux Mint cost?
- Linux Mint publishes a single tier, Linux Mint, at Free.
- Does Linux Mint have a free plan?
- Yes. The Linux Mint tier costs nothing and covers full operating system, all updates, community support.
- Which operating systems tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 operating systems tools listed alongside Linux Mint have a free tier: Pop!_OS, Manjaro, Arch Linux, FreeBSD, Debian.
- What am I actually paying for with Linux Mint?
- The record lists 4 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for moving a desktop or laptop off windows with minimal retraining, reviving older hardware that struggles with current windows releases, everyday desktop use where stability matters more than the newest packages.
- Does Linux Mint charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Linux Mint prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Linux Mint against before paying?
- The closest operating systems tools in this directory are Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Pop!_OS, Manjaro, Arch Linux. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Linux Mint covering price, platforms and features.