Ahh, i feel like this is probably the case for most of the corporation backed software out there - apparently offering just support isn't always a viable strategy to remain in business, so many out there lock bits of more advanced functionality behind pay walls: like many of the features of GitLab (https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/gitlab-com/feature-comparis...) and something like Artifactory (https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/Artifactory+C...)

I'm not sure whether that's a bad thing, though, since the alternative would be having no free plans/editions for those pieces of software at all, or maybe just using them for a few years and the company going bankrupt.