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Ubuntu Pro with Enterprise Open Source Support offers the most comprehensive Linux, open source infrastructure & applications security and support in the industry. Available at simple per-node, pricing, it supports infrastructure solutions such as OpenStack and Kubernetes, as well as applications such as Spark, MongoDB, Kafka®, Postgres, MySQL and more.
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Build with confidence and operate at scale with enterprise support from Canonical. Our global team of experts is available 24/7 to provide the best support experience for Ubuntu and your full open source stack, from infrastructure to applications.
Hands-on support and knowledge transfer on top of our 10-year security maintenance commitment with Ubuntu Pro + Support.
Learn the difference between security maintenance and support ›
Expand your team's expertise with our Knowledge Base, a database comprising articles on troubleshooting open source software, based on our 20 years of experience.
Get assistance in the event of an incident, diagnosing and resolving technical problems that impact your system's stability, performance, or security. Our experts will provide timely solutions to minimise downtime and ensure smooth operations.
Get reported software bugs fixed quickly. Our team acts as a bridge between your organisation and the upstream package maintainers. We speed up the resolution of business-critical problems when the upstream schedule lags.
Build with confidence with 24/7/365 phone and ticket support. Get prompt help when something breaks on more than 25,000 packages in the Ubuntu Main and Universe repositories, including the most widely used open source applications and toolchains.
Benefit from the collective knowledge of our team, based on our 20 years of experience building and sustaining open source software.
60% of IT managers reported an outage in the last three years.*
Minimise downtime and speed up remediation for your IT infrastructure in case of incidents, with experts available 24/7/365.
Enjoy peace of mind with guaranteed service level agreements and fully committed support on popular infrastructure tools, including:
* Based on Uptime Institute's 2023 outage analysis
Learn how to ensure business continuity for your IT infrastructure ›
Also running workloads on top of your infrastructure? Get full stack support for 25,000+ packages and all of Canonical's applications, no matter the packaging format.
Whether you're running on a desktop, server or on IoT devices, ensure full integration, security and interoperability of your workloads with snaps. Get full stack support for all Canonical-maintained snaps published on the Snap Store.
In addition to the OCI-compliant container images listed in the Canonical GitHub, Docker hub and Amazon ECR, get full support for:
Revolutionise the speed and quality of software operations in distributed systems with Juju, an open source orchestration engine for software operators that enables the deployment, integration and lifecycle management of applications at any scale, on any infrastructure.
Get full support on all Canonical maintained Charms, the operators that encapsulate business logic in reusable software packages that automate every aspect of an application's life.
Simplify operations and focus on innovation with fully-supported enterprise data solutions from Canonical, including Spark, Kafka®, MongoDB® and OpenSearch, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Get the predictable pricing you need to scale your projects, backed by expert support.
Rely on secure and supported leading open source tools like Kubeflow and MLFlow as part of Canonical MLOps to scale your AI initiatives and move from experimentation to production. Benefit from a modular solution to develop and deploy machine learning projects. Let our team handle the maintenance and back up your team with any unexpected events.
Rely on Canonical OpenStack to build a cost-effective hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure with the peace of mind of experts on your side.
Want to deploy your clouds in minutes, with just a simple command? Check out Canonical's MicroCloud, the low-touch cloud solution, optimised for easy and repeatable deployments.
All Canonical-maintained applications are security maintained under Ubuntu Pro. Add operational and bug-fix support on top of it to ensure any potential issues with your specific workload are addressed in advance.
View pricing and find the right subscription for your needs ›
A Dedicated Support Engineer or Dedicated Technical Account Manager will be by your side, either remotely or on-site. They will be your go-to expert, your first and last point of contact for all your support enquiries and escalations, delivering tailored guidance for your unique platform and configuration needs.
Already in control of your operational support and focused on quick bug fixes? Take the direct route to the Canonical engineering team, a global team of community members with years of experience in sustaining and bug fixing open source software. They will bridge the gap between your team and the upstream open source community.
Still running Ubuntu 14.04 and need time to migrate to a newer version?
Ensure the stability of your platform by getting assistance directly from Canonical and get the time you need to migrate to the newer version.
Get enhanced guidance from Canonical engineers when facing critical issues with Firefighting Support, or choose our fully managed solutions and allow us to operate your environments from set-up to production.
Our managed offering covers the entire infrastructure layer (MAAS, Ceph, OpenStack, MicroCloud, LXD, Kubernetes), as well as an extensive collection of applications (Kafka®, Kubeflow, Grafana, PostgreSQL, and many others).
Enterprise support
for your full open source stack
Why choose Canonical for open source support
One support vendor for everything open source
Peace of mind with experts
by your side 24/7
Available everywhere, from the public cloud to devices
Trusted by professionals
What's included
Full access to our Knowledge Base
Break-fix support
Bug-fix support
Enterprise-grade support on top of your Ubuntu LTS
10 years of coverage for 25,000+ packages
Add phone and ticket support on top of Ubuntu Pro
Peace of mind for your infrastructure
Supported applications
Snaps: containerised software packages
Rocks
Charms: Juju-based software operators
Popular use cases for Canonical support
Fully supported data solutions
Learn more about our data solutions ›
Modular MLOps platforms
Learn more about Canonical MLOps ›
Cost-effective private and hybrid cloud
Available everywhere
Service Level Agreements
Self-Support1
Weekday support
24/7 Support
Hours of coverage
N/A
24/52
24/7/3653
Available channels
Knowledge Base
Support portal, including Knowledge Base, phone, and ticket
Support portal, including Knowledge Base, phone, and ticket
Number of cases allowed
N/A
Unlimited
Unlimited
Response times by severity level
First response
First response
First response
Severity 1 -Production service down. Critical impact on core functionality in a production environment
N/A
4 hours
1 hour
Severity 2 -Core functionality severely degraded in a production environment.
N/A
8 hours
2 hours
Severity 3 -Issues have a medium to low impact in a production environment.
N/A
12 hours
6 hours
Severity 4 -Non-urgent requests with low to no impact on production environments.
N/A
24 hours
12 hours
Additional services
Professional support services
Embedded services
Legacy support
Upgrade to managed services
Canonical offers Ubuntu Pro + Support at a discount for approved institutions, such as schools, research and academia.