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 18.04 LTS, adding additional security, compliance and management tools in a form suitable for small to large-scale Linux operations.
AWS Marketplace now accepts line of credit payments through the PNC Vendor Finance program. This program is available to select AWS customers in the US, excluding NV, NC, ND, TN, & VT.
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.
If you are an AWS Free Tier customer with a free plan, you are eligible to subscribe to this offer. You can use free credits to cover the cost of eligible AWS infrastructure. See AWS Free Tier for more details. If you created an AWS account before July 15th, 2025, and qualify for the Legacy AWS Free Tier, Amazon EC2 charges for Micro instances are free for up to 750 hours per month. See Legacy AWS Free Tier for more details.
You pay by the hour for Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS, billed on your AWS invoice with no upfront commitment. Each dimension maps to a specific EC2 instance type, spanning general purpose, compute, memory, storage, GPU, and machine learning families. Pricing scales with instance size, since the software charge is based on the instance's vCPUs and metered by the second. You pick the dimension that matches the instance you run. The Ubuntu Pro charge is added on top of the underlying EC2 compute cost. AWS Savings Plans can apply discounts to eligible usage.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
What exactly does each hourly dimension charge for, and how is the software fee measured?
Each dimension maps to one EC2 instance type. The Ubuntu Pro software charge is based on that instance's vCPU count and metered by the second. You pay per running instance-hour. Instances with more vCPUs carry a higher software charge, so cost scales with the instance size you run.
Am I charged the Ubuntu Pro fee when my instance is stopped?
The Ubuntu Pro software charge meters running time by the second, so stopped instances do not accrue software charges. You are billed only while the instance runs. Underlying AWS storage costs for a stopped instance are separate and outside this software fee.
How does the Ubuntu Pro charge combine with the underlying EC2 compute cost on my bill?
Two charges apply together. AWS bills the EC2 compute cost for the instance, and Ubuntu Pro adds a separate software charge on the same invoice. Both meter the same running hours. The compute cost usually forms the larger share; the software fee scales alongside it by vCPU count.
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An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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The default username for SSH access is 'ubuntu' and the default port is 22. You can connect to the instance either by opening port 22 in your security group or by using EC2 Instance Connect. For detailed connection instructions, refer to the AWS documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/connect-to-linux-instance.html
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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