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As part of the effort to visually differentiate the paid versions of Mattermost, we are working on a few concepts to address the free/paid confusion and provide greater value to our Enterprise customers.
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For free users, the proposal here is to place the Mattermost logo in the header next to a FREE EDITION label.
The goal here is to make it clear to all users that they are on the free plan and to make way for future work that more clearly identifies features in enterprise that they might be missingdifferentiates Enterprise from free.
Login page
On the login page, the Mattermost logo would be enforced and cannot be removed. Next to that, a FREE EDITION label displays.
For servers with Enterprise or Professional licenses, the FREE EDITION label will not show. The Mattermost logo will show unless replaced with custom branding.
If a custom site name is configured, that will display below the Mattermost logo.
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Global header
Once in logged in, the Mattermost logo and FREE EDITION label displays in the global header bar.
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In the product menu, we can also show the current license version at the bottom of this menu with FREE EDITION label with a short descriptor. In Team Edition, no call to action will display, but in E0, we will display a call to action to start the a trial. If they’ve they've already completed a trial, we could replace this with a contact sales button.
In addition, as we move features to enterprise or pro, we can place key icons with tooltips to identify paid features.
If the server is already on a professional or enterprise license, we would also display that in the product menu without the call to actionwill hide the trial button.
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Phase 2: Move custom branding tools to Enterprise
Currently, all licenses have access to custom branding capabilities including site name, site description, custom brand image and custom brand text. For this phase of work, the proposal is the hide all these features for
Phase 3: Offer more robust custom branding for Enterprise (WIP - Needs Validation)
To provide even greater value to our Enterprise customers, we’re also looking at more robust controls for custom branding and theming.
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