# When was the 1,000 user limit first applied to the free self-hosted Team Edition? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 30, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/when-was-the-1-000-user-limit-first-applied-to-the-free-self-hosted-team-edition/25425 "2025-10-30T11:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@Ryot](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/Ryot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/when-was-the-1-000-user-limit-first-applied-to-the-free-self-hosted-team-edition/25425/1 "2025-10-30T11:02:05Z")
Hi team, I saw in the v11.0 release announcement that the user limit for the free self-hosted **Team Edition** has been reduced from **1,000 users to 250**. I’m trying to understand the timeline: **In which version was the 1,000 user limit first introduced?** From what I can tell: - In **v10.6** , the hard limit was set to **5,000 users** , with a soft warning at **2,500 users**. - I haven’t been able to find any changelog or documentation clearly stating when the hard limit was lowered to 1,000 before v11. Any clarification on when the 1,000-user limit was introduced would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![jjmmbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jjmmbb](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jjmmbb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/when-was-the-1-000-user-limit-first-applied-to-the-free-self-hosted-team-edition/25425/2 "2025-10-30T11:57:34Z")
Take a look at my post about recent changes. **It’s a self-inflicted wound.** They’re shooting themselves in the foot. ---
**Author:** ![Maiyannah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/maiyannah/32/9246_2.png) [@Maiyannah](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/Maiyannah)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/when-was-the-1-000-user-limit-first-applied-to-the-free-self-hosted-team-edition/25425/3 "2025-10-31T02:31:36Z")
They’d have to have a foot left to shoot… ---
**Author:** ![workingminnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/51bf81/32.png) [@workingminnow](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/workingminnow)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/when-was-the-1-000-user-limit-first-applied-to-the-free-self-hosted-team-edition/25425/4 "2025-11-03T20:22:56Z")
I have the same question! I also noticed the hard limit before was 5000 users. ### **Hardware requirements for team deployments** Most small to medium Mattermost team deployments can be supported on a single server with the following specifications based on registered users: - 1 - 1,000 users - 1 vCPU/cores, 2 GB RAM - 1,000 - 2,000 users - 2 vCPUs/cores, 4 GB RAM And hardware requirements indicate that 1000 users is easily supported by a tiny vm, so not sure how it’s being justified that performance degrades past 250 users. ---
**Author:** ![Ryot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@Ryot](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/Ryot)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/when-was-the-1-000-user-limit-first-applied-to-the-free-self-hosted-team-edition/25425/5 "2025-11-04T02:00:02Z")
@it33_mattermost Could you kindly confirm in which version the 1,000-user limit was introduced for the Team Edition? The changelogs seem to mention the 5,000 limit in v10.6, but I haven’t seen any official note about when it dropped to 1,000. Continuing the discussion from [Mattermost v11 Changes in Free Offerings](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-v11-changes-in-free-offerings/25126): > [@Mattermost v11 Changes in Free Offerings](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/mattermost-v11-changes-in-free-offerings/25126/1): > > ### 2. Mattermost Team Edition (MIT-Compiled License) > > - For _hobbyists, personal projects, and organizations requiring open source licensing_. > - _User limit reduced_ to 250 (from 1,000).