Chocolatey
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Chocolatey, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Chocolatey's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | No limit on machines · No limit on machines |
| Pro | $96 a year | Personal, named license for individuals; up to 8 personal machines · Up to 8 personal machines · billed annually |
| Business (C4B) | $18 a year | For organizations; 100-node minimum for the minimum annual pack · 100 nodes minimum · 40-499 licenses: $18.00 per license/year · Annual starts at $18.00 per node/year; 100-node minimum pack |
| Chocolatey for Business Perpetual | Priced on request | Available for Chocolatey for Business; contact sales for details |
The facts
Each one read from Chocolatey's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Business refund period
- Organizations buying C4B without a trial receive a 30-day period.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Central management
- Central Management provides organization-wide visibility, reporting, and endpoint management.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Commercial security
- Chocolatey for Business provides improved security and Pro includes runtime malware and virus protection.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- License model
- Chocolatey pricing is based on the number of nodes or machines managed.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Lockfile support
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Offline installation
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Package creation
- Package Builder automatically creates high-quality packages in seconds.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Package formats
- nupkg,nuspec,packages.configchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Premium support
- Premium customers can receive 24/7 support.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Private registry auth
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Private repositories
- Package Internalizer can host packages on private internal repositories.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Pro refund period
- Pro customers can receive a full refund during the first 30 days.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Reporting formats
- Central Management can generate reports in PDF and Excel formats.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Supported environments
- Licensing covers physical, virtual, container, on-premises, cloud, and test environments.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Support levels
- Support includes Pro, Business Standard, Business Standard+, and Business Premium levels.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Tool integrations
- Chocolatey integrates through custom integrations or PowerShell and batch scripts.checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Business trial
- Chocolatey for Business offers a 14-day white-glove free trial.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Free open source
- The Open Source edition is free and has no machine limit.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2011checked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Pro machine limit
- Pro covers up to 8 personal machines.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Supported platform
- Chocolatey is presented as a package manager for Windows.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Supported platforms
- Windows; Linux; macOSchecked 21 Sep 2026
