From 7f8e1ae8beeb9255f1c9135a43ee5dd7cea57393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Carrie Warner (Mattermost)"
 <74422101+cwarnermm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 14:43:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added Mattermost Free note (#6761)

* Added Free note

* Update source/about/editions-and-offerings.rst

* Update source/about/editions-and-offerings.rst

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Co-authored-by: Mattermost Build <build@mattermost.com>
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 source/about/editions-and-offerings.rst | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/about/editions-and-offerings.rst b/source/about/editions-and-offerings.rst
index c717de89202..236e01a1222 100644
--- a/source/about/editions-and-offerings.rst
+++ b/source/about/editions-and-offerings.rst
@@ -50,11 +50,17 @@ For customers using our service in a self-hosted deployment, the Mattermost Free
 The Mattermost Professional and Mattermost Enterprise editions are only available after deploying our Mattermost Enterprise Edition code base, and then applying a valid license key that comes with a subscription purchase, or by starting a 30-day free trial that can be activated either in-product (**System Console > Edition and License > Start trial**) or online at https://mattermost.com/trial/.
 
 Mattermost Free (Self-Hosted only)
----------------------------------------------
+----------------------------------
 
 Mattermost Free is a set of collaboration features for accelerating your technical team’s productivity, shipping software faster with higher quality, and improving alignment among team members.
 
-Mattermost Free is available to our self-hosted community through both our open source Mattermost Team Edition offering, and in our commercial Mattermost Enterprise Edition offering (when no subscription license key is active). See deployment options at: https://mattermost.com/deploy/.
+Mattermost Free is available to our self-hosted community through both our open source Mattermost Team Edition offering, and in our commercial Mattermost Enterprise Edition offering (when no subscription license key is active). It is best suited for teams of up to 50 members. See deployment options at: https://mattermost.com/deploy/.
+
+.. important::
+
+    For teams of less than 50 users, a standalone, single-node deployment of `Mattermost Team Edition <#mattermost-team-edition>`__ with frequent backups is appropriate.
+    
+    For teams larger than 50 users, it's strongly advised to deploy Mattermost with `Mattermost Professional <#mattermost-professional>`__ or `Mattermost Enterprise <#mattermost-enterprise>`__ to deliver a more secure, reliable, scalable, and resilient service.
 
 Features include:
 
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ Features include:
 - Pre-packaged integrations with most common developer tools, including Jira, Confluence, GitHub, GitLab, CircleCI, Zoom, Jitsi, and more.
 - Tools for `custom branding </configure/custom-branding-tools.html>`__ and `themes </messaging/customizing-theme-colors.html>`__.
 - `Multi-factor authentication </onboard/multi-factor-authentication.html>`__.
-- `Single Sign-on with GitLab </onboard/sso-gitlab.html>`__ , `Google </onboard/sso-google.html>`, or `OpenID Connect </onboard/sso-openidconnect.html>`__.
+- `Single Sign-on with GitLab </onboard/sso-gitlab.html>`__, `Google </onboard/sso-google.html>`__, or `OpenID Connect </onboard/sso-openidconnect.html>`__.
 - `Granular system permissions </onboard/advanced-permissions.html>`__.
 - Highly customizable `third-party bots, integrations <https://mattermost.com/marketplace/#publicApps>`__, and `command line tools </manage/mmctl-command-line-tool.html>`__.
 - Extensive integration support via `webhooks, APIs, drivers <https://developers.mattermost.com/integrate/other-integrations/>`__, and `third-party extensions <https://mattermost.com/marketplace/>`__.