# ConfD Premium no longer available? Future of ConfD? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [October 10, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552 "2023-10-10T21:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![david.sun.iridium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@david.sun.iridium](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/u/david.sun.iridium)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552/1 "2023-10-10T21:20:37Z")
Hi guys, I spoke with one of the ConfD reps who said ConfD Premium was no longer being offered and that no paid support for the product was available. We were looking at ConfD as well as other alternatives for our NETCONF service, including rolling our own implementation. Just wondering what Cisco’s plan for ConfD is. Would hate to spend a bunch of developer time building a solution only for Cisco to pull the rug on this project, especially as it appears only the core confd binary is freely distributed, but not the source code. Only code i’ve seen are for examples on how to integrate with ConfD. ---
**Author:** ![jlawitzke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/dmap-community.ductus.global/jlawitzke/32/54_2.png) [@jlawitzke](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/u/jlawitzke)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552/2 "2023-10-11T14:03:03Z")
Your first sentence answers the question which you are asking. ConfD Basic 8.0.x is the last branch being released. ConfD Basic should not be used for new projects. ConfD Basic will be going away. ---
**Author:** ![david.sun.iridium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@david.sun.iridium](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/u/david.sun.iridium)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552/3 "2023-10-11T15:36:02Z")
Hey thanks for this information jlawitzke. This is good to know. I thought Cisco purchased tail-f to acquire NETCONF capabilities for their platforms and that all existing NETCONF capabilities on Cisco products was a result of this acquisition. It’s interesting that Cisco would take the product in this direction. Unfortunate. I was very excited about what I saw from the product. If this is the case, do you have any other recommend NETCONF server implementations you recommend? We are trying to shorten developer time. ---
**Author:** ![frankyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dec6dc/32.png) [@frankyu](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/u/frankyu)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552/4 "2024-02-01T23:24:39Z")
Hi, there is another commercial vendor, [www.yumaworks.com](http://www.yumaworks.com), that has been around for quite some time, has lots of features and offers technical support and source code too. HTH. ---
**Author:** ![vittalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@vittalk](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/u/vittalk)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552/5 "2024-03-12T18:46:59Z")
Hi, I have a couple of questions regarding ConfD. Greatly appreciate it if someone could help answer these. 1. Is ver 8.0.12 the LAST version of ConfD (ie. no more releases of ConfD).? 2. Since ConfD Premium has been EOLd, has ConfD been absorbed in other products? such as NSO? 3. I8.0.12 is the Basic version of ConfD and there are no Premium versions available… Does that mean that we can use 8.0.12 in production software? Can we use the CLIs too in the production version? Thank you so much, -Vittal ---
**Author:** ![jlawitzke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/dmap-community.ductus.global/jlawitzke/32/54_2.png) [@jlawitzke](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/u/jlawitzke)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552/6 "2024-03-13T15:40:37Z")
We have discontinued sales of ConfD Premium. As a result, ConfD Basic will also be going away. New use of ConfD Basic in projects is highly discouraged. The currently available 8.0.x branch is the last branch which is being released for both ConfD Premium and ConfD Basic. ConfD Basic maintenance releases addressing major bugs are being made approximately quarterly. The last maintenance release will be released in 2025. No new features, enhancements, or minor bug fixes are being made. ConfD Basic license allows only for the use of NETCONF in production. The ConfD Basic CLI may only be used during development and may not be exposed for use in production. Do not use ConfD Basic in new projects. ---
**Author:** ![jswami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8edcca/32.png) [@jswami](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/u/jswami)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552/7 "2024-04-22T23:13:36Z")
Hi, The Confd documentation and training videos ([Training Videos - ConfD - Cisco DevNet](https://developer.cisco.com/site/confD/documents/training-videos/)) are very helpful. Will they still be maintained in the future? ---
**Author:** ![jlawitzke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/dmap-community.ductus.global/jlawitzke/32/54_2.png) [@jlawitzke](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/u/jlawitzke)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/confd-premium-no-longer-available-future-of-confd/4552/8 "2024-07-11T15:42:49Z")
For the latest announcement related to this topic, please, see: [http://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/announcement-the-future-of-confd/4723](http://dmap-community.ductus.global/t/announcement-the-future-of-confd/4723)