Features (Free vs Paid)

Starting with Backpack v5, our software is open-core. That means there are features that you can use for free, and features you can only access by purchasing. Our goal with this split was to have:

• a simplified version, that includes what most admin panels absolutely need, in backpack\crud; FREE
• a plug-and-play addon, that adds features for more complex use cases, in backpack\pro; PRO

You do not need to purchase anything from us. But we hope that:

• if you're making money from your project, as soon as you need one paid feature, you can justify its cost, to save the time it takes to build that yourself;
• if you're not making money from your project yet, as the project grows and starts making a profit, you'll want to purchase, to get access to paid features and support its maintenance;

Features

Everywhere in our docs, you'll see the PRO label if it needs the backpack\pro add-on. Everything else... is free, as part of backpack\crud. Here's a comparison table of all features, so you can easily understand what will be a good fit for you:

Both backpack/crud and backpack/pro will keep receiving active attention, maintenance and care from us, for many years going forward - this is our job. But in principle, new features will not be added to backpack/crud. We will keep adding new features to backpack/pro, though. If you have suggestions, please vote on top new features or open a new suggestion.

Add-ons

In addition the our main packages (backpack\crud and backpack\pro), whose features we've detailed above, we've also developed a series of single-purpose Backpack add-ons. Most developers won't need these, but those who do... will be grateful that we took the time:

• some free: backpack\permissionmanager, backpack\settings, backpack\pagemanager, backpack\newscrud, backpack\menucrud, backpack\filemanager, backpack\logmanager, backpack\backupmanager, backpack\revise-operation etc. FREE
• some paid: backpack\devtools, backpack\figma-template PAID EXTRA

We also encourage our community to build third-party add-ons (we've made it super-easy). Our plan is to create more and more add-ons, as we discover more recurring problems, that we can solve for Laravel freelancers & development teams.

For more information, see:

• our addons page for more addons (including third-party addons);
• our pricing page for the first-party addons that we think are so good, that they're worth paying for;