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A set of libraries and tools that allows developers to create .NET applications and services

What is the .NET SDK?

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This is the earliest version of .NET supported by NES for .NET.

What is .NET 6?

100

Security and maintenance updates for .NET post-official end-of-life, including an SLA and a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).

What is HeroDevs NES for .NET?

100

This add-on for NES for .NET costs $1,500 per developer per year, while UI frameworks like WPF and WinForms cost $500 per developer per year. Additional endpoints start at $30 each.

What is NES for .NET Essentials pricing?

200

A platform that runs .NET applications and manages the execution of code

What is the .NET Runtime?

200

These are the two primary ways customers can install NES for .NET packages on their systems.

What are authenticated repositories and direct download?

200

For organizations still using .NET 4.x, NES for .NET provides these two key benefits, allowing them to maintain security compliance while planning their modernization strategy.

 What are EOL version compliance and flexibility to transition to modern .NET on their own timeline?

200

This is the official term HeroDevs uses for a device, server, or container running the NES for .NET runtime.

What is an endpoint?

300

A framework for building web applications and services with .NET

What is .NET ASP.NET?

300

From desktops to embedded devices, these are the types of hardware that can run .NET applications.

What are desktops, servers, embedded devices, containers, remote desktops, virtual machines, smartphones, and tablets?

300

These two UI frameworks are currently supported as NES for .NET add-ons.

What are WinForms and WPF?

300

The base NES for .NET package includes this many developers and endpoints.

 What are 4 developers and 200 endpoints?

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An Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) framework for .NET.

What is .NET Entity Framework?

400

Because Microsoft still provides this type of extended support, HeroDevs does not offer NES for .NET for version 4.x.

What is Microsoft’s Extended Support Updates (ESU) program?

400

The NES for .NET Foundations package includes support for these two critical .NET components.

What are .NET Runtime and ASP.NET?

400

NES for .NET pricing is based on these two factors.

What are the number of developers and the number of endpoints?

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The name for .NET packages and the package manager for .NET that handles dependencies.

What is NuGet?

500

These operating systems, including multiple versions of Windows and Linux distributions, are officially supported by NES for .NET.

What are Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025, Ubuntu Linux 20.04, 22.04, 24.04, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 (including AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, and Rocky Linux)?

500

Entity Framework, UI Frameworks and more developers and endpoints. 

What would be considered an "add on" to the base subscription? 

500

For these five special scenarios, sales teams must consult the Product Team before finalizing NES for .NET pricing.

What are endpoints over 10,000, developers building for third-party companies, developers creating commercial applications (e.g., Microsoft Store), unsupported operating systems/architectures/UI frameworks, and custom NuGet package support?

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