{"slug": "docker-sdk-now-marked-as-paid-when-creating-a-new-space", "title": "Docker SDK now marked as \"Paid\" when creating a new Space?", "summary": "Hugging Face silently moved Docker Space deployments behind a PRO subscription paywall, with users reporting that the Docker SDK is now marked as \"Paid\" in the UI and CLI deployments return errors requiring a PRO subscription. The change was made without announcement, changelog, or pricing page update, affecting free-tier users.", "body_md": "[ryac](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/ryac)\n1\nToday I noticed that the Docker SDK is marked as **Paid** when creating a new Space. Earlier today it appeared to be available on the free tier.\n\nI couldn’t find any announcement, changelog, or documentation update about this change.\n\nIs this:\n\n- an intentional rollout,\n- an account-specific restriction,\n- or a temporary UI issue?\n\nThanks!\n\nHmm… Seems not here. Perhaps depends to settings or so? Or fixed itself…?\n\n[rsamf](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/rsamf)\n3\nI see something similar in the UI but yeah, looks like they literally just moved cpu basic for docker container deployments behind a paywall. I just tried deploying something in CLI and I got “Static Spaces are free for everyone, but hosting Gradio and Docker Spaces on free cpu-basic requires a PRO subscription. Subscribe at [PRO Account - Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/pro)”\n\nSadly, they did this without an announcement or warning. They haven’t even updated their pricing page:\n\n[ryac](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/ryac)\n4\nI see the same thing when trying with the CLI. Odd that there’s no announcement or documentation on it. :\\", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sdk-now-marked-as-paid-when-creating-a-new-space", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/docker-sdk-now-marked-as-paid-when-creating-a-new-space/177580#post_4", "published_at": "2026-07-09 04:24:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 04:50:36.086954+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Hugging Face", "Docker SDK"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sdk-now-marked-as-paid-when-creating-a-new-space", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sdk-now-marked-as-paid-when-creating-a-new-space.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sdk-now-marked-as-paid-when-creating-a-new-space.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sdk-now-marked-as-paid-when-creating-a-new-space.jsonld"}}