xamarin is it free to use for commercial purpose?

Question

It is confusing with licensing about Xamarin. My Question is "If I develop an application using Xamarin", then can I use for commercial purpose?

Kindly suggest.

Answer 1

Depending on your company size (and some other restrictions), yes Xamarin in now free for commercial use. For more, information please see the following links:

• Mobile Development Made Easy with Visual Studio and Xamarin
• Xamarin Pricing

Answer 2

Since you ask about free, I assume you mean the Indie Starter edition.

From their FAQ:

For developers just getting started with Xamarin, we're introducing Starter edition, a freely-available version that supports device deployment and app store publishing for small apps with no third-party native library dependencies and less than 32k of compiled C# code.

(my highlight)

Since all editions above the Starter just add to this, then yes, you can use it for commercial purposes.

You should check that FAQ for a lot of other scenarios.

Answer 3

Here is a good news for you.

Xamarin for Everyone

You can Visit the Xamarin Store.

Build C# apps on Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac with Xamarin.(store)

Xamarin has also launched Contest: Get Answering on Stack Overflow

Because of this contest it is going to be easy for the new users to jump into Xamarin.