Whether you’re a growing indie team or an established game studio in need of a tailored Perforce hosting solution, understanding the costs involved is critical for planning and optimizing your workflow.

In this article, we’ll break down the standard pricing for Perforce Helix Core hosted on Assembla, explain the cost-saving benefits of our solutions, and explore the custom options available with Assembla Managed Hosting for users looking to completely offload Perforce management.

Whether you’re comparing hosting providers or considering a migration, this short guide will help you make an informed decision. For a longer, more detailed comparison between all Perforce hosting solutions available and associated costs, read our comprehensive Perforce hosting guide here.

Assembla’s Helix Core Add-on

The starting price for Perforce on Assembla is $39 per user per month — the Perforce license is already included. With Perforce Cloud hosted by Assembla you get access to the Helix Core version control system you already know, including the integrations into Unreal Engine and Unity. This package includes up to unlimited users, 1TB of cloud storage and our advanced Agile IT Project Management tool.

Standard support from our team of Perforce DevOps experts is included, providing your teams with 12×5 email and chat support. For an additional 20% you can also upgrade to premium support, which includes 24×5 email, chat, and phone support, a dedicated Zendesk ticketing instance, screen sharing sessions, guaranteed SLAs, and a free three-month license to Travis CI.

Not only do you get world-class support and DevOps expertise with Assembla, you also get best-in-class security and data protection. We are SOC 2 Type 2 Certified and host data centers in the US & EU in compliance with their regulations. Assembla Perforce Cloud includes tools for running security scans on your source code to detect unencrypted passwords and access keys.

Collaboration Tools

When it comes to day-to-day management of your projects, Assembla has tools to help with that, too. We support the Perforce P4 Command-Line Client, which enables admins and power users to quickly gain access to operations and exercise complete control over your Perforce instance. And, of course, you can expect standard GUI support for every day tasks like commits, merge requests, code compare, and backups. We also provide our own all-in-one cloud-based project management and ticketing solution to help you streamline communication, tracking, and reporting.

Assembla Perforce also supports Git and Subversion repositories for teams that work across several version control systems, and we have integrations with industry leading tools such as Slack, Jira, Unreal Engine, Unity, and more.

Assembla Managed hosting

Assembla Managed hosting includes everything from the turnkey Perforce hosting solution on a custom infrastructure with additional enterprise-level features. All fully managed by Assembla. In a Managed hosting setup, the Assembla DevOps engineers act as an extension of your in-house team, providing white glove monitoring and service.

There are no user or storage limits and you get dedicated single-tenant AWS hosting. Standard and premium support are available, but there is an additional Platinum level support that upgrades support coverage to 24×7 across all solutions.

Custom Infrastructure

A key benefit of Perforce Enterprise is its customizability. Our team will work with you to design a custom infrastructure to support your business, including globally distributed AWS server setups and access to additional Perforce tools like Helix Swarm, Helix Admin, Helix DAM, and Helix Plan. You’ll also have the following customizable features:

  • Automated Perforce Checkpoint Backups
  • Cloud-hosted Proxy/Replica in a Different Geographic Region
  • Additional Cloud-Hosted Proxy/Replica in a Different Geographic Region
  • Helix Swarm, DAM, and Hansoft Cloud Availability
  • Custom Backups and Snapshots
  • Git/Subversion to Perforce Repository Conversions

Is Perforce Free?

For teams of up to 5 users you can use Helix Core for free on Perforce’s official website. With the free version of Perforce you are limited to 20 workspaces and 1GB of storage. You get access to all the Helix Core features but will need to manage your AWS infrastructure and version control settings. If that sounds like too much overhead, you can try out Helix Core for free as part of our free trial.

How much does a Perforce license cost?

Perforce Helix Core license costs vary based on the size of your team, the amount of resources your project requires, and whether you are using on-premises or cloud hosting. As teams grow there are volume discounts that you can take advantage of.

Assembla’s pricing includes the Perforce license cost. Perforce managed hosting uses custom pricing to account for the bulk user discount and other custom fees based on storage and support needs.

Perforce Free Trial

To find out more about how your team can benefit from Perforce Helix Core hosted and managed by Assembla, start a free 14 day trial of Assembla.

Perforce Price – Quote Request

If your organization has custom requirements, such as a fully customizable single-tenant cloud server, submit your quote request here. Our team would love to talk with you about how our solutions can meet your development needs.