Karate Testing Framework - What do the licences and pricing tiers contains?

I use old karate versions in some (commercial) projects, version 1.3.1 and 1.4.1 respectively.

Now I am not sure, if we can upgrade to the (at the time of writing) most recent version 1.5.1 (https://github.com/karatelabs/karate) that still has an mit licence.

There is a paid IntelliJ Plugin and a standalone tool Xplorer that we don't need.

• https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/19232-karate
• https://www.karatelabs.io/eula
• https://www.karatelabs.io/pricing

I don't understand the pricing page.

If I only use the karate testing framework (in my cd/ci pipeline), do I need one of these licence?

No. The IDE plugins are optional and for editing tests locally. You can use a plain-text editor instead, but it won't be the best developer experience.

Test-suites based on all versions of Karate (open-source MIT licensed) can be run in CI/CD via the command-line without any restrictions.