[Andoryuuta]

One big difference is the licensing. Docker Engine itself is apache licensed (and hence free to use at a company of any scale), but Docker Desktop requires a paid plan if your company has more than 250 employees or more than $10 million in annual revenue [0].

[0]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/#licensing

[fragmede]

Which like, seems entirely fair, but when there are suitable enough replacements that cost $0, why pay for it? Sure there are big picture reasons, but companies often don't think that long-term.

[otteromkram]

Priority tech support when everything blows up is usually the number one reason.