MDN Plus: Mozilla plans to launch a premium service for developers

Firefox developer Mozilla plans to launch its next premium service next month according to information posted by Sören Hentzschel on his blog. The service, MDN Plus, extends the free MDN Web Docs resource for developers.

Mozilla’s main source of revenue comes from its main competitor in the browser space, Google. The agreement between Mozilla and Google ends next year and it is not clear whether both parties will renew the agreement. While Mozilla has some options in case the renewal fails, it has changed its strategy regarding revenue generation in recent years.

In 2020, Mozilla made $496 million in revenue, a slight increase of $6 million compared to 2019 if you ignore a one-time payment Mozilla received that year. Most of the revenue came from search engine deals; agreements to make a specific search engine the default in the Firefox web browser. Search engine deals contributed a total of $441 million.

Revenue from other services, mostly subscription-based services, increased from $14 million in 2019 to $24 million in 2020. Mozilla launched additional products, including Firefox Relay Premium and Mozilla VPN, which are likely to boost overall service revenue subscription based. forward.

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Hentzschel reports that Mozilla may launch the new MDN Plus service in March 2022. Mozilla tested MDN Plus in the summer of 2021 and revealed after the trial period that it had plans to release MDN Plus to the public in the future.

According to information from Hentzschel, Mozilla could launch the service on March 9, 2022 in select countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and some other countries.

The subscription-based service will offer in-depth tech articles from experts and additional features to enhance the use of MDN Web Docs, including offline use, personal collections, change notifications or theme options. Pricing can be $10 per month or $100 per year based on Hentzschel’s information.

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Mozilla needs to diversify its revenue stream to reduce reliance on search engine offerings. Subscription-based revenue is on the rise, and the creation of new services will certainly contribute to overall revenue, as long as the services are not phased out in the future.

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It will be interesting to see how well these services did in 2021 compared to 2020.

Now you: Do you use one of Mozilla’s premium services?

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