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Central funding and recharge policy: Platform Services (FY 2026 to 2027)

Cabinet Office Digital centrally funds several platform services. You can use these resources without a direct cost to your team, provided you follow standard procurement guidelines.

Centrally funded services

  • standard GitHub licenses (about £30 per user)
  • standard domain registration through the Cabinet Office Registrar
  • manual SSL and TLS certificates
  • Docker Hub to find, share, and store container images
  • Hardenize to monitor domain security, including email security and web standards
  • Pingdom to monitor external uptime and track website performance
  • BrowserStack for automated and manual cross-browser and real-time mobile device testing
  • PagerDuty to automate on-call alerts and manage incident response

Items we recharge for

We recharge your team for the following items and apply a 5% service fee to the cost:

  • premium domains, including high-value or non-standard names
  • GitHub Copilot licenses and GitHub Advanced Security
  • specialised software, bespoke licensing, or any software and licenses not listed as centrally funded