for the vast majority of developers and even many production workloads. The Community Edition provides a powerful, no-cost, open-source solution. The Oracle-branded edition only requires payment for non-OCI production environments where you also need enterprise support and maximum performance.
The GPLv2 with Classpath Exception explicitly allows you to use GraalVM CE to build and run proprietary, closed-source applications without releasing your source code. is graalvm free
The free GraalVM Community Edition includes: for the vast majority of developers and even
Development, testing, and full-scale commercial production. Redistribution: Permitted. is graalvm free