3 pricing changes tracked for developer tools during March 16–22, 2026. 0 high-impact changes. 1 more recorded with no known effective date.

Pricing Changes: March 16–22, 2026

3 changes tracked in week 12, 2026. 1 more recorded with no known effective date.

3 changes
1 deprecated
1 reduced
1 restructured
1 first read

Medium Impact (3)

deprecated Firebase effective 2026-03-19 Databases
Google announced the sunset of Firebase Studio (formerly Project IDX) on 2026-03-19. New workspaces and signups stopped on 2026-06-22, and Firebase Studio shuts down on 2027-03-22, when remaining data is deleted. Other Firebase products are not affected. Source ↗
reduced xAI (Grok) effective 2026-03-19 AI / ML
Between 2026-03-18 and 2026-03-19, xAI put Grok Imagine image and video generation behind a paywall for free Grok users. SuperGrok ($30/month) included it, and from 2026-03-25 SuperGrok Lite ($10/month) included basic images and videos. Source ↗
restructured Windsurf effective 2026-03-19 AI Coding
Windsurf replaced credits-based pricing with daily/weekly quotas (Mar 19, 2026). New tiers: Pro $20/mo (was $15), Teams $40/user/month, Max $200/month. Free tier changed from flexible credits to hard quotas. Existing Pro subscribers grandfathered at $15/mo Source ↗

Effective date unknown (1)

1 change recorded during March 16–22, 2026 has no known effective date. It is dated the day we recorded it, not the day its terms took effect, so it is not counted as a change that took effect during March 16–22, 2026.

reduced Dub.co discovered 2026-03-22 · effective date unknown Dev Utilities
Free tier link limit reduced 40x from 1,000 links to 25 new links/month. Added 30-day analytics retention limit and 1-user cap Source ↗

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