June 2024 was a tough month for developer free tiers. With 2 negative changes versus 0 positive, the trend continues toward tighter limits and eliminated offerings. Developers relying on free tiers should review their dependencies.
2
Total Changes +1 vs last month
2
Negative
0
Positive
0
Neutral
Changes by Type
Change Type
Count
Pricing Restructured
1
Free Tier Removed
1
Biggest Losers
Vendors whose changes cost users more
Sentry (1 negative change: pricing changed)
Sentry changed how it bills tracing from performance units to span units. Source ↗
StackHawk (1 negative change: free tier removed)
Free plan removed. stackhawk.com/pricing offered a Free plan, "Modern DAST, with unlimited scans, automatable in your CI/CD for a single application", in the Internet Archive's copy of 2024-05-16, and none in its copy of 2024-06-17, which starts at Pro, $42 per code contributor a month with a five-contributor minimum. Source ↗