April 2025 was a tough month for developer free tiers. With 3 negative changes versus 0 positive, the trend continues toward tighter limits and eliminated offerings. Developers relying on free tiers should review their dependencies.
3
Total Changes +1 vs last month
3
Negative +1 vs last month
0
Positive
0
Neutral
Changes by Type
Change Type
Count
Free Tier Removed
2
Pricing Restructured
1
Biggest Losers
Vendors that eliminated or reduced free tiers
Devin (1 negative change)
Launched $20/month Core plan with pay-as-you-go ACU pricing, down from previous $500/month-only Team plan Source ↗
Papertrail (1 negative change)
Papertrail removed its $0 plan from its plans page between 2025-04-15 and 2025-04-22, replacing it with Log Observability at $5.00 per GB per month and a 30-day trial. Source ↗
DBOS (1 negative change)
DBOS replaced its free DBOS Cloud plan ($0 a month, "Free forever": 100,000 requests a day, 1,000,000 ms of CPU a month, 1 application) with DBOS Pro at $99 a month with a 30-day free trial, between captures of 2025-03-21 and 2025-04-04. The open-source DBOS Transact library stays free. Source ↗