September 2026 was a mixed month with 2 total changes. 1 negative and 1 positive changes balanced out.
2
Total Changes same as last month
1
Negative -1 vs last month
1
Positive
0
Neutral
Changes by Type
Change Type
Count
Product Deprecated
1
New Free Tier
1
Biggest Losers
Vendors that eliminated or reduced free tiers
AWS (1 negative change)
AWS App Mesh end of support. Service mesh for ECS/EKS being fully retired. All configurations, virtual nodes, and routes will stop functioning.
Biggest Winners
Vendors that added or expanded free tiers
Deepgram (1 positive change)
The $200 free credit is still offered, but the details have expanded. Text-to-Speech's Flux TTS is free until September 12, 2026, and Voice Agent API's Flux TTS is also free until September 12, 2026.