April 6–12, 2026

This Week in Developer Pricing

13 free tiers removed, 2 new ones added, 49 products deprecated, 21 limits reduced, 11 limits increased, 6 pricing restructures across 113 developer tool pricing changes

13 free tiers removed2 new free tiers21 limits reduced11 limits increased49 deprecated6 restructured

Biggest Losses (48)

deprecated Xata Lite Databases
Xata Lite returned HTTP 410 Gone. Service has been discontinued.
removed Augment Code AI Coding
Free tier removed. Lowest plan is now Indie at $20/month with 40K credits. Credit-based consumption model replaces flat per-seat pricing
reduced Phase Two Auth
Free tier significantly reduced: users from 1,000 to 100, SSO connections from 10 to 0 (now requires paid Premium tier)
deprecated stathat.com Monitoring
Domain no longer resolves (DNS ENOTFOUND).
reduced codehooks.io Databases
Storage reduced from 5GB to 150MB database + 1GB file storage. Developer seats reduced from 2 to 1.
reduced Nx Cloud CI/CD
Credits reduced from 150,000 to 50,000/month, but contributor limit removed (now unlimited)
reduced incidenthub.cloud Monitoring
Free tier monitors reduced from 20 to 5
reduced Servervana Monitoring
Free tier HTTP monitors reduced from 10 to 1
restricted Google Gemini API AI / ML
Gemini API free tier restricted to Flash and Flash-Lite models only (April 2026). Gemini 2.5 Pro and other Pro models now require a paid billing account. Previously free users could access Pro models with rate limits. Combined with April 1 spend cap enforcement, this significantly narrows what is available at $0.
removed Pixelixe Design
No longer free — paid plans start at $12/mo
removed WalkMe Design
Enterprise-only, no public free tier
removed Contact.do Email
No longer free — $19 lifetime only
removed Parsio Email
No ongoing free tier — 30 trial credits only
removed Quidlo Project Management
No free tier — 30-day trial only
removed Teamhood Project Management
No free tier — 14-day trial only
removed Zenkit Project Management
No free tier — trial only, then data export only
removed HostedScan Security
No free tier — plans start at $49/mo
removed StackHawk Security
Free Developer plan removed, enterprise sales model now
removed CookieFirst Security
Only 14-day free trial, no permanent free tier
removed Seline Analytics
No permanent free plan
removed Segment Startups Analytics
Twilio explicitly states no startup credits available
deprecated Commerce Layer Dev Utilities
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Kiter.app Dev Utilities
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Snap Accelerate Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated ActiveCampaign Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Adjust Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Apptimize Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Attribution App Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Branch Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Chartio Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated ClearBrain Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Commando.io Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated CrazyEgg Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Cyfe Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Drift Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated FullContact Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Gem Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Google BigQuery Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Guideline Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Gusto Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Kasa Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Lester Lee Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Looker Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Mode Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated MoEngage Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Monday Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated PersistIQ Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued
deprecated Pilot Startup Perks
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued

Bright Spots (2)

new Amazon Kiro AI Coding
Amazon Kiro launched GA with a free tier of 50 credits/month. Claude-powered IDE focused on spec-driven development. Pro $20/mo (1,000 credits), Pro+ $40/mo (2,000), Power $200/mo (10,000). Credits metered to 0.01 increments, model-dependent rates. $0.04 overage per credit. Enterprise tier available.
new Amazon Kiro AI Coding
Amazon Kiro AI coding assistant launched GA with tiered credit-based pricing: Free tier (50 credits/month), Pro ($20/month, 1,000 credits), Pro+ ($40/month, 2,000 credits). Credits metered to 0.01 increments, model-dependent rates.

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