This Week in Developer Pricing

Freshping shut down entirely. Free accounts disabled March 6, 2026. Paid plans expire at end of term. All data deleted 90 days later (~June 4, 2026). No replacement product offered by Freshworks Source ↗

Xero retired its revenue-share model on 2 March 2026 for five plans priced by connections and data egress. The free Starter plan allows up to 5 connected organisations; Core costs AUD 35 a month for up to 50. Data from Xero's APIs may not be used to train AI or machine-learning models Source ↗

Zenkit removed its free Personal plan from its pricing page between 2026-02-03 and 2026-03-06. Plus, Team, Business and Enterprise remain, with a 14-day trial. Source ↗

HostedScan removed its Free plan (Lite Scans, up to 3 targets) between 2026-01-25 and 2026-03-05; Basic, with a free trial, became the entry plan. Source ↗

Accounts opened after 2026-03-02 cannot spend the $300 Google Cloud welcome credit on the Gemini API or AI Studio. Source ↗

DiffJSON was renamed Compare JSON between 2026-02-26 and 2026-03-03, and diffjson.com now 301-redirects to comparejson.com. The tool stayed free, with no sign-up and no pricing. Source ↗