This Week in Developer Pricing

Perpetual free tier (100 emails/day) eliminated. Replaced with 60-day trial only. Paid plans start at $19.95/month

Fauna shut down entirely on May 30, 2025. The serverless document database ceased all operations. Over 80,000 development teams affected

Free trial credits ($5-$18 for new accounts) completely discontinued. Free tier now limited to GPT-3.5 Turbo at 3 RPM with no credits. All advanced models (GPT-4, DALL-E, Whisper) require paid access

Moved from flat monthly subscription to credit-based pricing model with new $200/month Ultra tier