Pricing trends across 60 developer tool categories. See which categories have rising prices, free tier removals, and new deals.

Pricing Trends by Category

476 tracked pricing changes across 60 categories, by the rule at what counts as a change. Ranked by volatility.

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Categories with pricing changes
AI / ML ↑ Prices rising 36 changes 33 neg 2 pos Databases ↑ Prices rising 34 changes 22 neg 12 pos Dev Utilities ↑ Prices rising 27 changes 21 neg 5 pos Cloud Hosting ↑ Prices rising 22 changes 19 neg 2 pos AI Coding ↑ Prices rising 21 changes 15 neg 5 pos Cloud IaaS ↑ Prices rising 21 changes 11 neg 7 pos Testing ↑ Prices rising 20 changes 17 neg 2 pos Monitoring ↑ Prices rising 19 changes 14 neg 4 pos Storage ↑ Prices rising 18 changes 12 neg 5 pos Email ↑ Prices rising 17 changes 11 neg 4 pos Design ↑ Prices rising 16 changes 8 neg 6 pos Analytics ↑ Prices rising 16 changes 9 neg 5 pos API Development ↑ Prices rising 15 changes 13 neg 2 pos Security ↑ Prices rising 14 changes 7 neg 6 pos Startup Perks ↑ Prices rising 13 changes 9 neg 4 pos Project Management ↑ Prices rising 13 changes 11 neg 2 pos Messaging ↑ Prices rising 12 changes 9 neg 1 pos Forms ↑ Prices rising 9 changes 9 neg API Gateway ↑ Prices rising 8 changes 7 neg 1 pos IDE & Code Editors ↑ Prices rising 8 changes 6 neg Communication ↑ Prices rising 8 changes 6 neg 1 pos Infrastructure ↑ Prices rising 7 changes 5 neg 2 pos Maps/Geolocation ↑ Prices rising 7 changes 5 neg 1 pos Team Collaboration ↑ Prices rising 6 changes 4 neg 1 pos Logging ↑ Prices rising 6 changes 4 neg 2 pos Search ↑ Prices rising 5 changes 4 neg CI/CD ↑ Prices rising 5 changes 3 neg 2 pos Web Scraping ↑ Prices rising 5 changes 3 neg 2 pos Auth ↑ Prices rising 5 changes 4 neg 1 pos DNS & Domain Management ↑ Prices rising 5 changes 3 neg 2 pos Payments ↑ Prices rising 4 changes 3 neg 1 pos Productivity & Notes ↑ Prices rising 4 changes 3 neg 1 pos Server Management ↔ Stable 4 changes 2 neg 2 pos Container Registry ↑ Prices rising 3 changes 2 neg 1 pos Cloud Storage ↑ Prices rising 3 changes 3 neg Source Control ↑ Prices rising 3 changes 2 neg 1 pos Headless CMS ↓ Prices declining 3 changes 1 neg 2 pos Low-Code Platforms ↑ Prices rising 3 changes 2 neg 1 pos Error Tracking ↑ Prices rising 3 changes 3 neg Mobile Development ↑ Prices rising 3 changes 2 neg 1 pos Localization ↑ Prices rising 3 changes 2 neg 1 pos CDN ↑ Prices rising 2 changes 2 neg Video ↔ Stable 2 changes 1 neg 1 pos Workflow Automation ↑ Prices rising 2 changes 2 neg Feature Flags ↔ Stable 2 changes 1 neg 1 pos Notebooks & Data Science ↑ Prices rising 2 changes 2 neg Tunneling & Networking ↑ Prices rising 2 changes 2 neg Communication & Messaging ↓ Prices declining 2 changes 2 pos Password Managers ↔ Stable 2 changes 1 neg 1 pos Background Jobs ↓ Prices declining 1 change 1 pos Documentation ↑ Prices rising 1 change 1 neg Browser Automation ↓ Prices declining 1 change 1 pos Consumer Email ↑ Prices rising 1 change 1 neg Secrets Management ↓ Prices declining 1 change 1 pos Education ↑ Prices rising 1 change 1 neg
Stable categories (no tracked changes)
Code Quality ↔ Stable 0 changes Design & Creative ↔ Stable 0 changes Diagramming ↔ Stable 0 changes Status Pages ↔ Stable 0 changes VPN & Privacy ↔ Stable 0 changes