What this section prints is decided by the calendar, not by anything the vendor did. 2 records here carry a date after 2026-11-14. The vendor has announced them and they have not taken effect, so they are not part of the history below. On its own date a record here joins the Pricing Change Timeline, below.
AnnounceddeprecatedMicrosoft Dev Boxeffective 2028-09-18medium
Microsoft Dev Box retires on September 18, 2028. Its closing-down period began on September 14, 2026. It is in maintenance mode with no new features planned. Microsoft recommends Windows 365 as the replacement. Source ↗
On December 31, 2026, HashiCorp decommissions all remaining HCP Vagrant deployments. After the shutdown dates, boxes can no longer be created or shared through HCP Vagrant or the Vagrant Public Registry: new boxes and registries could not be created from October 1, 2026, and support and maintenance for existing deployments ended on November 2, 2026. The Vagrant CLI and its source on GitHub stay available; boxes must move to a repository the team hosts, which serves the .box files and catalog metadata to the Vagrant CLI. Source ↗
Pricing Change Timeline
Every record we hold is listed here, newest first. A record is never removed from this list, so a vendor named here stays named here whatever its verdict does afterwards.
increasedipbase.comeffective between 2026-10-30 and 2026-11-10medium
By November 10, 2026, ipbase.com's free plan had 1,000 requests a month. On October 30, 2026, it had 150 requests a month. The rate limit of 10 requests a minute was unchanged. The $0 price was unchanged. Source ↗
increasednumlookupapi.comeffective between 2026-10-04 and 2026-11-10low
By November 10, 2026, numlookupapi.com's free plan had 250 requests a month. On October 4, 2026, it had 100 requests a month. The rate limit of 10 requests a minute was unchanged. The $0 price was unchanged. Source ↗
restrictedipbase.comeffective between 2026-08-28 and 2026-11-10medium
Between August 28, 2026 and November 10, 2026, ipbase.com limited its free plan to testing and non-commercial projects. Commercial use needs a paid plan. The pricing page of August 28, 2026 stated no commercial-use terms. Source ↗
restrictednumlookupapi.comeffective between 2026-08-28 and 2026-11-10medium
Between August 28, 2026 and November 10, 2026, numlookupapi.com limited its free plan to testing and personal projects. Its pricing table marks the free plan "No" for commercial use. Paid plans allow commercial use. The pricing page of August 28, 2026 stated no commercial-use terms. Source ↗
increasedZipcodestackeffective between 2026-08-28 and 2026-11-10low
By November 10, 2026, Zipcodestack's free plan had 1,000 requests a month. On August 28, 2026, it had 300 credits a month. The rate limit of 10 requests a minute was unchanged. The $0 price was unchanged. Source ↗
restrictedScreenshotlayereffective between 2026-08-20 and 2026-11-07medium
Screenshotlayer limited its Free Plan to non-commercial use between 2026-08-20 and 2026-11-07. Its limit stayed at 100 snapshots a month, and its paid plans are licensed for commercial use. Source ↗
restructuredipapidiscovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknownmedium
The free tier still exists, but the description has been updated. The free tier now offers up to 1000 lookups/day (approximately 30K/month) and is intended for testing & development only, not production use. The page also details several paid plans with varying lookup limits and pricing, starting at $15/month for 60,000 lookups. Source ↗
reducedFreeIPAPIdiscovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknownmedium
While a free tier still exists, it is limited to 60 requests per minute. Paid tiers are now available with higher limits and additional features. Unconfirmed. We could not check this change against an archived copy of FreeIPAPI's page, so it does not count toward the rating.Source ↗
The free tier now has no stated request limit, but is described as 'Free forever for side projects, learning and non-profits'. A paid tier at $2.50/month lifts the cap and allows for business use. Unconfirmed. We could not check this change against an archived copy of IP Geolocation API by ipwho.org's page, so it does not count toward the rating.Source ↗
removedIPTracediscovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknownhigh
The free tier is being discontinued and users are directed to switch to ipstack. The page now offers paid plans starting at $10/month for 200k requests. Unconfirmed. We could not check this change against an archived copy of IPTrace's page, so it does not count toward the rating.Source ↗
increasedVersionfeedsdiscovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknownlow
The free tier still exists, but the description is more detailed. It offers 3 custom feeds with 25 applications per feed, updated daily, and includes basic support. Unconfirmed. We could not check this change against an archived copy of Versionfeeds's page, so it does not count toward the rating.Source ↗
restructuredveriphonediscovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknownmedium
The free tier now offers 1,000 free validations per month, instead of 1,000 requests. Paid plans are now available, starting at $24 for 10,000 credits. Unconfirmed. We could not check this change against an archived copy of veriphone's page, so it does not count toward the rating.Source ↗
Google Tenor API shut down on June 30, 2026, and new API key sign-ups stopped on January 13, 2026. Only the API ended: Tenor.com, the GIF Keyboard apps and Gboard still serve Tenor GIFs. Developers who used the API need another GIF API. Source ↗
Google Maps Platform client ID authentication reached its announced end date on May 31, 2026 and is being phased out: Google periodically blocks client ID requests ahead of a final termination date it has not published. API keys replace it. Source ↗
reducedUniRateAPIdiscovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknownlow
Free plan is not unlimited; limited to 200 requests/day Source ↗
increasedRenamer.aidiscovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknownlow
Free Starter Plan increased from 15 to 25 files/month 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 ↗
restructuredAtlassianeffective 2026-02-17high
Data Center pricing increased 15-40% across Jira, Confluence, and JSM. New DC licenses end March 30 — cloud mandatory for new customers Source ↗
Conversion Tools cut registered free users from 30 to 10 conversions a day (300 to 100 a month) between captures of 2025-12-02 and 2026-02-16. By 2026-05-14, users who don't register had 5 a day, down from 10. File size limits stayed at 20 MB and 10 MB. Source ↗
restrictedSpotify APIeffective 2026-02-11high
Premium subscription now required for development mode, test users cut from 25 to 5 Source ↗
Google began folding Google Developer Program Premium's benefits, including Google Cloud credits, into Google AI Pro ($19.99 a month, $10 a month in credits) and AI Ultra ($100 a month in credits) for personal (@gmail.com) accounts. 1:1 consultations, certification vouchers and unlimited Google Skills access are not included. Source ↗
PDFMonkey cut its Free plan from 300 to 20 documents a month on 2025-03-24. It announced the change on 2025-02-24, alongside a new €5-a-month Starter plan with 300 documents. Source ↗
Dub's free plan went from unlimited branded links to 25 links a month, from up to 3 users to 1, and from unlimited custom domains to 3. The Internet Archive's copy of dub.co/pricing from 2024-01-09 shows the old plan and its copy from 2024-02-10 the new one. Source ↗
We hold 24 more records filed under this category that are not counted above: entries the vendor has since reversed, our own index housekeeping, and corrections to earlier entries of our own. Read the full change log.
At-Risk Vendors
All 4 of the 109 vendors we list in this category that carry one. A vendor is named here for as long as a demotion is in force against it: a one-off pricing event, recorded against a source we cite, whose date falls in the last 180 days — or a standing condition, also cited, such as a product retired or a free tier withdrawn and not restored, which does not expire with time. A demotion can lift with nothing about the vendor having changed, and that happens on the day the vendor's newest qualifying event passes 180 days.
All 57 of the 109 vendors we list in this category that qualify, not a selection of them. A vendor is named here for as long as no demotion is in force against it and we hold no change record for it dated in the last 90 days — any record, including ones the timeline above does not count. A vendor can join this section on a day we recorded nothing about it, when the later of those two clocks runs out: 90 days after its newest record, or the day the demotion against it lapses. It leaves on the day we file a new record, or the day we can no longer vouch for the terms we list.