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.
reducedQRtracerdiscovered 2026-09-19 · effective date unknownmedium
The free tier now includes a limit of 3 dynamic codes and 14 days of full Analytics & QR Studio access. After that, a Pro subscription is required for those features. Source ↗
increasedfile.iodiscovered 2026-09-18 · effective date unknownlow
The free tier now offers 4 GB of storage instead of 2 GB. Source ↗
restructuredStorjdiscovered 2026-09-09 · effective date unknownmedium
The free trial now includes 25GB of storage and 2 Object Mount licenses. The page details a $5 minimum monthly fee that is waived during the trial and for accounts paying in STORJ token. Source ↗
increasedtransfernowdiscovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknownmedium
The free tier now offers 5 GB per transfer and 100 GB of storage, with files available for 7 days. A 'Starter' plan with 10 GB per transfer and 100 GB of storage for 3 EUR/month has also been added. Source ↗
reducedImageKitdiscovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknownhigh
The free tier now offers 3 GB of DAM storage and 500 video units instead of 20 GB storage and 1,000 video processing units. Bandwidth is 20 GB. Source ↗
increasedUploadcarediscovered 2026-09-03 · effective date unknownmedium
The free tier now includes 1,000 operations per month and a 500 MB max file size, instead of 100 MB. It also includes features like uploading widget, basic image transformations, and adaptive bitrate streaming. Source ↗
increasedFilebasediscovered 2026-09-01 · effective date unknownmedium
reducedtransfernowdiscovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknownmedium
The free tier now has a 5 GB transfer limit and files are available for 7 days. There are now paid tiers with increased limits and features. Source ↗
increasedImgBBdiscovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknownmedium
While a free tier still exists, the image size limit has increased to 64MB with a Pro account. The free tier is still available, but the Pro plans offer unlimited space. Source ↗
reducedpackagecloud.iodiscovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknownmedium
The free tier is now limited to specific repositories (Maven, Python, Helm, Alpine). Source ↗
reducedPinata IPFSdiscovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknownmedium
The free tier now offers 500 pinned files, 1GB storage, 1 gateway, 10GB bandwidth per month, and 10k requests per month. Source ↗
reducedLibreQRdiscovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknownlow
Now freemium with very limited free tier (0 AI QR, 2 saved) We hold no source for this record, so it does not set LibreQR's rating.
reducedKraken.iodiscovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknownlow
Free tier changed to 100MB testing quota only We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Kraken.io's rating.
rebrandedOtixodiscovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknownlow
Rebranded to We.Team We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Otixo's rating.
ImageEngine withdrew its free Developer Program (10 GB of monthly traffic, one image origin) between captures of 2026-02-17 and 2026-04-09, when it replaced its SaaS plans with self-hosted ImageEngine Kube. The programme's page now redirects to a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. Source ↗
MinIO marked its open-source repository "NO LONGER MAINTAINED" on 2026-02-12 and archived it on 2026-02-13, ending the AGPL community edition with no further bug fixes or security patches. Development continues in the commercially licensed MinIO AIStor. Community releases had been source-only since 2025-10-15, and the repository had been in maintenance mode since 2025-12-03. Source ↗
Storj introduced a $5 minimum monthly usage fee for all accounts, announced 2025-05-30 and effective 2025-07-01, leaving a 30-day trial where the free tier used to be. The pricing page, read 2026-08-27, offers '25GB free storage for 30 days' with 'no credit card required' and applies the minimum fee once the trial ends, except for accounts paying in STORJ token. Source ↗
We hold 6 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 9 of the 55 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 free tier withdrawn or a product retired, 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 18 of the 55 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.