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Why caution: discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown — Read the Docs now offers two tiers: a free 'Community' plan for open-source projects and a paid 'Business' plan starting at $50/month for commercial projects. The free tier is specifically for open-source software and supports public documentation with ads. Private repository support and SSO are now paid features. Source ↗ Full history ↓

Subtypes in Cloud Hosting: managed_cms_hosting — hosting specialised to one CMS or documentation framework, provisioned and updated by the host. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://readthedocs.org/, where it says: “Read the Docs is a documentation building and hosting platform aimed at helping developers creating documentation from code with versioned documentation, integrated search, pull request previews and more.” How we use this.

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As of 2026-08-28, readthedocs.org reads: For free and open-source projects Clone public repositories Public documentation Ads supported hosting Free for open-source software… We are not publishing our stored readthedocs.org terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. We rate it caution — one recorded pricing restructure, discovered 2026-08-28. Best for cloud hosting workloads.

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Superseded: As of 2026-08-28, readthedocs.org reads: For free and open-source projects Clone public repositories Public documentation Ads supported hosting Free for open-source software. For commercial and non-free projects Clone private and public repositories Public and private documentation Team management for your organization Plans starting at $50/month. We are not publishing our stored readthedocs.org terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓

We read that on 2026-08-28 from https://readthedocs.org/. A source check reads the cited page for the service's name and a price; the limits above are from our own record.

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Pricing Change History (1 recorded)

Read the Docs now offers two tiers: a free 'Community' plan for open-source projects and a paid 'Business' plan starting at $50/month for commercial projects. The free tier is specifically for open-source software and supports public documentation with ads. Private repository support and SSO are now paid features. Source ↗
Before: Free documentation hosting with versioning, PDF generation, and more
After: For free and open-source projects Clone public repositories Public documentation Ads supported hosting Free for open-source software. For commercial and non-free projects Clone private and public repositories Public and private documentation Team management for your organization Plans starting at $50/month.

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Is readthedocs.org free?
As of 2026-08-28, readthedocs.org reads: For free and open-source projects Clone public repositories Public documentation Ads supported hosting Free for open-source software. For commercial and non-free projects Clone private and public repositories Public and private documentation Team management for your organization Plans starting at $50/month. We are not publishing our stored readthedocs.org terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. What our record says changed: Read the Docs now offers two tiers: a free 'Community' plan for open-source projects and a paid 'Business' plan starting at $50/month for commercial projects. The free tier is specifically for open-source software and supports public documentation with ads. Private repository support and SSO are now paid features. Source: https://readthedocs.org/
What is readthedocs.org's free tier?
readthedocs.org's free tier is called "Free". As of 2026-08-28, readthedocs.org reads: For free and open-source projects Clone public repositories Public documentation Ads supported hosting Free for open-source software. For commercial and non-free projects Clone private and public repositories Public and private documentation Team management for your organization Plans starting at $50/month. We are not publishing our stored readthedocs.org terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones.
Is readthedocs.org's free tier reliable?
readthedocs.org's free tier requires caution because of one specific recorded change, discovered 2026-08-28: Read the Docs now offers two tiers: a free 'Community' plan for open-source projects and a paid 'Business' plan starting at $50/month for commercial projects. The free tier is specifically for open-source software and supports public documentation with ads. Private repository support and SSO are now paid features. Source: https://readthedocs.org/
Is readthedocs.org's free tier good for production?
As of 2026-08-28, readthedocs.org reads: For free and open-source projects Clone public repositories Public documentation Ads supported hosting Free for open-source software… We are not publishing our stored readthedocs.org terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Until we have re-read the page we cannot say what capacity readthedocs.org gives you, so we are not recommending it for production on figures we have already superseded.
What changed in readthedocs.org's pricing?
readthedocs.org has had 1 recorded pricing change. Most recently: Read the Docs now offers two tiers: a free 'Community' plan for open-source projects and a paid 'Business' plan starting at $50/month for commercial projects. The free tier is specifically for open-source software and supports public documentation with ads. Private repository support and SSO are now paid features. Source: https://readthedocs.org/ (discovered 2026-08-28).
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