SaaS price hikes and cheaper alternatives

Track SaaS price hikes: what changed, when, and what it costs you. Then find a cheaper alternative, or list your own product as one.

Recent price hikes

Every price hike we tracked

AI

AI app builders compared: prices and price hikes

Replit ($20/mo), Bolt.new ($25/mo), Lovable ($25/mo), v0 ($30/mo)

AI assistants compared: prices and price hikes

Gemini ($4.99/mo), ChatGPT ($8/mo), Microsoft Copilot ($9.99/mo), Claude ($20/mo), Perplexity ($20/mo)

AI coding tools compared: prices and price hikes

Cursor ($8/mo), OpenAI Codex ($8/mo), GitHub Copilot ($10/mo), Claude Code ($20/mo)

AI image generators compared: prices and price hikes

Adobe Firefly ($9.99/mo), Midjourney ($10/mo), Leonardo.ai ($12/mo)

AI video generators compared: prices and price hikes

Google Flow (Veo) ($4.99/mo), Kling AI ($8.80/mo), Runway ($15/mo), HeyGen ($29/mo), Synthesia ($29/mo)

AI voice generators compared: prices and price hikes

Murf AI ($0.60/mo), ElevenLabs ($6/mo), Speechify ($19/mo)

AI writing tools compared: prices and price hikes

QuillBot ($19.95/mo), Copy.ai ($29/mo), Grammarly ($30/mo)

LLM APIs compared: prices and price hikes

Gemini API ($40/mo), Anthropic API ($200/mo), OpenAI API ($200/mo), OpenRouter ($211/mo)

AI meeting notetakers compared: prices and price hikes

Granola ($14/mo), Otter.ai ($16.99/mo), Fireflies.ai ($18/mo), Fathom AI Notetaker ($20/mo)

Productivity & collaboration

Automation platforms compared: prices and price hikes

Make ($10.59/mo), n8n ($27.84/mo), Zapier ($119.50/mo)

Docs and wiki tools compared: prices and price hikes

Confluence (free), Coda ($30/mo), Notion ($120/mo)

E-signature tools compared: prices and price hikes

Dropbox Sign ($15/mo), Adobe Acrobat Sign ($24.99/mo), PandaDoc ($35/mo), Docusign ($45/mo)

Cloud storage services compared: prices and price hikes

Backblaze Computer Backup ($9/mo), Google Drive (Google One) ($9.99/mo), iCloud+ ($9.99/mo), Microsoft OneDrive ($9.99/mo), Dropbox ($11.99/mo)

Form and survey tools compared: prices and price hikes

Google Forms (free), Jotform ($39/mo), Typeform ($79/mo), SurveyMonkey ($139/mo)

Note-taking apps compared: prices and price hikes

Microsoft OneNote (free), Obsidian ($10/mo), Evernote ($24.99/mo)

Business email & office suites compared: prices and price hikes

Tuta ($4.21/mo), Google Workspace ($8.40/mo), Microsoft 365 ($8.40/mo)

Password managers compared: prices and price hikes

Bitwarden (free), LastPass ($3/mo), 1Password ($4.99/mo)

PDF editors compared: prices and price hikes

iLovePDF ($9/mo), Smallpdf ($15/mo), Adobe Acrobat ($24.99/mo)

Project management tools compared: prices and price hikes

Jira (free), Trello ($60/mo), Linear ($100/mo), ClickUp ($120/mo), monday.com ($120/mo), Asana ($134.90/mo)

Scheduling tools compared: prices and price hikes

Cal.com (free), Calendly ($12/mo), Acuity Scheduling ($20/mo)

Online databases compared: prices and price hikes

Smartsheet ($120/mo), Airtable ($240/mo), SmartSuite ($360/mo)

Task managers compared: prices and price hikes

Microsoft To Do (free), TickTick ($4.17/mo), Todoist ($7/mo)

Team chat apps compared: prices and price hikes

Microsoft Teams (free), Zoho Cliq ($18/mo), Slack ($87.50/mo)

Video meeting tools compared: prices and price hikes

Google Meet ($8.40/mo), Webex ($14.50/mo), Zoom ($16.99/mo)

Screen recorders compared: prices and price hikes

ScreenPal ($4/mo), Loom ($18/mo), Tella ($26/mo)

Whiteboard or diagram tools compared: prices and price hikes

draw.io (free), FigJam ($5/mo), Lucidchart ($9/mo), Miro ($10/mo)

Design & content

Design tools compared: prices and price hikes

Canva ($12/mo), Figma ($20/mo), Adobe Illustrator ($22.99/mo), Adobe Creative Cloud ($104.99/mo)

Photo editors compared: prices and price hikes

Adobe Lightroom ($11.99/mo), Capture One ($26.25/mo), Adobe Photoshop ($34.49/mo)

Presentation tools compared: prices and price hikes

Gamma ($12.50/mo), Mentimeter ($14/mo), Slido ($17.50/mo)

Stock media librarys compared: prices and price hikes

Artlist ($14.99/mo), Epidemic Sound ($17.99/mo), Freepik ($20/mo), Shutterstock ($25/mo), Envato ($39/mo), Adobe Stock ($49.99/mo)

Video editors compared: prices and price hikes

DaVinci Resolve (free), Apple Creator Studio (Final Cut Pro) ($12.99/mo), CapCut ($19.99/mo), Descript ($24/mo), Adobe Premiere Pro ($34.49/mo)

Website builders compared: prices and price hikes

WordPress.com ($9/mo), Framer ($15/mo), Wix ($24/mo), Squarespace ($25/mo), Webflow ($25/mo)

Marketing

Newsletter platforms compared: prices and price hikes

Substack (free), Sendy + SES ($4.30/mo), MailCheap ($39/mo), Flodesk ($72/mo), Buttondown ($79/mo), Bento ($79/mo), MailerLite ($89/mo), Ghost(Pro) ($105/mo), Mailchimp ($110/mo), beehiiv ($139/mo), Kit ($139/mo), Klaviyo ($150/mo), ActiveCampaign ($189/mo)

Analytics tools compared: prices and price hikes

PostHog (free), Mixpanel (free), Google Analytics (free), Amplitude (free), Pirsch ($12/mo), Fathom ($15/mo), Plausible ($19/mo), DataFast ($19/mo), Simple Analytics ($20/mo), Umami Cloud ($20/mo), Matomo Cloud ($42/mo)

Landing page builders compared: prices and price hikes

Leadpages ($29/mo), Unbounce ($99/mo), ClickFunnels ($499.75/mo)

Link management tools compared: prices and price hikes

Linktree ($15/mo), Beacons ($30/mo), Bitly ($35/mo)

SEO tools compared: prices and price hikes

Moz Pro ($49/mo), Ahrefs ($129/mo), Semrush ($139/mo)

Session replay tools compared: prices and price hikes

Microsoft Clarity (free), Fullstory (free), Hotjar ($49/mo)

Social media management tools compared: prices and price hikes

Later ($25/mo), Buffer ($30/mo), Hootsuite ($99/mo), Sprout Social ($99/mo)

Sales & support

AI support agents compared: prices and price hikes

Chatbase ($120/mo), Fin (Intercom) ($336/mo), Botpress ($384/mo)

Business phone systems compared: prices and price hikes

Quo (formerly OpenPhone) ($19/mo), Dialpad ($27/mo), RingCentral ($45/mo), Aircall ($120/mo)

CRMs compared: prices and price hikes

Pipedrive ($14/mo), HubSpot ($20/mo), Zoho CRM ($20/mo), Salesforce ($25/mo)

Help desks compared: prices and price hikes

Freshdesk ($23/mo), Zendesk ($25/mo), Intercom ($29/mo)

Cold outreach tools compared: prices and price hikes

Smartlead ($39/mo), Instantly ($47/mo), lemlist ($69/mo), Apollo.io ($99/mo)

Commerce & creators

Community platforms compared: prices and price hikes

Skool ($50/mo), Mighty Networks ($85/mo), Discord ($100/mo), Patreon ($100/mo), Circle ($119/mo)

Course platforms compared: prices and price hikes

Thinkific ($54/mo), Teachable ($89/mo), Kajabi ($179/mo)

Digital product stores compared: prices and price hikes

Whop (free), Stan ($29/mo), Gumroad ($81/mo)

E-commerce platforms compared: prices and price hikes

WooCommerce (free), Shopify ($39/mo), BigCommerce ($105/mo)

Payment providers compared: prices and price hikes

PayPal ($347/mo), Square ($350/mo), Stripe ($350/mo), Lemon Squeezy ($600/mo), Paddle ($600/mo)

Developer & infrastructure

Email APIs compared: prices and price hikes

Amazon SES ($10/mo), SendGrid ($34.95/mo), Resend ($35/mo), MailerSend ($68/mo), Mailgun ($75/mo), Brevo ($82/mo), Plunk ($100/mo), Postmark ($115/mo), Loops ($199/mo)

Hosting platforms compared: prices and price hikes

Fly.io ($2.19/mo), Railway ($5/mo), Heroku ($5/mo), Cloudflare Workers ($5/mo), DigitalOcean Apps ($5/mo), Hetzner Cloud ($7.49/mo), Netlify ($9/mo), Vercel ($20/mo), Render ($25/mo)

Auth providers compared: prices and price hikes

Amazon Cognito (free), Auth0 (free), Clerk (free)

Code hosting & CI tools compared: prices and price hikes

GitHub ($40/mo), Bitbucket ($80/mo), GitLab ($290/mo)

Database platforms compared: prices and price hikes

Firebase ($6.36/mo), Amazon RDS ($13.98/mo), Neon ($23.75/mo), Supabase ($25.25/mo), MongoDB Atlas ($60.14/mo)

Domain, DNS or SSL providers compared: prices and price hikes

Cloudflare Registrar ($0.87/mo), Amazon Route 53 ($1.33/mo), Namecheap ($1.56/mo), GoDaddy ($1.93/mo), Let's Encrypt (not offered)

Headless CMSs compared: prices and price hikes

Sanity ($45/mo), Strapi ($59/mo), Contentful ($300/mo)

Internal tool builders compared: prices and price hikes

Retool ($80/mo), Appsmith ($150/mo), Budibase ($166.80/mo)

Monitoring tools compared: prices and price hikes

Better Stack (free), Grafana Cloud (free), Sentry ($29/mo), Datadog ($30/mo), New Relic ($108/mo)

No-code app builders compared: prices and price hikes

Bubble ($32/mo), FlutterFlow ($39/mo), Glide ($50/mo)

SMS and voice APIs compared: prices and price hikes

Sinch ($86.80/mo), Twilio ($138.78/mo), Plivo ($1,131.53/mo)

Uptime monitoring tools compared: prices and price hikes

Checkly ($24/mo), UptimeRobot ($28/mo), Atlassian Statuspage (not offered)

Web hosts compared: prices and price hikes

Bluehost ($9.99/mo), Hostinger ($10.99/mo), SiteGround ($17.99/mo), WP Engine ($35/mo)

Finance, HR & operations

Accounting tools compared: prices and price hikes

Xero ($27/mo), QuickBooks Online ($38/mo), FreshBooks ($43/mo)

Business bank accounts compared: prices and price hikes

Mercury (free), Airwallex (free), Wise Business ($22.60/mo)

Global employment platforms compared: prices and price hikes

Multiplier ($400/mo), Deel ($599/mo), Remote ($599/mo)

Freelancer business tools compared: prices and price hikes

Bonsai ($25/mo), Dubsado ($27.92/mo), HoneyBook ($29/mo)

Payroll and HR platforms compared: prices and price hikes

Gusto ($109/mo), QuickBooks Payroll ($115/mo), BambooHR ($250/mo)

Spend management tools compared: prices and price hikes

Brex (free), Ramp (free), Expensify ($50/mo), BILL Accounts Payable (not offered), BILL Spend & Expense (custom pricing)

Time trackers compared: prices and price hikes

Clockify ($4.99/mo), Harvest ($11/mo), Toggl Track ($12/mo)

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