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
- Jira raised Standard to $9.70 and Premium to $19.60 per user · Oct 13, 2026 · Project management
- Intercom's Pro add-on rose from $99 to $100 a month · Oct 12, 2026 · Help desk & live chat
- v0 turned its $5 monthly free credits into a one-time grant · Oct 5, 2026 · AI app builders
- n8n cut AI Assistant credits about 30% on Starter and Pro · Oct 5, 2026 · Automation
- Artlist quietly cut what you get · Oct 5, 2026 · Stock media
- Shopify quietly cut what you get · Oct 2, 2026 · E-commerce platforms
- beehiiv raised prices by up to 52% · Oct 1, 2026 · Newsletter
- Fly.io raised Machine prices 13% · Oct 1, 2026 · Hosting
- Xero raised US prices again: Early $25 to $27, Established $90 to $97 · Oct 1, 2026 · Accounting
- Google AI Plus is losing Gemini Pro, keeping only Flash models · Oct 2026 · AI assistants
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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