Price Increases — Products Ranked

Significant price increases after users became dependent on the product

100 reports across 95 products

Google Drive

•15GB shared storage fills up faster than users expect

•Google One price increases announced for February 2025

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Klaviyo

Score: 58/100

•Repeated price hikes - third increase in 4 years (up to 25%)

•February 2025 billing change shocked legacy users

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Netlify

•Bandwidth overage is expensive - $55 per 100GB

•Per-member pricing adds up quickly for teams

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Unity

•Runtime fee controversy destroyed trust

•Subscription prices keep increasing

2 reportsView

OpenAI

Score: 72/100

•API costs add up fast - bills exceed expectations

•Enterprise pricing opaque and expensive

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Notion

Score: 52/100

•Frequent pricing changes erode user trust

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Slack

•9% annual price increase enforced at renewal

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Trello

•Maximum quantity billing charges for peak seat count

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Asana

•Expensive for small teams - costs add up quickly

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#10

Todoist

•40% price increase in December 2025

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#11

Evernote

•Dramatic price increases after Bending Spoons acquisition

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#12

Dropbox

•Significantly more expensive than Google Drive and OneDrive

1 reportView

#13

OneDrive

•Standalone OneDrive plans being retired - forced into Microsoft 365

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#14

iCloud

•Large price jump between storage tiers

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#15

Microsoft Teams

•Unbundling from M365 is a disguised price hike

1 reportView

#16

Calendly

•Expensive for teams - thousands per year

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#17

HubSpot

•2024 pricing changes caused 5x-20x cost increases

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#18

Salesforce

•Annual price increases of 6-10%+ with no escape

1 reportView

#19

Mailchimp

Score: 52/100

•Free plan gutted from 2000 to just 250 contacts

1 reportView

#20

ConvertKit

Score: 55/100

•Massive price hikes up to 4x for existing customers

1 reportView

#21

Constant Contact

Score: 52/100

•Expensive compared to modern alternatives

1 reportView

#22

BigCommerce

•Enterprise pricing shock after growth

1 reportView

#23

Squarespace

•Price increases after IPO

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#24

Wix

•Unexpected price increases at renewal

1 reportView

#25

Webflow

•Expensive pricing that escalates quickly

1 reportView

#26

Framer

•Aggressive pricing increases frustrate users

1 reportView

#27

Ghost

•Ghost(Pro) pricing is expensive compared to alternatives

1 reportView

#28

Medium

•Partner Program earnings collapsed 90%+ for many writers

1 reportView

#29

Gumroad

•Fee increases have eroded value proposition

1 reportView

#30

Square

•Transaction fees increased in 2025

1 reportView

#31

Braintree

•Higher base fees than competitors

1 reportView

#32

Chargebee

•Pricing changes frequently

1 reportView

#33

Chargify

•Pricing increased with features moved to higher tiers

1 reportView

#34

QuickBooks

•Massive price increases in 2026

1 reportView

#35

Xero

Score: 65/100

•Price hikes with little notice

1 reportView

#36

FreshBooks

•Pricing jumps significantly as client list grows

1 reportView

#37

Gusto

•Constant price increases - Simple plan jumped from $40 to $49

1 reportView

#38

Bench

•Price increases after acquisition

1 reportView

#39

BambooHR

•Expensive add-ons inflate total cost

1 reportView

#40

Deel

•EOR pricing starts at $599/month per employee

1 reportView

#41

Figma

•Organization and Enterprise plans very expensive

1 reportView

#42

Airtable

•Per-seat pricing inflates costs for collaboration

1 reportView

#43

Rippling

•Core HR runs $21-29 per employee - expensive vs alternatives

1 reportView

#44

1Password

•No free tier - 14-day trial only

1 reportView

#45

Zendesk

•Too expensive for small teams and startups

1 reportView

#46

Miro

•Expensive for teams - $16/user/month for Business

1 reportView

#47

Intercom

•Base pricing expensive - $29-132/seat/month

1 reportView

#48

Postman

•Free plan severely limited - only 1 user from March 2026

1 reportView

#49

Zapier

•200% price increases on existing customers

1 reportView

#50

Canva

•Teams pricing requires minimum 3 users - expensive for small teams

1 reportView

#51

Segment

•Annual plans with overage charges trap customers

1 reportView

#52

Hotjar

•Over 800% price increase after acquisition

1 reportView

#53

Vercel

•Pro plan costs $20/user/month - expensive for teams

1 reportView

#54

Greenhouse

•Annual price increases of 8-15% at renewal

1 reportView

#55

Auth0

•Pricing exploded 15x after Okta acquisition

1 reportView

#56

Sentry

•Performance monitoring quota depletes quickly

1 reportView

#57

Datadog

•Usage-based billing escalates costs as infrastructure scales

1 reportView

#58

PlanetScale

•Much more expensive than alternatives

1 reportView

#59

Cloudflare

•Workers/KV pricing can lead to surprise bills

1 reportView

#60

Supabase

•Team plan jumps to $599/month - big leap from $25 Pro

1 reportView

#61

Papaya Global

•Actual costs 30-50% higher than quoted

1 reportView

#62

Zenefits

•TriNet acquisition forcing expensive PEO/ASO plans

1 reportView

#63

15Five

•Costs escalate quickly with add-ons and growing teams

1 reportView

#64

Ashby

•Premium pricing starts at $400/month minimum

1 reportView

#65

Workable

•Headcount-based pricing punishes growing companies

1 reportView

#66

JazzHR

•Auto-upgraded to expensive tier without warning

1 reportView

#67

Sketch

•Shift to subscription model frustrates long-time users

1 reportView

#68

ProtoPie

•Student and plan downgrades without warning

1 reportView

#69

Adobe Photoshop

•AI features limited by generative credits system

1 reportView

#70

Adobe Illustrator

•No affordable option - subscription-only model

1 reportView

#71

Adobe Premiere Pro

•Expensive subscription with no perpetual license option

1 reportView

#72

Kapwing

•Business plan extremely expensive per user

1 reportView

#73

CapCut

•Pro subscription price doubled without warning

1 reportView

#74

VSCO

•No refunds available from VSCO directly

1 reportView

#75

Pixelmator Pro

•Apple Creator Studio subscription concerns

1 reportView

#76

Cinema 4D

Score: 68/100

•Expensive subscription-only model alienates users

1 reportView

#77

Maya

Score: 62/100

•Paid updates add to subscription cost

1 reportView

#78

ZBrush

•Expensive subscription after Maxon acquisition

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#79

GitLab

•Significant price increases

1 reportView

#80

GitHub Copilot

Score: 65/100

•Premium tiers expensive for individuals

1 reportView

#81

Cursor

Score: 70/100

•Credit system confusing and controversial

1 reportView

#82

Tabnine

Score: 55/100

•Enterprise pricing extremely expensive

1 reportView

#83

Sourcegraph

Score: 55/100

•Enterprise pricing very expensive

1 reportView

#84

Replit

•Restrictive free plan pushes paid upgrades

1 reportView

#85

Render

Score: 62/100

•Pricing changes with short notice

1 reportView

#86

Linode

Score: 60/100

•Price increases after Akamai acquisition

1 reportView

#87

Heroku

Score: 48/100

•Free tier eliminated in November 2022

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#88

Akamai

Score: 62/100

•April 2026 price increases up to 10%

1 reportView

#89

CockroachDB

Score: 65/100

•License change retired free Core version in 2024

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#90

Redis Cloud

Score: 70/100

•2024 license change sparked community outrage and fork

1 reportView

#91

Perplexity

•Enterprise pricing extremely high

1 reportView

#92

ChatGPT

•Pro plan at $200/month is 10x Plus with unclear value

1 reportView

#93

Leonardo.ai

•Pricing considered very high for casual users

1 reportView

#94

Runway

•Exorbitant pricing for unreliable features

1 reportView

#95

Jasper

•No free plan available

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