Verified changes to SaaS free plans since 2024: free plans added, limited or removed, each with a source.
Retool announced on September 30, 2026 that from January 1, 2027 Free plan organizations can no longer send email through Retool Email from apps, workflows or automations; the change applies to cloud-hosted Free organizations. Team, Business and Enterprise plans keep access.
Sources:Retool changelog, Retool Email deprecation for the Free planRetool
Retool's changelog entry of September 28, 2026 says organizations on the Free plan now use Retool-provided models (Retool Mini and Retool Power) for app building. Access to models from other providers is limited to paid plans.
Sources:Retool changelog, changes to AI models on the Free planRetool
MailerLite's help center says its Free plan was updated on June 16, 2026 and that all Free accounts are affected: active subscribers fell from 500 to 250 and monthly emails from 12,000 to 2,500. Account users rose from 1 to 2, and new limits include 3 automations and 3 forms.
Sources:MailerLite help center, Free plan update FAQMailerLite
In its post introducing new Starter, Growth and Premium plans (the post shows no date), Bettermode said free plan communities will be removed by March 15, 2026; until then they can upgrade to a legacy plan or export content. Legacy plans change nothing until renewal.
Sources:Bettermode announcement, new pricing plansBettermode
Clerk's pricing article says it ran a 10,000-user free tier from December 2023 until February 2026, and on February 5, 2026 raised the free allotment to 50,000 monthly retained users (MRU). It describes MRU as a narrower unit than monthly active users.
Sources:Clerk, pricing explainedClerk pricing page (current 50,000 MRU limit)Clerk
Google announced the change in September 2024. Its FAQ says Cloud Storage for Firebase, including default buckets, requires the pay-as-you-go Blaze plan, and that the requirement went into effect starting February 3, 2026. Projects on the no-cost Spark plan have no access to any buckets.
Sources:Firebase FAQ, Cloud Storage changes announced September 2024Firebase
Canva announced a single Affinity app that combines Designer, Photo and Publisher and is free for individuals, with a Canva account needed to download it. AI tools need a Canva premium plan. The older paid apps stopped receiving updates.
Sources:Affinity websiteCG Channel report, 31 October 2025TidBITS report, 31 October 2025Affinity Designer
On August 23, 2025 Mattermost announced that v11 (released October 2025) lowers the Team Edition user limit from 1,000 to 250 and removes GitLab SSO. Paid customers are unaffected. A free Entry edition for small teams has usage caps such as 10,000 messages and 1,000 board cards, some applying in a later release.
Sources:Mattermost forum announcement, v11 changes in free offeringsMattermost docs, Editions and offeringsMattermost v11 changelogMattermost
Snyk announced on September 26, 2024 that recurring tests for Free plan projects would run on a weekly cadence from October 4, 2024. Manual retests in the app or the CLI are not affected.
Sources:Snyk updates, recurring test frequency on the Free planSnyk
In its plan update post, Auth0 wrote that on the new Free plan it increased the number of monthly active users from 7,500 to 25,000. Auth0 said the plan updates were available as of September 24, 2024.
Sources:Auth0 blog, plans got an upgrade, September 2024Auth0
In September 2024 Eventbrite discontinued its Flex plan (charged per event), removed upfront fees and again let creators publish events at no cost. The optional Pro subscription remains; Eventbrite's SEC filings say its price was reduced, without giving amounts.
Sources:Eventbrite Form 10-Q, Q1 2025Eventbrite Form 10-K, FY2025Eventbrite