Braintrust Shifts to Metric-Based Pricing Model, Discontinues Free Unlimited Plan and Introduces Pro Plan at $249/Month
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025 captures of Braintrust's pricing page, Pulse recorded 8 changes: Pro plan introduced at $249/month with unlimited trace spans, 5GB processed data, and 50,000 scores; Free plan: Added 10,000 scores limit; Free plan: Added 14 days data retention limit; Free plan trace spans increased from 1,000/week to 1 million total; Free plan: Added 1GB processed data limit; Shifted from feature-based to metric-based pricing model with explicit limits on trace spans, processed data, scores, and data retention; Open source and .edu plan ($0/month with unlimited users) discontinued; Builder plan renamed to Free (same $0/month pricing maintained). Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, threshold added, limit increase, package change, plan removed, plan renamed) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 3, 2026) lists Pro at $249.
Braintrust's previous recorded change was "Braintrust Removes Unlimited Private Experiments from Open Source and .edu Plans, Impacting User Flexibility" (Dec 2024). Braintrust has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Kontentino and Upwork also changed their Business Operations pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pro · PlanAddedNo Pro planPro plan
- — · LimitAddedNo 1010
- — · LimitAdded
BeforeNo days data retention limit
After14 days data retention limit
- — · Limit−100%1,000/week1
- — · LimitAdded
BeforeNo 1GB processed data limit
After1GB processed data limit
- — · PackagingChanged
Beforefeature-based
Aftermetric-based pricing model
- — · PlanPlan removed
Open source and .edu plan ($0/month with unlimited users) discontinued
- Builder · PlanRenamedBuilder planFree
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | Plan | No Pro plan | Pro plan | Added |
| — | Limit | No 10 | 10 | Added |
| — | Limit | No days data retention limit | 14 days data retention limit | Added |
| — | Limit | 1,000/week | 1 | −100% |
| — | Limit | No 1GB processed data limit | 1GB processed data limit | Added |
| — | Packaging | feature-based | metric-based pricing model | Changed |
| — | Plan | Open source and .edu plan ($0/month with unlimited users) discontinued | Plan removed | |
| Builder | Plan | Builder plan | Free | Renamed |
Values as written on Braintrust's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Braintrust's pricing page (braintrust.dev) from Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Pro plan now appears.
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Braintrust, pricing history
Full history- Apr 3, 2026packagingBraintrust Cuts Free Tier to Starter, Adds Pay-Per-Use Overages
- Mar 23, 2026packagingBraintrust drops trace spans metric, rebrands Free tier as Starter
- Q3 2025improvedBraintrust Expands User Limits: Pro and Free Plans Now Offer Unlimited Users
- Q2 2025packagingBraintrust Shifts to Metric-Based Pricing Model, Discontinues Free Unlimited Plan and Introduces Pro Plan at $249/Month · this change
- Dec 2024packagingBraintrust Removes Unlimited Private Experiments from Open Source and .edu Plans, Impacting User Flexibility
Across Business Operations in the same window
All Business Operations changes- KontentinoOct 26Kontentino moves client approvals down from Standard into Starter plan
- UpworkOct 5Upwork adds bulk pay and milestone management across contracts
- UpworkAug 24Upwork raises Business Plus daily message cap from 10 to 15
- KontentinoJul 3Kontentino: replaced Starter+ tier with new Pro tier for agencies
- KontentinoMay 13Kontentino overhauls pricing, adds Pro plan at €199/mo
Questions about this change
Did Braintrust raise prices in July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan, threshold added, limit increase, package change, plan removed, plan renamed.
What changed on Braintrust's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025?
Pro plan: No Pro plan → Pro plan, added; limit: No 10 → 10, added; limit: No days data retention limit → 14 days data retention limit, added; limit: 1,000/week → 1 (−100%); limit: No 1GB processed data limit → 1GB processed data limit, added; packaging: feature-based → metric-based pricing model, changed; Open source and .edu plan ($0/month with unlimited users) discontinued; Builder plan: Builder plan → Free, renamed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Braintrust change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Braintrust in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Braintrust Removes Unlimited Private Experiments from Open Source and .edu Plans, Impacting User Flexibility" in Dec 2024; Braintrust has been tracked since 2024-11-17.