Creately drops Starter and Team plans, launches $4 Pro tier with new products
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026 captures of Creately's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Plans now bundle Basic tier of new products Atlas, Process, Blueprint, Compass and Genogram on every plan; Advanced tiers granted per product on Enterprise; Starter plan ($5/mo billed annually at $60, $8/mo monthly) removed from the lineup; existing subscribers keep their current plan; Team plan ($5/user/mo billed annually) removed from the lineup; existing subscribers keep their current plan;. In detail: Free plan limit changed from 45 items per canvas to up to 40 shapes per diagram; New Pro plan at $4 per editor/month billed annually ($48 per editor), with unlimited shapes, full export and one connected data source. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan removed, freemium change, new plan, feature added). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Pro at $5 and Business at $89.
It lands 181 days after Creately's previous change, "Creately switches annual discount to $36/year fixed savings framing" (Apr 13, 2026). Creately has been tracked since 2026-02-26.
In the same window Microsoft, Figma, Miro and Gliffy also changed their Collaboration & Productivity pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- RemovedStarterPlan
BeforeStarter plan ($5/mo billed annually at $60, $8/mo monthly)
AfterNot listed
- Changed—Free tier
Before45 items per canvas
Afterup to 40 shapes per diagram
- RemovedTeamPlan
BeforeTeam plan ($5/user/mo billed annually)
AfterNot listed
- New planProPlanNot listed$4 per editor/month
- Feature addedEnterpriseFeature
Plans now bundle Basic tier of new products Atlas, Process, Blueprint, Compass and Genogram on every plan; Advanced tiers granted per product on Enterprise.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Plan | Starter plan ($5/mo billed annually at $60, $8/mo monthly) | Not listed | Removed |
| — | Free tier | 45 items per canvas | up to 40 shapes per diagram | Changed |
| Team | Plan | Team plan ($5/user/mo billed annually) | Not listed | Removed |
| Pro | Plan | Not listed | $4 per editor/month | New plan |
| Enterprise | Feature | Plans now bundle Basic tier of new products Atlas, Process, Blueprint, Compass and Genogram on every plan; Advanced tiers granted per product on Enterprise. | Feature added | |
Values as written on Creately'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 Creately's pricing page (creately.com) from Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the Starter plan ($5/mo billed annually at $60, $8/mo monthly) no longer appears.
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Creately, pricing history
Full historyDates are the day each change was detected, Eastern time.
- Oct 26, 2026Price increaseCreately raises Pro to $5/editor/mo annual, Free shape limit to 45
- Oct 11, 2026PackagingCreately drops Starter and Team plans, launches $4 Pro tier with new products This change
- Apr 13, 2026PackagingCreately switches annual discount to $36/year fixed savings framing
Across Collaboration & Productivity in the same window
All Collaboration & Productivity changes- MicrosoftOct 12Microsoft Teams Home cuts Family and Premium storage from 6 TB to 2 TB shared
- FigmaOct 12Figma agent exits beta, ending free ride as AI credit charges now apply
- MiroSep 21Miro: User groups feature added to Business & Enterprise
- GliffyAug 10Gliffy: Zero Egress plan now compatible with Isolated Cloud
Questions about this change
Did Creately raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026 UTC. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan removed, freemium change, new plan, feature added.
What changed on Creately's pricing page between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026 UTC?
Starter plan removed: Starter plan ($5/mo billed annually at $60, $8/mo monthly); free tier: 45 items per canvas → up to 40 shapes per diagram, changed; Team plan removed: Team plan ($5/user/mo billed annually); Pro plan: Not listed → $4 per editor/month; Plans now bundle Basic tier of new products Atlas, Process, Blueprint, Compass and Genogram on every plan; Advanced tiers granted per product on Enterprise. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026 UTC; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Creately change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Creately in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Creately switches annual discount to $36/year fixed savings framing" on Apr 13, 2026; Creately has been tracked since 2026-02-26.