Gitpod Discontinues Flex Plan, Introduces Core Plan for Heavy Users and Small Teams with Enhanced Features
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025 captures of Gitpod's pricing page, Pulse recorded 17 changes: Flex early access plan discontinued; Core plan introduced as 'Coming soon' tier for heavy users and small teams; Run on Gitpod infrastructure capability added to Core plan; Unlimited cloud and local environments added to Enterprise plan; AI coding assistants & agents integration added to Free plan; Role management added to Core plan; Enterprise plan self-hosting enhanced to 'Self-hosted in your cloud, managed by us'; Dedicated account manager expanded to include premium support in Enterprise plan; Free plan cloud environments increased from 5 concurrent to 10; Self-host on Linux-hosts capability added to Free plan; Multi-region deployment added to Core plan; Custom roles, permissions and policies added to Enterprise plan; Insights for projects and usage dashboard added to Enterprise plan; VS Code browser and any editor support added to Free plan; Supports all major SCM providers added to Enterprise plan; Audit logs added to Enterprise plan; Custom environment timeouts moved from Flex-only to Free plan (democratized). Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan removed, new plan, feature added, feature change, limit increase) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 29, 2026) lists Core at $20 and OCU Add-on at $10.
Gitpod's previous recorded change was "Gitpod Introduces Free Plan with Unlimited Local Environments and Enhanced Capacity, While Discontinuing Pay-as-You-Go Plan" (Q4 2024). Before that Pulse recorded "Gitpod Unifies Pricing Structure with New Enterprise Plan and Enhanced Free Tier Features" (Q1 2024). Gitpod has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Aws and GitLab also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PlanRemoved
BeforeFlex early access plan
AfterNo Flex early access plan
- Core · PlanAddedNo Core planCore plan
- Core · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterRun on Gitpod infrastructure capability
- Enterprise · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterUnlimited cloud and local environments
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterAI coding assistants & agents integration
- Core · FeatureAddedNo Role managementRole management
- Enterprise · FeatureFeature change
Enterprise plan self-hosting enhanced to 'Self-hosted in your cloud, managed by us'
- Enterprise · FeatureFeature change
Dedicated account manager expanded to include premium support in Enterprise plan
- — · LimitChanged5 concurrent10
- Linux-hosts · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterSelf-host on Linux-hosts capability
- Core · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Multi-region deployment
AfterMulti-region deployment
- Enterprise · FeatureFeature added
Custom roles, permissions and policies added to Enterprise plan
- Enterprise · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterInsights for projects and usage dashboard
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterVS Code browser and any editor support
- Enterprise · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterSupports all major SCM providers
- Enterprise · FeatureAddedNo Audit logsAudit logs
- — · FeatureChangedFlex-onlyFree plan
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Plan | Flex early access plan | No Flex early access plan | Removed |
| Core | Plan | No Core plan | Core plan | Added |
| Core | Feature | Not listed | Run on Gitpod infrastructure capability | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Unlimited cloud and local environments | Added |
| — | Feature | Not listed | AI coding assistants & agents integration | Added |
| Core | Feature | No Role management | Role management | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Enterprise plan self-hosting enhanced to 'Self-hosted in your cloud, managed by us' | Feature change | |
| Enterprise | Feature | Dedicated account manager expanded to include premium support in Enterprise plan | Feature change | |
| — | Limit | 5 concurrent | 10 | Changed |
| Linux-hosts | Feature | Not listed | Self-host on Linux-hosts capability | Added |
| Core | Feature | No Multi-region deployment | Multi-region deployment | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Custom roles, permissions and policies added to Enterprise plan | Feature added | |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Insights for projects and usage dashboard | Added |
| — | Feature | Not listed | VS Code browser and any editor support | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Supports all major SCM providers | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | No Audit logs | Audit logs | Added |
| — | Feature | Flex-only | Free plan | Changed |
Values as written on Gitpod'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 Gitpod's pricing page (gitpod.io) from Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where the Flex early access plan no longer appears.
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Gitpod, pricing history
Full history- Week 7, 2026improvedGitpod Upgrades Ona Intelligence AI to Claude Opus 4.6 Across All Plans
- Jan 10, 2026improvedGitpod Upgrades Free Plan AI Agent to Ona Intelligence Powered by Claude Sonnet 4.5
- Q3 2025improvedGitpod Restructures Pricing Model to Cloud-Based OCU Consumption, Starting Core Plan at $20/Month
- Q2 2025improvedGitpod Discontinues Flex Plan, Introduces Core Plan for Heavy Users and Small Teams with Enhanced Features · this change
- Q4 2024packagingGitpod Introduces Free Plan with Unlimited Local Environments and Enhanced Capacity, While Discontinuing Pay-as-You-Go Plan
- Q1 2024improvedGitpod Unifies Pricing Structure with New Enterprise Plan and Enhanced Free Tier Features
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- GitLabJan 10GitLab Reduces Ultimate Plan Trial Period from 60 to 30 Days, Impacting User Access
- GitLabJan 10GitLab Expands Ultimate Plan with Unlimited Guest User Access and Consolidates Security Features for Enhanced User Experience
Questions about this change
Did Gitpod raise prices in July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan removed, new plan, feature added, feature change, limit increase.
What changed on Gitpod's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025?
Plan: Flex early access plan → No Flex early access plan, removed; Core plan: No Core plan → Core plan, added; Core feature: Not listed → Run on Gitpod infrastructure capability, added; Enterprise feature: Not listed → Unlimited cloud and local environments, added; feature: Not listed → AI coding assistants & agents integration, added; Core feature: No Role management → Role management, added; Enterprise plan self-hosting enhanced to 'Self-hosted in your cloud, managed by us'; Dedicated account manager expanded to include premium support in Enterprise plan; limit: 5 concurrent → 10, changed; Linux-hosts feature: Not listed → Self-host on Linux-hosts capability, added; Core feature: No Multi-region deployment → Multi-region deployment, added; Custom roles, permissions and policies added to Enterprise plan; Enterprise feature: Not listed → Insights for projects and usage dashboard, added; feature: Not listed → VS Code browser and any editor support, added; Enterprise feature: Not listed → Supports all major SCM providers, added; Enterprise feature: No Audit logs → Audit logs, added; feature: Flex-only → Free plan, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Gitpod change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Gitpod in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Gitpod Introduces Free Plan with Unlimited Local Environments and Enhanced Capacity, While Discontinuing Pay-as-You-Go Plan" in Q4 2024; Gitpod has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
