Gitpod: Free drops Claude-powered Ona Intelligence; Prebuilds and Warm pools added
What happened
Between the Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026 captures of Gitpod's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: On the Free plan, 'Ona Intelligence powered by Claude Sonnet 4.5' was replaced by 'Access to Ona's Background Agents', and 'devcontainer.json and automations.yml support' was removed. The Core plan added 'Prebuilds for faster environment starts', and Enterprise replaced SDLC Automations with 'Warm pools for instant environment starts'. Core pricing is unchanged at from $20/month. In detail: Core plan added Prebuilds for faster environment starts. Enterprise replaced SDLC Automations with Warm pools for instant environment starts. New Automations section added to compare table with usage limits; Free plan: 'Ona Intelligence powered by Claude Sonnet 4.5' replaced by 'Access to Ona's Background Agents'; 'devcontainer.json and automations.yml support' removed from Free plan features. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added, feature change) with an upward 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 Drops Free AI Branding, Trims Dev Config From Free Tier" (Week 11, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Gitpod caps automations: 50 for Core, unlimited for Enterprise" (Feb 23, 2026), "Gitpod upgrades Ona Intelligence AI to Claude Opus 4.6" (Feb 16, 2026) and "Gitpod Upgrades Ona Intelligence AI to Claude Opus 4.6 Across All Plans" (Week 7, 2026). Gitpod has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window GitLab, Replit, GitHub and Aws also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Core, Enterprise · FeatureReplacedSDLC AutomationsWarm pools
- — · FeatureFeature change
Free plan: 'Ona Intelligence powered by Claude Sonnet 4.5' replaced by 'Access to Ona's Background Agents'; 'devcontainer.json and automations.yml support' removed from Free plan features.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core, Enterprise | Feature | SDLC Automations | Warm pools | Replaced |
| — | Feature | Free plan: 'Ona Intelligence powered by Claude Sonnet 4.5' replaced by 'Access to Ona's Background Agents'; 'devcontainer.json and automations.yml support' removed from Free plan features. | Feature change | |
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 Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "SDLC Automations" becomes "Warm pools".
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Gitpod, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 3, 2026improvedGitpod/Ona: Free plan removed; Core adds Codex subscription
- Apr 3, 2026improvedGitpod: Free drops Claude-powered Ona Intelligence; Prebuilds and Warm pools added · this change
- Week 11, 2026improvedGitpod Drops Free AI Branding, Trims Dev Config From Free Tier
- Feb 23, 2026packagingGitpod caps automations: 50 for Core, unlimited for Enterprise
- Feb 16, 2026improvedGitpod upgrades Ona Intelligence AI to Claude Opus 4.6
- 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
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- GitLabApr 3GitLab replaces Duo add-ons with credit-based AI Agent Platform
- ReplitApr 3Replit Kills Teams Plan, Launches $100/Month Pro Tier
- GitHubJan 13GitHub Introduces Free Tier for Copilot Add-On: Up to 2,000 Completions and 50 Chat Requests Monthly
- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
Questions about this change
Did Gitpod raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added, feature change.
What changed on Gitpod's pricing page between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026?
Core, Enterprise feature: SDLC Automations → Warm pools, replaced; Free plan: 'Ona Intelligence powered by Claude Sonnet 4.5' replaced by 'Access to Ona's Background Agents'; 'devcontainer.json and automations.yml support' removed from Free plan features. Pulse compared the captures it took on Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Gitpod change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 5 other pricing-page changes for Gitpod in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Gitpod Drops Free AI Branding, Trims Dev Config From Free Tier" in Week 11, 2026; Gitpod has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
