Google Workspace: promo discount cut from 50% to 30%/20% off
What happened
Between the Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026 captures of Google's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Sign-up promo trimmed — banner offer down from up to 50% off to up to 30% off; Standard promo price up from $7 to $11.20/user/mo (50%→20% off); Plus promo price up from $11 to $17.60/user/mo (50%→20% off). In detail: Promo discount cut: banner now offers up to 30% off (was 50%). Standard dropped from 50% to 20% off (promo price $7 to $11.20/user/mo); Plus dropped from 50% to 20% off ($11 to $17.60/user/mo). Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Starter at $7, Standard at $14 and Plus at $22.
It lands 66 days after Google's previous change, "Google Workspace: new Workspace Studio feature; AI Ultra Access dropped" (Jul 3, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Google Workspace drops 50%-off promo from Starter, Standard, Plus" (Jun 24, 2026). Google has been tracked since 2025-12-20.
In the same window OpenAI, Microsoft, Metabase and Anthropic also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Standard, Plus · Discount−60%50%20%
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard, Plus | Discount | 50% | 20% | −60% |
Values as written on Google'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 Google's pricing page (cloud.google.com) from Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where standard, plus discount reads 50% and then 20%.
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Google, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 12, 2026packagingGoogle Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
- Sep 7, 2026packagingGoogle Workspace: promo discount cut from 50% to 30%/20% off · this change
- Jul 3, 2026improvedGoogle Workspace: new Workspace Studio feature; AI Ultra Access dropped
- Jun 24, 2026packagingGoogle Workspace drops 50%-off promo from Starter, Standard, Plus
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- OpenAISep 7OpenAI: Plus & Pro reasoning model upgraded to GPT-6 Astra
- MicrosoftAug 31Microsoft Speech: Voice Live Pro Cached Input $40→$0.40; GPT Realtime 2 added
- MetabaseAug 24Metabase quietly reveals Enterprise-only paid air-gapped deployment option
- AnthropicJul 23Anthropic: Fable model + context window disclosed in comparison table
Questions about this change
Did Google raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount change.
What changed on Google's pricing page between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026?
Standard, Plus discount: 50% → 20% (−60%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Google change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Google in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Google Workspace: new Workspace Studio feature; AI Ultra Access dropped" on Jul 3, 2026; Google has been tracked since 2025-12-20.