Hashicorp Packer Removes HCP Packer Plans and Restructures Pricing to Generic Cloud Overview
What happened
Between the Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025 captures of Hashicorp's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: HCP Packer dedicated pricing page removed - replaced with generic HashiCorp Cloud Platform pricing overview linking to external IBM PAYG Pricing Table; HCP Packer Standard plan pricing ($0.010 per hour per image bucket + $0.011 per request per month) removed from public pricing page; HCP Packer Plus plan pricing ($0.034 per hour per image bucket + $0.011 per request per month) removed from public pricing page; HCP Packer Plus plan removed from pricing page (previously $0.034/hour + $0.011/request with Silver support); HCP Packer Standard plan removed from pricing page (previously $0.010/hour + $0.011/request with Silver support). Pulse files it as a pricing change (package change, price hidden, plan removed) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 16, 2026) lists Essentials at $0.01 per request per month + $0.01 per hour per image bucket and Standard at $0.03 per hour per image bucket + $0.01 per request per month.
Hashicorp's previous recorded change was "Hashicorp Packer Discontinues HCP Free Plan, Introduces $0.011 Request Pricing for Standard and Plus Plans" (Q1 2025). Hashicorp has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Aws, Pulumi and Puppet also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Cloud Platform · PackagingRemoved- replacedNo - replaced
- Standard · Price visibilityHiddenPrice listedPrice hidden
- HCP Packer Plus · Price visibilityHiddenPrice listedPrice hidden
- HCP Packer Plus · PlanRemovedHCP Packer Plus planNo HCP Packer Plus plan
- Standard · PlanRemoved
BeforeHCP Packer Standard plan
AfterNo HCP Packer Standard plan
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Platform | Packaging | - replaced | No - replaced | Removed |
| Standard | Price visibility | Price listed | Price hidden | Hidden |
| HCP Packer Plus | Price visibility | Price listed | Price hidden | Hidden |
| HCP Packer Plus | Plan | HCP Packer Plus plan | No HCP Packer Plus plan | Removed |
| Standard | Plan | HCP Packer Standard plan | No HCP Packer Standard plan | Removed |
Values as written on Hashicorp'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 Hashicorp's pricing page (hashicorp.com) from Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where the - replaced no longer appears.
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Hashicorp, pricing history
Full history- Q3 2025packagingHashicorp Packer Removes HCP Packer Plans and Restructures Pricing to Generic Cloud Overview · this change
- Q1 2025packagingHashicorp Packer Discontinues HCP Free Plan, Introduces $0.011 Request Pricing for Standard and Plus Plans
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- PulumiOct 26Pulumi: Silver and Gold support plan prices hidden behind Contact sales
- PuppetOct 12Puppet includes standard support in all plans, adds 24x7 premium option
- PulumiSep 28Pulumi: Enterprise plan pricing revealed: 'Custom / Contact sales' replaced with self-serve $2,000/month base (2,000…
- PulumiSep 21Pulumi renames all plan tiers, adds Support tiers up to $50K/yr Platinum
Questions about this change
Did Hashicorp raise prices in October 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: package change, price hidden, plan removed.
What changed on Hashicorp's pricing page between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025?
Cloud Platform packaging: - replaced → No - replaced, removed; Standard price visibility: Price listed → Price hidden, hidden; HCP Packer Plus price visibility: Price listed → Price hidden, hidden; HCP Packer Plus plan: HCP Packer Plus plan → No HCP Packer Plus plan, removed; Standard plan: HCP Packer Standard plan → No HCP Packer Standard plan, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Hashicorp change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Hashicorp in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Hashicorp Packer Discontinues HCP Free Plan, Introduces $0.011 Request Pricing for Standard and Plus Plans" in Q1 2025; Hashicorp has been tracked since 2024-11-17.