Hashicorp Vault Reduces Monthly Vault Client Cost by 35% Amid Tier Consolidation and Renaming Changes
What happened
Between the Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025 captures of Hashicorp's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: HCP Vault Radar consolidated from 'Standard' and 'Plus' tiers to single 'Essentials' tier; Monthly cost per Vault client decreased from $112 to $73 (35% decrease); HCP Vault Dedicated entry tier renamed from 'Development' to 'Essentials'; HCP Vault Dedicated 'Plus' tier discontinued - pricing reduced from 3 tiers to 2 tiers. Pulse files it as a pricing change (plan renamed, price decrease, plan removed) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 7, 2026) lists HCP Vault Radar Essentials at $7, HCP Vault Dedicated Standard at $73, HCP Vault Dedicated Essentials at $73 and HCP Vault Dedicated Development at $0.62 per cluster per hour.
Hashicorp's previous recorded change was "Hashicorp Vault Discontinues Free HCP Vault Secrets Plan, Introduces New Radar Free Trial and Standard Plans" (Q2 2025). Hashicorp has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Aws, Puppet, Pulumi and Google Cloud also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Plus' · PlanChanged
Before'Standard' and 'Plus' tiers
Aftersingle 'Essentials' tier
- — · Price−35%$112$73
- — · PlanRewordedDevelopmentEssentials
- Plus' · PlanChanged3 tiers2 tiers
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus' | Plan | 'Standard' and 'Plus' tiers | single 'Essentials' tier | Changed |
| — | Price | $112 | $73 | −35% |
| — | Plan | Development | Essentials | Reworded |
| Plus' | Plan | 3 tiers | 2 tiers | Changed |
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 around the middle of the page, where price reads $112 and then $73.
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Hashicorp, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 7, 2026packagingHashicorp Vault: Agentic IAM add-on introduced for Standard/Premium
- Apr 22, 2026packagingHashicorp Vault adds SPIFFE secrets engine and RHEL password rotation to Ente...
- Q3 2025decreaseHashicorp Vault Reduces Monthly Vault Client Cost by 35% Amid Tier Consolidation and Renaming Changes · this change
- Q2 2025packagingHashicorp Vault Discontinues Free HCP Vault Secrets Plan, Introduces New Radar Free Trial and Standard Plans
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
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- 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
- Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
Questions about this change
Did Hashicorp raise prices in October 2025?
No — prices went down. Between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025 Hashicorp's pricing page showed 1 price cut: $112 → $73 (−35%).
What changed on Hashicorp's pricing page between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025?
Plus' plan: 'Standard' and 'Plus' tiers → single 'Essentials' tier, changed; price: $112 → $73 (−35%); plan: Development → Essentials, reworded; Plus' plan: 3 tiers → 2 tiers, changed. 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 1 other pricing-page change for Hashicorp in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Hashicorp Vault Discontinues Free HCP Vault Secrets Plan, Introduces New Radar Free Trial and Standard Plans" in Q2 2025; Hashicorp has been tracked since 2024-11-17.