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HivePackaging change · Feature added · Feature removed · Add-on change · Jul 1 → Oct 1, 2024

Hive Introduces Free AI Messaging for All Plans, Enhancing User Experience

Verified Jan 11, 2026Project ManagementDirection: up
The changeAI free messaging — added.
Before · Jul 1No AI free messaging
After · Oct 1AI free messaging
added
3 changes2 capturesJul 1, 2024 → Oct 1, 2024

What happened

Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Hive's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: AI free messaging added to all plans highlighting 'Use our AI project planner and content generator for free'; Custom analytics & reporting feature removed from Enterprise plan description; Analytics add-on renamed to 'Advanced Reporting' with price decrease from $6 to $5. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, feature removed, add-on change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 18, 2026) lists Starter at $5, Teams at $12, Buzz AI at $12, Proofing & Approvals at $5 and Timesheets at $5.

Hive's previous recorded change was "Hive Removes Goals Add-On from Premium, Bundles into Starter, Teams, and Enterprise Plans" (Q2 2024). Hive has been tracked since 2023-11-14.

In the same window ClickUp, Asana and Notion also changed their Project Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • All plans · FeatureAdded
    No AI free messagingAI free messaging
  • Enterprise · FeatureRemoved

    BeforeCustom analytics & reporting feature

    AfterNot listed

  • — · Add-on−17%
    $6$5

Values as written on Hive'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 compared

Full-page captures of Hive's pricing page (hive.com) from Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where AI free messaging now appears.

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Hive, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Apr 13, 2026packagingHive renames the Advanced Dashboards add-on to Custom Dashboards and lists AI Assistant on the Starter plan again
  2. Jan 11, 2026packagingHive Introduces Buzz AI Add-On at $8/User/Month Amid Removal of AI Features from Starter and Free Plans
  3. Q4 2024packagingHive Renames Advanced Reporting to Custom Dashboards, Keeping $5/User/Month Pricing
  4. Q3 2024packagingHive Introduces Free AI Messaging for All Plans, Enhancing User Experience · this change
  5. Q2 2024packagingHive Removes Goals Add-On from Premium, Bundles into Starter, Teams, and Enterprise Plans

Across Project Management in the same window

All Project Management changes
  1. ClickUpJan 11ClickUp Removes Personal and Workspace Connected Search, Moves Advanced Public Sharing to Enterprise, Adds Unlimited Whiteboards and SMS 2FA to Business Plan
  2. AsanaJan 11Asana Removes User Seat Limits on Starter and Advanced Plans, Introduces Unlimited Automations and AI Studio Features
  3. NotionJan 10Notion Bundles AI Features into Paid Plans, Removing Standalone AI Add-On for Enhanced User Experience

Questions about this change

Did Hive raise prices in October 2024?

No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, feature removed, add-on change.

What changed on Hive's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?

All plans feature: No AI free messaging → AI free messaging, added; Enterprise feature: Custom analytics & reporting feature → Not listed, removed; add-on: $6 → $5 (−17%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does Hive change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Hive in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Hive Removes Goals Add-On from Premium, Bundles into Starter, Teams, and Enterprise Plans" in Q2 2024; Hive has been tracked since 2023-11-14.