LaunchDarkly turns Guardian from a plan card into a paid add-on and drops the plan selector

Between the Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026 captures of LaunchDarkly's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Guardian goes from its own plan card to a paid add-on listed inside Enterprise and priced separately; the CodeControl / AgentControl selector is removed; Foundation gets a pay-as-you-go button, included service connections and an Enterprise trial button appears. In detail: Guardian went from a plan card to a paid add-on priced separately. Its own card ('Everything in Enterprise, plus', custom pricing, 'Get custom pricing' button) is gone and it now sits inside the Enterprise card as 'Paid add-on'; its column in the compare table was dropped and four compare rows are marked 'Guardian only'; The CodeControl / AgentControl / Full Platform track selector was removed: the Developer, Foundation and Enterprise cards now show directly under the page heading, and Guardian no longer has a card of its own; Foundation card button went from 'Start free trial' to 'Pay as you go', with a new line '14-day trial, then pay as you go. No platform or seat fees.'; Foundation card now lists '5 service connections included, pay as you go beyond'; the card had no included-connections line before; Enterprise trial added: the Enterprise card gained a 'Get Enterprise trial' button next to 'Get custom pricing'. Its price line was also shortened to 'Custom pricing'. Pulse files it as a packaging change (add-on change, packaging change, trial change, limit lowered). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Foundation at $10.

It lands 40 days after LaunchDarkly's previous change, "LaunchDarkly removes per-unit observability overage prices and the billing FAQ from the pricing compare table" (Jul 1, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "LaunchDarkly adds MCP Server support across all plans" (Jun 9, 2026) and "LaunchDarkly refreshes Enterprise pricing with tailored usage messaging" (May 12, 2026). LaunchDarkly has been tracked since 2023-11-14.

In the same window Amplitude and Optimizely also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.