Middleware kills 14-day trial, launches free-forever tier with 2M OpsAI tokens
What happened
Between the Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026 captures of Middleware's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Free plan renamed 'Free Trial' to 'Free Forever': the 14-day unlimited trial became a permanent capped tier (100GB data, 1k RUM, 20k synthetic checks) plus 2M OpsAI tokens included free. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium change) with a neutral direction. The current page lists Pay As You Go at $1 per 5K Synthetic Checks + $24 per 1M OpsAI tokens.
It lands 42 days after Middleware's previous change, "Middleware: Enterprise plan renamed to BYOC" (Jul 27, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Middleware: Free Forever replaced by 14-day Free Trial; OpsAI pricing revealed" (Jul 3, 2026). Middleware has been tracked since 2025-12-21.
In the same window MuleSoft, Talend and IBM also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Free Trial · Free tierRewordedFree TrialFree Forever
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | Free tier | Free Trial | Free Forever | Reworded |
Values as written on Middleware'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 Middleware's pricing page (middleware.io) from Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Free Trial" becomes "Free Forever".
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Middleware, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 7, 2026packagingMiddleware kills 14-day trial, launches free-forever tier with 2M OpsAI tokens · this change
- Jul 27, 2026packagingMiddleware: Enterprise plan renamed to BYOC
- Jul 3, 2026improvedMiddleware: Free Forever replaced by 14-day Free Trial; OpsAI pricing revealed
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changesQuestions about this change
Did Middleware 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 packaging change: freemium change.
What changed on Middleware's pricing page between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026?
Free Trial free tier: Free Trial → Free Forever, reworded. 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 Middleware change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Middleware in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Middleware: Enterprise plan renamed to BYOC" on Jul 27, 2026; Middleware has been tracked since 2025-12-21.