ngrok: BYO TLS certificate pricing shifts to usage-based ($200/mo → $0.27/hr)
What happened
Between the Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026 captures of ngrok's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Bring-your-own TLS certificates billing changed from a flat $200 per cert/month fee to usage-based $0.27 per domain per active hour. Pulse files it as a packaging change (metric change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 26, 2026) lists Hobbyist at $8 and Pay-as-you-go at $20.
It lands 8 days after ngrok's previous change, "ngrok: TCP address limit raised to 100 + governance suite now requires SSO/RBAC" (Jul 27, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "ngrok: Pay-as-you-go TCP addresses cut from 100 included to 1 (then metered $0.005/hr per additional address);…" (Jul 20, 2026) and "ngrok: Support restructured — On-Call now $200/mo, new 24x7 Paging add-on" (Jul 3, 2026). ngrok has been tracked since 2026-03-01.
In the same window Tailscale 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.
- — · Pricing modelChanged
Beforea flat $200 per cert/month fee
Afterusage-based $0.27 per domain per active hour
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Pricing model | a flat $200 per cert/month fee | usage-based $0.27 per domain per active hour | Changed |
Values as written on ngrok'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 ngrok's pricing page (ngrok.com) from Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "a flat $200 per cert/month fee" becomes "usage-based $0.27 per domain per active hour".
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ngrok, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 26, 2026packagingngrok steers HIPAA buyers to self-serve add-on, drops HIPAA from Enterprise card
- Aug 4, 2026packagingngrok: BYO TLS certificate pricing shifts to usage-based ($200/mo → $0.27/hr) · this change
- Jul 27, 2026improvedngrok: TCP address limit raised to 100 + governance suite now requires SSO/RBAC
- Jul 20, 2026packagingngrok: Pay-as-you-go TCP addresses cut from 100 included to 1 (then metered $0.005/hr per additional address);…
- Jul 3, 2026packagingngrok: Support restructured — On-Call now $200/mo, new 24x7 Paging add-on
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- TailscaleJul 4Tailscale ditches MAU pricing for seats, hikes Standard to $8/user/month
- Google CloudJun 15Google Cloud Datastudio pools AI tokens per platform, adds Thinking mode
- Google CloudJun 15Google Cloud Looker shifts Analytics tokens to pooled instance tiers
- Google CloudJun 8Google Cloud reveals search pricing: $2.50/1K requests, $6/1K queries
- TailscaleMay 18Tailscale clarifies Personal plan: 50 tagged resources to start
Questions about this change
Did ngrok raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: metric change.
What changed on ngrok's pricing page between Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026?
Pricing model: a flat $200 per cert/month fee → usage-based $0.27 per domain per active hour, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does ngrok change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for ngrok in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "ngrok: TCP address limit raised to 100 + governance suite now requires SSO/RBAC" on Jul 27, 2026; ngrok has been tracked since 2026-03-01.