Octopus Eliminates Starter Plan Price, Introduces Free Tier with User Limit and Space Restrictions
What happened
Between the Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026 captures of Octopus's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Free tier: User limit decreased from unlimited to 10 users; Starter plan price eliminated: $360/year → $0/year (Free tier introduced); Free tier: Support downgraded from 'Email support (No SLO)' to 'Community support'; Professional plan: Added 'Unlimited spaces' feature; Free tier: Added explicit space limit of 1 space. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit decrease, freemium change, feature change, feature added, threshold added) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 29, 2026) lists Professional (Server) at $173.33, Professional (Cloud) at $360.83, Enterprise (Server) at $1,300, Enterprise (Cloud) at $2,050 and Machines at $64.17.
Octopus's previous recorded change was "Octopus Introduces Platform Hub to Enhance Enterprise Cloud and Server Plans" (Q3 2025). Octopus has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Anaconda, Apollographql and Alchemy also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · LimitChangedunlimited10 users
- Starter · Free tier−100%$360/year$0/year
- — · FeatureRewordedEmail support (No SLO)Community support
- Professional · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo 'Unlimited spaces' feature
After'Unlimited spaces' feature
- — · LimitAdded
BeforeNot listed
Afterexplicit space limit of 1 space
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | unlimited | 10 users | Changed |
| Starter | Free tier | $360/year | $0/year | −100% |
| — | Feature | Email support (No SLO) | Community support | Reworded |
| Professional | Feature | No 'Unlimited spaces' feature | 'Unlimited spaces' feature | Added |
| — | Limit | Not listed | explicit space limit of 1 space | Added |
Values as written on Octopus'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 Octopus's pricing page (octopus.com) from Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "unlimited" becomes "10 users".
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Octopus, the last 90 days
Full history- Jun 29, 2026packagingOctopus drops TAM Services add-on from Enterprise plan
- Jul 3, 2026packagingOctopus Deploy: TAM services add-on discontinued
- Apr 3, 2026packagingOctopus Raises Cloud and Server Plan Prices Up to 8% Across All Tiers
- Q4 2025improvedOctopus Eliminates Starter Plan Price, Introduces Free Tier with User Limit and Space Restrictions · this change
- Q3 2025improvedOctopus Introduces Platform Hub to Enhance Enterprise Cloud and Server Plans
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- AnacondaJan 11Anaconda Implements 67% Price Increase for Starter Plan Amid Significant Capacity Changes
- ApollographqlJan 11Apollographql Transitions to Usage-Based Pricing with Developer Plan Starting at $5 per Million Requests, Free Tier Eliminated
- AlchemyJan 10Alchemy Updates Enterprise Tier with New Volume-Based Discount Structure
Questions about this change
Did Octopus raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit decrease, freemium change, feature change, feature added, threshold added.
What changed on Octopus's pricing page between Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026?
Limit: unlimited → 10 users, changed; Starter free tier: $360/year → $0/year (−100%); feature: Email support (No SLO) → Community support, reworded; Professional feature: No 'Unlimited spaces' feature → 'Unlimited spaces' feature, added; limit: Not listed → explicit space limit of 1 space, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Octopus change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Octopus in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Octopus Introduces Platform Hub to Enhance Enterprise Cloud and Server Plans" in Q3 2025; Octopus has been tracked since 2023-11-14.