Playbook Free plan gains 1K included API calls/month
What happened
Between the Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026 captures of Playbook's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Free plan now includes an explicit 1K API calls/month allowance, up from no API quota at all (the Free column of the comparison table was previously blank and the Free card listed no API access). The comparison table row was also relabeled 'Included API calls / month' and its Pro (20K) and Team (200K) figures brought in line with the plan cards, which already advertised those limits the week befor. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 2, 2026) lists Pro at $10 and Team at $20.
It lands 7 days after Playbook's previous change, "Playbook: Pro & Team API call limits cut (50K→20K, 500K→200K)" (Aug 10, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Playbook: SAML SSO moved from Business to Enterprise-only" (Aug 4, 2026) and "Playbook: Pro/Team/Business monthly prices cut 20-44%, Business storage 5TB→15TB" (Jul 13, 2026). Playbook has been tracked since 2026-07-05.
In the same window Trello, Notion, Smartsheet, ClickUp and Asana also changed their Collaboration & Productivity pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pro, Team · Free tierAdded
BeforeNot listed
Afterexplicit 1K API calls/month allowance
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro, Team | Free tier | Not listed | explicit 1K API calls/month allowance | Added |
Values as written on Playbook'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 Playbook's pricing page (www.playbook.com) from Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where explicit 1K API calls/month allowance now appears.
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Playbook, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 12, 2026packagingPlaybook cuts free plan to 1 member, caps storage add-ons at 10TB
- Sep 21, 2026packagingPlaybook drops Business plan, folds it into custom-priced Enterprise tier
- Aug 17, 2026packagingPlaybook Free plan gains 1K included API calls/month · this change
- Aug 10, 2026packagingPlaybook: Pro & Team API call limits cut (50K→20K, 500K→200K)
- Aug 4, 2026improvedPlaybook: SAML SSO moved from Business to Enterprise-only
- Jul 13, 2026decreasePlaybook: Pro/Team/Business monthly prices cut 20-44%, Business storage 5TB→15TB
Across Collaboration & Productivity in the same window
All Collaboration & Productivity changes- TrelloAug 4Trello: AI features democratized to Standard + 2 new AI capabilities
- NotionJul 20Notion delays Workers Beta credit billing from Aug 11 to Oct 15
- SmartsheetJul 4Smartsheet turns free 'Viewer' into 'Contributor'; adds AI copilot to Pro
- ClickUpJul 2ClickUp: Brain AI Premium Models capped + Everything AI drops Talk-to-Text
- AsanaJul 2Asana: Enterprise+ demoted from standalone card to inline upsell
Questions about this change
Did Playbook raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: freemium change.
What changed on Playbook's pricing page between Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026?
Pro, Team free tier: Not listed → explicit 1K API calls/month allowance, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Playbook change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Playbook in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Playbook: Pro & Team API call limits cut (50K→20K, 500K→200K)" on Aug 10, 2026; Playbook has been tracked since 2026-07-05.