Readme cuts to 3 tiers, slashes admin seats, adds $20/mo per-admin fee
What happened
Between the Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 captures of Readme's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: ReadMe collapsed its 4-tier lineup to 3 tiers: Startup ($79/mo) and Business ($349/mo) were removed and replaced by a new Pro plan ($250/mo, billed annually); the Free plan was renamed Starter (still $0/mo); Admin seat allowances reduced: entry tier dropped from 5 to 1 admin; former Startup tier's 10 admins is now 5 on Pro, with a new $20/month per-additional-admin fee. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, limit decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 26, 2026) lists Pro at $250, Ask AI at $150 and Extended History & Logs at $100.
It lands 46 days after Readme's previous change, "Readme adds notifications to Pro, branch review to Enterprise" (May 19, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Readme adds GitHub AI Writer to Pro, drops Enterprise Translations" (May 13, 2026), "Readme adds Translations to Enterprise plan and comparison table" (May 5, 2026) and "Readme Cuts Plans From Four to Three, Caps Admin Seats at Lower Limits" (Apr 13, 2026). Readme has been tracked since 2024-10-07.
In the same window Slite, Mintlify, Notion, GitBook and Postman also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pro · PackagingPackage change
ReadMe collapsed its 4-tier lineup to 3 tiers: Startup ($79/mo) and Business ($349/mo) were removed and replaced by a new Pro plan ($250/mo, billed annually); the Free plan was renamed Starter (still $0/mo).
- Pro · Limit−80%51
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | Packaging | — | 3 | Package change |
| Pro | Limit | 5 | 1 | −80% |
Values as written on Readme'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 Readme's pricing page (readme.com) from Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where pro limit reads 5 and then 1.
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Readme, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 28, 2026improvedReadMe: Rebase & Resolve Conflicts + MCP Metrics added, Themes redesign
- Sep 7, 2026improvedReadMe: Multiplayer editing (Pro) + Aggregated doc metrics (Enterprise) added
- Aug 17, 2026packagingReadme hides Enterprise pricing, swaps CTA to 'Book a Demo'
- Jul 4, 2026packagingReadme cuts to 3 tiers, slashes admin seats, adds $20/mo per-admin fee · this change
- May 19, 2026improvedReadme adds notifications to Pro, branch review to Enterprise
- May 13, 2026improvedReadme adds GitHub AI Writer to Pro, drops Enterprise Translations
- May 5, 2026improvedReadme adds Translations to Enterprise plan and comparison table
- Apr 13, 2026packagingReadme Cuts Plans From Four to Three, Caps Admin Seats at Lower Limits
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- SliteJul 4Slite: renames tiers to Basic/Pro, hikes entry price $8->$10 + 1 more change
- MintlifyJul 3Mintlify: $250/mo Pro plan discontinued (2-tier now) + 5K AI credits
- NotionJul 2Notion: launched Workers (Beta) developer/agent tooling
- GitBookMay 21GitBook fixes annual pricing display, adds enterprise customer logos
- PostmanApr 6Postman drops AI and API Builder add-ons, launches SSO and Premium Support
Questions about this change
Did Readme raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, limit decrease.
What changed on Readme's pricing page between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026?
ReadMe collapsed its 4-tier lineup to 3 tiers: Startup ($79/mo) and Business ($349/mo) were removed and replaced by a new Pro plan ($250/mo, billed annually); the Free plan was renamed Starter (still $0/mo); Pro limit: 5 → 1 (−80%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Readme change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Readme in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Readme adds notifications to Pro, branch review to Enterprise" on May 19, 2026; Readme has been tracked since 2024-10-07.