Shopify cuts free Academy courses from plan features and comparison table
What happened
Between the Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026 captures of Shopify's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Free Shopify Academy courses removed from the plan feature list and comparison table. Pulse files it as a product change (feature removed) with a downward direction. The current page lists Basic at $29, Grow at $79, Advanced at $299, Plus at $2,300 and POS Pro at $89.
It lands 5 days after Shopify's previous change, "Shopify drops free Shopify Academy courses perk from all four pricing plans" (Oct 28, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Shopify rewrites POS comparison, adds customer profiles and returns rows" (Oct 26, 2026), "Shopify simplifies in-person sales messaging, adds plan comparison rows" (Oct 23, 2026) and "Shopify cuts Grow to $79 and Advanced to $299, reversing D288 hike" (Oct 16, 2026). Shopify has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Squarespace and Salesforce also changed their Business Operations pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureRemoved
BeforeFree Shopify Academy courses
AfterNo Free Shopify Academy courses
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Free Shopify Academy courses | No Free Shopify Academy courses | Removed |
Values as written on Shopify'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 Shopify's pricing page (shopify.com) from Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where the Free Shopify Academy courses no longer appears.
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Shopify, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 2, 2026packagingShopify cuts free Academy courses from plan features and comparison table · this change
- Oct 28, 2026packagingShopify drops free Shopify Academy courses perk from all four pricing plans
- Oct 26, 2026improvedShopify rewrites POS comparison, adds customer profiles and returns rows
- Oct 23, 2026improvedShopify simplifies in-person sales messaging, adds plan comparison rows
- Oct 16, 2026decreaseShopify cuts Grow to $79 and Advanced to $299, reversing D288 hike
- Oct 15, 2026increaseShopify raises annual Grow to $89/mo and Advanced to $359/mo
- Oct 2, 2026packagingShopify Plus drops 1% sales cashback, removing the $15K cap from its table
Across Business Operations in the same window
All Business Operations changes- SquarespaceNov 2Squarespace redesigns plan cards to show existing AI credit amounts
- SalesforceOct 26Salesforce Platform bundles Premier Success Plan free with Core, Advanced, Max
- SalesforceOct 26Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement bundles Premier Success into…
- SalesforceOct 19Salesforce Agentforce renames Max Editions card to Max Edition, keeps $550 price
- SalesforceOct 12Salesforce Government Cloud renames FedRAMP levels, drops CRM Analytics Plus tile
Questions about this change
Did Shopify raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature removed.
What changed on Shopify's pricing page between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026?
Feature: Free Shopify Academy courses → No Free Shopify Academy courses, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Shopify change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 9 other pricing-page changes for Shopify in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Shopify drops free Shopify Academy courses perk from all four pricing plans" on Oct 28, 2026; Shopify has been tracked since 2024-10-01.