Stripe kills Metronome Startup's included allotment, adds Data export pricing
What happened
Between the Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 27, 2026 captures of Stripe's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Metronome Startup plan dropped its $100K/10M-event included allotment for pure usage pricing ($0.04 per 1K ingest events + 0.8% of billing volume); Custom plan gained new Data export add-on pricing ($0.03/1K standard, $0.05/1K premium). Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Standard at 1.5% surcharge for international cards + $0.3 per successful transaction.
It lands 22 days after Stripe's previous change, "Stripe: Radar restructured to Pay Monthly/Pay As You Go plans + Radar Lite" (Aug 4, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Stripe: Meters API footnote now discloses 100M events/month quota" (Jul 20, 2026) and "Stripe: Meters API basic billing now includes up to 100M events/month" (Jul 16, 2026). Stripe has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Squarespace also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Custom, Standard · PackagingRemoved
Before$100K/10M-event included allotment
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custom, Standard | Packaging | $100K/10M-event included allotment | Not listed | Removed |
Values as written on Stripe'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 Stripe's pricing page (stripe.com) from Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 27, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where the $100K/10M-event included allotment no longer appears.
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Stripe, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 24, 2026packagingStripe drops T600 reader, trims lineup to M2, S710, and S700
- Aug 31, 2026packagingStripe: Metronome pricing restructured + new T600 reader ($329)
- Aug 28, 2026packagingStripe launches T600 hardware reader at $329, joining M2, S710, S700 lineup
- Aug 27, 2026packagingStripe kills Metronome Startup's included allotment, adds Data export pricing · this change
- Aug 4, 2026improvedStripe: Radar restructured to Pay Monthly/Pay As You Go plans + Radar Lite
- Jul 20, 2026improvedStripe: Meters API footnote now discloses 100M events/month quota
- Jul 16, 2026improvedStripe: Meters API basic billing now includes up to 100M events/month
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changesQuestions about this change
Did Stripe raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 27, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Stripe's pricing page between Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 27, 2026?
Custom, Standard packaging: $100K/10M-event included allotment → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 27, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Stripe change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Stripe in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Stripe: Radar restructured to Pay Monthly/Pay As You Go plans + Radar Lite" on Aug 4, 2026; Stripe has been tracked since 2023-11-14.