TDengine: new free-forever tier for up to 5,000 tags
What happened
Between the Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026 captures of TDengine's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: new top-of-page banner announces TDengine is now free forever for up to 5,000 tags, linking to a dedicated free-forever landing page. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium change) with a neutral direction. The current page lists Pilot License at $900, Fully Managed Starter at $970, Fully Managed Small at $1,740, Fully Managed Medium at $2,570 and Fully Managed Large at $3,500.
It lands 61 days after TDengine's previous change, "TDengine hikes cloud annual plan prices 20% across all tiers" (May 27, 2026). TDengine has been tracked since 2026-04-28.
In the same window Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, New Relic and Quest Software also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Free tierFreemium change
New top-of-page banner announces TDengine is now free forever for up to 5,000 tags, linking to a dedicated free-forever landing page.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Free tier | — | 5,000 | Freemium change |
Values as written on TDengine'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 TDengine's pricing page (tdengine.com) from Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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TDengine, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 27, 2026packagingTDengine: new free-forever tier for up to 5,000 tags · this change
- May 27, 2026increaseTDengine hikes cloud annual plan prices 20% across all tiers
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- DatadogJul 27Datadog Cloud SIEM: free investigation allotment metric changed to per-TB
- SplunkJul 20Splunk: removed "Activity-based pricing" model
- GrafanaJul 3Grafana: New Database Observability product + Assistant moves to token-based pricing
- New RelicJun 23New Relic adds ROI calculator to pricing page for observability value
- Quest SoftwareJun 9Quest Software adds On Demand Migration for M365 at CA$53.69/user
Questions about this change
Did TDengine raise prices in July 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: freemium change.
What changed on TDengine's pricing page between Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026?
New top-of-page banner announces TDengine is now free forever for up to 5,000 tags, linking to a dedicated free-forever landing page. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does TDengine change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for TDengine in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "TDengine hikes cloud annual plan prices 20% across all tiers" on May 27, 2026; TDengine has been tracked since 2026-04-28.