Temporal: plan-based pricing replaced with usage-based + support add-ons
What happened
Between the Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026 captures of Temporal's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Essentials/Business/Enterprise plans replaced by Pay-As-You-Go ($50→$25/M actions, no base fee) + separate Support Add-Ons. Features unlocked at every tier. Signup credits $1,000→$150. In detail: Temporal moved from bundled plans to usage-based Pay-As-You-Go (no base fee, $50→$25/M actions) + Support Add-Ons (Business $500/mo). Features unlocked at every tier; signup credits cut $1,000→$150. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. The current page lists Pay-As-You-Go at $10, Business at $500 and SCIM at $500.
It lands 63 days after Temporal's previous change, "Temporal swaps Enterprise support add-on for Dedicated Platform Architect" (Jul 20, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Temporal: Provisioned/TRU capacity billing exits Public Preview" (Jul 4, 2026). Temporal has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window n8n, Make, Prefect, Mistral AI and Dagster Labs also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pay-As-You-Go, Business · Packaging−50%$50$25/M actions
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-As-You-Go, Business | Packaging | $50 | $25/M actions | −50% |
Values as written on Temporal'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 Temporal's pricing page (temporal.io) from Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where pay-as-you-go, business packaging reads $50 and then $25/M actions.
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Temporal, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 21, 2026packagingTemporal: plan-based pricing replaced with usage-based + support add-ons · this change
- Jul 20, 2026packagingTemporal swaps Enterprise support add-on for Dedicated Platform Architect
- Jul 4, 2026improvedTemporal: Provisioned/TRU capacity billing exits Public Preview
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- n8nAug 27n8n rolls out AI Assistant preview for Business/self-hosted, cuts Enterprise ...
- MakeAug 24Make: Relation trees feature removed from comparison table
- PrefectAug 17Prefect drops the Pro tier and raises the Enterprise uptime SLA to 99.99%
- Mistral AIAug 17Mistral AI folds Education into Pro, adds bundled API credits to entry plans
- Dagster LabsAug 3Dagster Labs: Added AI and Agents feature category
Questions about this change
Did Temporal raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Temporal's pricing page between Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026?
Pay-As-You-Go, Business packaging: $50 → $25/M actions (−50%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Temporal change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Temporal in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Temporal swaps Enterprise support add-on for Dedicated Platform Architect" on Jul 20, 2026; Temporal has been tracked since 2024-10-01.