Upbound drops free Community tier, adds SSO/SAML and Insights add-on
What happened
Between the Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026 captures of Upbound's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Free 'Community' tier removed, cutting the page from 4 plans to 3; 'Most Popular' badge dropped from Enterprise; plan descriptions reworded to target 'enterprises' instead of 'organizations'; SSO/SAML added to Enterprise; Self-hosted Space/Console/Hub added to Business Critical; new 'Upbound Insights' add-on; 'Group Management' renamed 'Fleet Management'; support tiers relabeled. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium change, feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 2, 2026) lists Standard at $1,000.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Upbound. Upbound has been tracked since 2026-07-05.
In the same window Spacelift, Tray.ai, Salad, Scalr and RunPod also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Community, Enterprise · Free tierRewordedorganizationsenterprises
- Enterprise, Business Critical · FeatureAddedNo SSO/SAMLSSO/SAML
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community, Enterprise | Free tier | organizations | enterprises | Reworded |
| Enterprise, Business Critical | Feature | No SSO/SAML | SSO/SAML | Added |
Values as written on Upbound'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 Upbound's pricing page (www.upbound.io) from Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "organizations" becomes "enterprises".
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Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- SpaceliftNov 2Spacelift rebuilds lineup: $399 Starter replaces quote-only, Free gets full card
- Tray.aiNov 2Tray.ai swaps "Talk to sales" for "Sized to your needs" on paid plans
- SaladNov 2Salad hikes RTX 5090 High-priority GPU rate 20% to $0.60/hr; Lowest tier flat
- ScalrNov 2Scalr spells out billable runs: failed runs count, drift detection is free
- RunPodNov 2RunPod raises Serverless GPU prices up to 25%, drops savings claim
Questions about this change
Did Upbound raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: freemium change, feature added.
What changed on Upbound's pricing page between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026?
Community, Enterprise free tier: organizations → enterprises, reworded; Enterprise, Business Critical feature: No SSO/SAML → SSO/SAML, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Upbound change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Upbound in the 90 days before this one; Upbound has been tracked since 2026-07-05.