Viam drops Robotic Surface Finishing and offers $5 free cloud credit
What happened
Between the Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 captures of Viam's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Robotic Surface Finishing hardware+software offering (contact-us pricing) removed from the pricing page; only the usage-based Developer Platform remains; Hero copy changed from flexible options for manufacturing automation and robotics apps to 'Start building for free. Your first $5 in cloud usage is on us.'. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan removed, positioning) with a downward direction. The current page lists Developer Platform at $0.25 Standard tabular/JSON data management per GB/month + $2.50 Hot data store storage per GB.
It lands 119 days after Viam's previous change, "Viam: Robotic Surface Finishing price hidden ($120,000/year now Contact Us)" (Jul 13, 2026). Viam has been tracked since 2026-05-01.
In the same window Google Cloud also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Robotic Surface Finishing · PlanPlan removed
Robotic Surface Finishing hardware+software offering (contact-us pricing) removed from the pricing page; only the usage-based Developer Platform remains.
- — · PositioningChanged
Beforeflexible options for manufacturing automation and robotics apps
After'Start building
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotic Surface Finishing | Plan | Robotic Surface Finishing hardware+software offering (contact-us pricing) removed from the pricing page; only the usage-based Developer Platform remains. | Plan removed | |
| — | Positioning | flexible options for manufacturing automation and robotics apps | 'Start building | Changed |
Values as written on Viam'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 Viam's pricing page (www.viam.com) from Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "flexible options for manufacturing automation and robotics apps" becomes "'Start building".
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Viam, pricing history
Full history- Nov 9, 2026packagingViam drops Robotic Surface Finishing and offers $5 free cloud credit · this change
- Jul 13, 2026packagingViam: Robotic Surface Finishing price hidden ($120,000/year now Contact Us)
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Questions about this change
Did Viam raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan removed, positioning.
What changed on Viam's pricing page between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026?
Robotic Surface Finishing hardware+software offering (contact-us pricing) removed from the pricing page; only the usage-based Developer Platform remains; positioning: flexible options for manufacturing automation and robotics apps → 'Start building, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Viam change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Viam in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Viam: Robotic Surface Finishing price hidden ($120,000/year now Contact Us)" on Jul 13, 2026; Viam has been tracked since 2026-05-01.