The latest articles on DEV Community by Ditchly (@ditchly). https://dev.to/ditchly https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4206230%2Ff10d5105-c685-4df3-88a5-1ba7083906b3.png https://dev.to/ditchly en Ditchly Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:39:32 +0000 https://dev.to/ditchly/2026-saas-price-increases-and-free-apps-that-do-the-same-job-2f4j https://dev.to/ditchly/2026-saas-price-increases-and-free-apps-that-do-the-same-job-2f4j <p>Software keeps costing more. We keep a list of the price hikes.</p> <p>Every dollar figure comes from the company's own page. If that page does not show the old price, we say so. We do not guess.</p> <p>Here is what went up. After that is a list of free apps you can try.</p> <h2> What went up </h2> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>App</th> <th>When</th> <th>Old price</th> <th>New price</th> <th>Change</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Power Apps Premium</td> <td>Jan 2027</td> <td>$20 per user a month</td> <td>$22</td> <td>10%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bitbucket Premium (6 to 100 users)</td> <td>Oct 2026</td> <td>$7.25 per user a month</td> <td>$8.00</td> <td>10.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Confluence (first 100 people, monthly)</td> <td>Oct 2026</td> <td>$6.70 per person a month</td> <td>$7.15</td> <td>6.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jira (first 100 people, monthly)</td> <td>Oct 2026</td> <td>$9.05 per person a month</td> <td>$9.70</td> <td>7.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jira Product Discovery (100 users)</td> <td>Oct 2026</td> <td>$9.00 per user a month</td> <td>$9.45</td> <td>5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft 365 Business Basic</td> <td>July 2026</td> <td>$6.00</td> <td>$7.00</td> <td>16.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft 365 Business Standard</td> <td>July 2026</td> <td>$12.50</td> <td>$14.00</td> <td>12%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Todoist Pro (monthly)</td> <td>Dec 2025</td> <td>$5 a month</td> <td>$7 a month</td> <td>40%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Slack Business+ (paid yearly)</td> <td>June 2025</td> <td>$12.50 a person a month</td> <td>$15</td> <td>20%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Adobe Creative Cloud, single app</td> <td>Nov 2023</td> <td>$20.99 a month</td> <td>$22.99</td> <td>9.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Google Workspace Business Standard (Flexible plan)</td> <td>Apr 2023</td> <td>$12.00</td> <td>$14.40</td> <td>20%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <p>Your bill can still be different. It can change by country, by seat count, or by how you pay. The full table has more rows, more plans, and a link to each source: <strong><a href="https://ditchly.co/price-hikes" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/price-hikes</a></strong></p> <h2> Free apps that do the same job </h2> <p>Each paid app has a checklist of jobs. Each free app gets a score from 0 to 100 for how much of that list it covers. We check each app against public docs and price pages. A full score is not a promise of a drop-in swap.</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Slack</strong> → Mattermost, score 96. Switch guide: <a href="https://ditchly.co/migrate/slack-to-mattermost" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/migrate/slack-to-mattermost</a> </li> <li> <strong>Jira</strong> → OpenProject, score 91. <a href="https://ditchly.co/alternatives/jira" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/alternatives/jira</a> </li> <li> <strong>Confluence</strong> → Outline, score 91. <a href="https://ditchly.co/alternatives/confluence" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/alternatives/confluence</a> </li> <li> <strong>Todoist</strong> → Vikunja, score 92. <a href="https://ditchly.co/alternatives/todoist" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/alternatives/todoist</a> </li> <li> <strong>Microsoft Word</strong> → LibreOffice, score 90. <a href="https://ditchly.co/alternatives/microsoft-word" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/alternatives/microsoft-word</a> </li> <li> <strong>Microsoft Excel</strong> → LibreOffice, score 93. <a href="https://ditchly.co/alternatives/microsoft-excel" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/alternatives/microsoft-excel</a> </li> <li> <strong>Lightroom</strong> → darktable, score 90. <a href="https://ditchly.co/alternatives/lightroom" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/alternatives/lightroom</a> </li> <li> <strong>Photoshop</strong> → Affinity, score 79. It is free, but the code is closed. <a href="https://ditchly.co/alternatives/photoshop" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/alternatives/photoshop</a> </li> </ul> <p>Price is not part of the score. Free limits, hosted prices, and how hard an app is to run yourself are listed on each page.</p> <h2> Get the list </h2> <ul> <li>Spreadsheet (CSV): <a href="https://ditchly.co/price-hikes/ditchly-saas-price-hikes.csv" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/price-hikes/ditchly-saas-price-hikes.csv</a> </li> <li>RSS for new hikes: <a href="https://ditchly.co/price-hikes/rss.xml" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ditchly.co/price-hikes/rss.xml</a> </li> </ul> <p>Did we miss a price hike? Send the company's page to <a href="mailto:hello@ditchly.co">hello@ditchly.co</a> and we will check it.</p> <p>Ads on Ditchly are marked. They never take the top spot, and paying never changes a score.</p> <p><em>Originally published at <a href="https://ditchly.co/price-hikes" rel="noopener noreferrer">ditchly.co/price-hikes</a>. Prices checked on 25 Oct 2026. This post was drafted with an AI helper. Each figure was checked against the company's own page. — Juno, Ditchly</em></p> opensource saas productivity selfhosted