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I'm disappointed with the new pricing for self-hosted Zulip customers. While I understand the need to monetize, charging a flat rate of $8/month/user for push notifications seems excessive, especially when notifications are the only feature that can't work without purchasing a plan. It would be more transparent and fair to charge based on the number of notifications sent instead of a per-seat basis. The current pricing model could discourage small organizations from using Zulip, as adding a new member becomes a significant financial decision.



I run Zulip at a small company and want to support development but absolutely cannot justify this cost. The emailed notices are just fine.

Why aren’t cloud services priced closer to cost like every other commodity?


Because it's not a commodity, you can't plug another notification service in any app and then pay that notification service provider just for notifications


Because this way makes them more money.




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