My app that consumed a max of 50% capacity on personal plan would now consume this workload monthly:
This is more than 50% of workload tier 5 ($1,499 month)!
So, in my app’s case: Personal plan ($29 month) ≈ Workload Tier 5. ($1,499 month)
My app is 90% backend workflows handling data and api integrations, since it is a chatbot that uses WhatsApp to share data that was uploaded through the web app.
Important fact: my app is not even live yet! This 11m workloads I have consumed only by running tests as a single user. I can’t imagine the workload consumption if it had multiple live users. I’ve done lots of optimizations that improved my capacity usage. However, even if I manage to do the mentioned “new” optimizations, I don’t think this pricing will ever be viable.
I think that Bubble should find a way to collect this valuable feedback from users before launching there new pricing models and even before building them. Probably they did, as they have proven to be feedback oriented in the past, but clearly they did not asked to enough people with enough different app types or they are just choosing to ignore those people with those app types, like myself. I really hope they can change this.
Suggestion for the Bubble team: Find the answer to this question for each one of the apps in bubble: “How much will the bill increase for this app comparing the previous pricing to the new one?”.
That’s the true purest customer empathy question that you need to ask yourself when changing the pricing structure. You can even do that programmatically. Then, find a solution for excessive increases.
I believe that auto scaling and not just killing workflows because of capacity limitations is very important and I love it, but the new pricing structure should definitely be reviewed.
As someone who has been building in bubble full time and recommending it to almost everyone I know for the past 3.5 years, THIS IS A VERY SAD MOMENT AND I HOPE YOU CAN LISTEN TO US AND FIND A SOLUTION.