Hi everyone,
I’m Laura and I’m a lead product manager here at Bubble. Today we’re rolling out a new app plan page to give you all the information you need to manage your app subscription — all in one place. Whether it’s understanding workload consumption or adding storage and plugins, we want to make it simple and straightforward to understand what your app is using today and give you the tools to set up your app for success in the future. Here are some of the details.
App plan page at a glance
Your subscription comes with dozens of features to help you manage and grow your app. App plan now shows you what’s included in your subscription, so you can make sure to take advantage of the features in your plan. If you ever need to change plans or want a complete breakdown of benefits, you can easily do that here as well.
Understanding your billing
As your app scales over time, billing may look different from month to month with workload units, plugins, and your app’s plan as separate line items. We want to give you an easily digestible way to see your bill at a glance. Now, as you make changes to your subscription, you’ll see the impact on what you’ll be paying update in realtime, so you can make informed decisions about managing your app.
Managing workload units
You can now see how many workload units your app has consumed each month and get a clear visualization of whether it’s time to add a workload tier to save money.
If your app has gone over your plan’s default number of workload units, but it’s more cost effective to pay for overages instead of adding a workload tier, we’ll let you know that so you aren’t paying for more than what you need.
And, of course, if your app has gone viral, we’ll tell you when it’s time to add a workload tier to your app. (You’ll get notified via email, too!)
A note about legacy plans
Users on legacy plans will also see a new app plan page with easy ways to manage capacity in place of workload.
Cleaner cancellation
We hope you never have a need to cancel your plan and that your Bubble app grows from MVP to IPO. But from time to time, people do need to cancel their subscriptions. We’ve heard in the past (and I agree!) that it’s not super clear to go to the plan comparison page and click “Free plan” to cancel. So we’ve made this UI more intuitive in case you ever find yourself needing to go back to the Free plan (just click Cancel plan directly.)
This rollout comes on the heels of adding workload tier recommendations at checkout. We look forward to hearing your feedback on these initiatives and your suggestions on other ways we can make it easier for you to manage your app as it grows. Happy new year!
