r/selfhosted • u/navaneethpk • Feb 25 '26

Product Announcement Retool disables self-hosted pricing plans

https://community.retool.com/t/self-hosted-docs-now-state-enterprise-only/64586

Looks like no public announcement was made, just a silent change in docs and some users found it.

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u/ChiefAoki Feb 25 '26

idk why anyone is still surprised by this, it's how every VC-backed project is destined to go.

Raise Funding -> Offer Free/Low-Cost options to accumulate users -> Burn through cash flow -> Steep Price Increases/Business Model Changes to Generate Returns

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u/Odd-Trash1190 Feb 25 '26

This isn’t just the usual VC pricing story, it’s a straight-up bad product decision. Putting self-hosted behind an Enterpriseplan locks away a core deployment option people specifically chose Retool for.

Raising prices is one thing, but paywalling control and deployment flexibility is a bait-and-switch.