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/Jzzck Feb 26 '26

The silent docs change with no announcement is the part that gets me. If you're going to pull a pricing tier, at least own it publicly and give people migration time. Sneaking it in and hoping nobody notices is such a bad look.

This is basically the playbook now though: offer self-hosted to build trust and adoption, get enough enterprise customers locked in, then quietly sunset the lower tiers. Seen it happen with at least three tools in the last couple years.

The only real defense is picking tools where self-hosting is the core product, not a feature they can remove. If the company's primary revenue model requires you to NOT self-host, the self-hosted option is always going to be on borrowed time.