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Price changes, layoffs, alternatives and builds, each with a source.

Pricing · November 5, 2026

Microsoft 365 Price Increase July 2026 By Plan

Most Microsoft 365 plans went up $1 to $3 per user a month on July 1, 2026. See every plan's old and new price and what to do before renewal.

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Pricing · November 5, 2026

Webflow Pricing Changes 2026 Explained

Webflow raised its Basic plan, merged CMS and Business into one Premium plan and added AI credit limits. Here is what changes and when.

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Layoffs · November 5, 2026

Canva Cuts 1,271 Jobs and What Customers Should Check Before Renewal

Canva is cutting 1,271 jobs. What it means for teams paying for Canva, and what to check before your next renewal.

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Builder · November 4, 2026

Pieter Levels Cut His Software Bill 90% With Claude

Pieter Levels runs sites with 20,000 paying customers on about $300 a month after Claude Code found about $34,000 a month in cuts. Here is each line item.

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Builder · October 31, 2026

AWS Bill From $8,000 to $300 a Month on Bare Metal

Simon Høiberg moved 4 SaaS products off AWS to 3 rented Hetzner servers. The bill fell from close to $8,000 a month to around $300, about $92,400 a year.

Saves
$92,400/yr
Built in
Not shared
Runs on
3 rented bare metal servers at Hetzner
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Builder · October 20, 2026

Greenleaf Replaced Salesforce and Saves $100,000 a Year

Atlanta real estate firm Greenleaf replaced Salesforce with a CRM a partner built himself. It runs on about $300 a month and saves about $100,000 a year.

Saves
$100,000/yr
Built in
About 25 hours
Runs on
About $300 a month
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Builder · October 19, 2026

A Custom CRM Built in 7 Days Saves $26,400 a Year

Grayson Gladu's home services team built a custom CRM in 7 days on top of GoHighLevel and QuickBooks. It saves $700 a month in fees and $1,500 in staff time, about $26,400 a year.

Saves
$26,400/yr
Built in
7 days
Runs on
Not shared
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What do you cover?

Legacy software news buyers can act on: price changes, layoffs at software companies, AI-native alternatives gaining votes, teams that built their own, and other big moves at tracked companies.

Where do the numbers come from?

From vendors' own pages, published reporting we link to, and buyer reviews and votes on HissingKitty. Any math we did ourselves is labeled.

What do you leave out?

Claims with no source, rumors, and numbers we can't check. A voluntary buyout is never counted as a layoff.

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