We have an update we’d rather not be writing, and we want you to hear it from us plainly: from July 1, 2026, most Watasu prices will increase by about 15%.
Nothing changes before that date. Everything you run in June is billed at today’s rates, and the pricing page will show the exact new rates well before they take effect.
Why this is happening
You’ve probably seen the headlines: the global shortage of memory and other components has driven hardware prices up sharply across the entire industry, and with them the cost of the infrastructure that platforms like Watasu run on. This isn’t a temporary blip in one market — it has been building for months, and it affects everyone who runs servers, everywhere.
Since launch we’ve absorbed these increases ourselves, hoping the market would settle. It hasn’t, and pretending otherwise would eventually force a choice between raising prices and quietly cutting corners — less spare capacity, slower hardware, fewer replicas behind the scenes. We’re not willing to do that. Multi-DC resilience, the capacity headroom that keeps your apps fast, and managed databases that are actually managed — that’s the product you signed up for, and it’s the product we intend to keep running.
What changes, and what doesn’t
What changes: runtime prices — app compute, sandboxes, and managed add-on plans — go up by about 15% on average, varying slightly by plan. The exact rate card will be on the pricing page before July 1.
What doesn’t:
- Your balance stays yours. Watasu remains prepaid: your existing balance keeps its full value, and June usage is billed entirely at current rates.
- The billing model. Per-second metering for sandboxes, predictable monthly plan prices, no egress surprises, no new fees hiding behind the increase.
- What’s included. Multi-DC placement for 2+ replica apps stays free. Free observability tiers stay free. Nothing moves behind a paywall.
- No lock-in, still. Your apps are standard container images. We’d rather earn your next month than make leaving expensive — that doesn’t change.
A promise, not just an apology
We’re genuinely sorry for the inconvenience — especially to those of you who planned budgets around current prices. Two things we want to commit to in writing:
- This tracks the hardware market, nothing more. The increase reflects what components now cost across the industry — and not a euro beyond that.
- If component prices come back down in a lasting way, we’ll revisit ours. Pricing should track reality in both directions, and we intend it to.
If the timing creates a real problem for your team or project, write to us at info@watasu.io and we’ll figure something out together.
Thank you for building on Watasu. We don’t take it for granted — least of all in a month when we’re asking a bit more of you.