[jefftk]

Up 20%:

Starter: $6 -> $7.20

Standard: $12 -> $14.40

Plus: $18 -> $21.60

They are also introducing an annual payment option where you can pay the old per-month prices ($6, $12, $18).

[alberth]

Let's not forget that just 3.5 years ago, prices were increase by 20% then as well.

Starter: $5 -> $6

Standard: $10 -> $12

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/new-pricing-f...

This nets to ~45% price increase in just 3.5 years.

[kweingar]

Interestingly the new prices match inflation since April 2019 pretty closely ($6 then is $7.02 now, and the price is changing to $7.20).

[eschulz]

That's exactly what I was thinking. $5 to $7.20 in four years isn't ideal, but seems like so many other essential goods and services have increased at a much higher rate over that period of time.

[locusm]

When you move to an annual plan and then need to upgrade you will get charged a close out fee in addition to the extra plan cost. Yes, Google is charging you for the privilege of investing further in their platform. Google Partners have been able to provide annual plans for years.

[blibble]

they had an annual plan previously

then dumped it, effectively raising the price

now they've raised the price again and have and brought the annual plan back as a "discount"

(no doubt the annual plan will disappear again as another stealth price increase)