<b>Staging is becoming a paywall</b>

<b>Staging is becoming a paywall</b>

Heard this week: a managed host that built its reputation on one-click staging is moving that feature up a tier, betting developers won't notice until they need it mid-deploy.

The logic is brutal but effective. Staging is sticky, agencies depend on it, and gating it behind a higher plan forces an upgrade right when switching hosts would be most disruptive. A source tells us the change is wrapped in a 'plan simplification' that quietly thins the entry tier.

Unconfirmed which brand ships it first, but two are testing the messaging.

Watch this: audit which features you actually use on your current plan. The ones you'd scream about losing are exactly the ones getting repriced.