The SaaS Subscription Price Hike Wave: How SMBs Should Respond
May 9, 2026
From “free upgrade” to “forced renewal”: the real timeline of the price hike wave. Last month an auto-parts factory in Shunyi came to me and said that an online collaborative document tool they had used for five years suddenly popped up an “annual plan adjustment notice” — the team version that used to cost RMB 899/month jumped straight to RMB 1,899/month, an increase of over 110%. This is not an isolated case. Over the past six months, of the IT procurement consultations I have handled, at least 70% of clients have been asking…