On July 15, 2025 all free tier accounts transitioned to our new (still free) Hobby tier. This tier supports workflow execution exclusively on Prefect-managed infrastructure. Existing work pools and deployments will continue to function for now, but Hobby tier users are not able to create new work pools that dispatch runs to custom work pools (i.e. push or hybrid work pools). The new Hobby tier was announced April 15, 2025 and email communications were sent to all impacted users on: April 23, May 20, June 17, and July 15, 2025.

Actions Required:

• If using push or hybrid work pools: transition your deployments to the Prefect-managed work pool or upgrade to the Starter or Team tier
• If your usage exceeds the Hobby tier limits: consider upgrading to our Starter or Team tier

Explore self-serve options:

• Hobby (free): for personal projects and small-scale applications
• Starter ($100/month): for deploying pipelines on your own infrastructure
• Team ($400/month): for growing teams with scaling orchestration needs