Starting from today, Healthchecks.io users on all plans (Hobbyist, Supporter, Business, Business Plus) can invite an unlimited number of users into their projects. Previously, the limits were: 3 team members for Hobbyist and Supporter, 10 team members for Business, and unlimited team members for Business Plus. From now on, it is unlimited for all.
Why did the Team Size Limit Exist?
I originally implemented the team size limits as an incentive for business users to upgrade. My thinking was: hobbyist users would be fine with a small team limit, business users with larger teams would need to upgrade. Now, with many years of data available, I consistently see the single primary reason why users upgrade is running into their account’s check limit. Situations where a customer upgrades due to hitting the team size, not the check limit, are very rare.
Why Remove it Now?
The primary reason: with the team size limit removed, account owners will generally invite more colleagues into their projects. I am betting that, in the long term, the benefit of increased word-of-mouth marketing is worth more than the profit from the few users who upgrade due to hitting the team size limit.
The secondary reason: less complexity! There’s less code to track and enforce team size limits, the pricing table is more compact, and the team size limits do not need to be explained in the documentation.
And so, the team size limit is no more. Happy monitoring,
–Pēteris