Due to the limitations I just found about Automations I checked the pricing page on blynk.io. I do not see any mention of automation limitations on there btw but I did notice two other things:
for PRO I am pretty sure that historical data used to be available for 12months? Now it’s only 6months? (I just confirmed this, it was 12 months and now has been changed to only 6 months)
Alex and Google home integration was supposed to be included but is now coming soon as an “add-on”
These changes make me extremely nervous as someone who is looking to use Blynk for a business. I understand pricing sometimes needs to change, but when features just change without notice it is extremely hard to properly plan. As someone who is advertising their product for pre-order suddenly what I am advertising may not be true. Furthermore how do I know what will change in the future?
These things just add a question in the back of my head each time it happens.
That’s about a Business plan, not a PRO. That’s because every White Label (Business) client with Alexa, GHome requires manual work from our side, and thus - it should be paid separately.
Thanks for the update @Dmitriy I actually don’t really have an issue with it being an add-on, but the old pricing page indicated that this integration was going to be included with the Pro (and Plus) level with a green check mark, but now it has been changed and is not included anymore. So there was a change.
Thanks again for the update. That would be great news if Google Home/Alexa integration is still included with the PRO level. Perhaps some clarification on: Pricing | Blynk IoT Platform would help since it seems to indicate it won’t be included.
A few days ago there was a post about Google Home/Alexa, and I was thinking about it on and off and I remembered I had this post from months ago. It seems my concerns have come true. I have a PRO plan personally, and it seems that the Using the “way back machine” it’s possible to see the changes.
In the last 8-10 months (I don’t have exact dates) Google/Alexa for PRO went from “included” to “add-on coming soon” to “not available”. On top of this you used to be able to upgrade to 1000+ devices, but no longer can. And also PRO used to come with 12 months of historical data but that has been changed to 6 months.
The interesting thing is now even the BUSINESS plan doesn’t include Google/Alexa anymore.
I mean it is what is is, I’m a small customer, but it’s disappointing to say the least.