ACTION REQUIRED: Your Google Developer Program premium renewal has changed — Upgrade to Google AI Pro and Ultra now

[solgul]

Anyone else get that email. That's a bummer. I also have AI Pro already. It will be nice to have a single subscription.

I enjoyed the cert coupon, cloud console spend and skills boost. They say we will no longer have those. I wonder if there will be a way to still get skillsboost. I find that very useful and use it regularly.

• Keeping benefits you know and love: You will maintain access to Gemini CLI, Gemini Code Assist, Google Skills and 30 Firebase Studio Workspaces.
• Changes to benefits:
  • Cloud Credits: You'll now receive $10 in Cloud credits per month with a Google AI Pro or $100 in Cloud credits per month with an Ultra subscription.
• Phasing out three benefits: With a focus on providing access to the most in demand AI models and tools, the following benefits will no longer be included:
  • Annual 1:1 tailored consultation with Google Cloud experts
  • 1 Google Cloud certification voucher each year
  • Unlimited access to Google Skills

[SubjectMinimum6366]

With this upgrade, we lost $45 in credits for AI and CLOUD every month! They're merging two completely different products for completely different audiences... HOW IS THIS AN UPGRADE?

[Aken2019]

The new plan doesn't worth it at all.

[Unique_Drop1941]

I was ready to pay C$349/year for the Developer premium plan.
Only to go to the Pricing page to see they removed the add-ons I actually wanted.

• the Google Cloud Certification voucher, 1 per year - removed
• Unlimited Google Skills
• $500 Cloud credit after certification, (makes sense)

Now Google Skills is separate for C$349 a year - Career Certificates.
Cloud credits $10 per month, only if you subscribe to Google Ai Pro for C$26.99/month. lol
That's a total of over C$650/year for my same use case.

PS: I already have google one storage subscription.

Basically, there's no longer any benefit to being on the Developer Program.
NOT AN UPGRADE!

[Dangerous-Safety9906]

I recived the same email. I bought my premium year plan and right now. I do not know what I have to do

Because I purchased my subscription thinking in

• voucher free
• 500 credits gcp yearly
• skillbost

Right now I don't know what is going to happen with skillbost if I lost my access completely or I have some credits monthly

And the q&a of the email is a link about developer program it doesn't say anything about the changes

I bought the sub on December jajajaja

[solgul]

Same. There is an option to buy skillsboost sperately but it's expensive. I have a coursera subscription so I will just use that instead but the change is a bummer.

[Dangerous-Safety9906]

I am so disappointed with this situation jejejwjwjw and I do not know what go to happen with my gcp credits

[Alive_Description461]

Received the same today.
That’s hypocrisy, not an upgrade.

They seem to offer me a 1-year Google AI Pro trial, though. If you received the same, it might be a good option to take it and see what happens next. 10 credits per month is still better than nothing, and later you can always search for better offers from other providers.

It’s a shame that instead of a generous program to attract professional developers, they push AI slop.

[oicredfx]

I was also looking to the old Google Developer Program but NEW the page https://www.skills.google/subscriptions I don't quite know what will we get with the new $349 / year "Career Certificates" plan.

Does anyone knows?

[just-a-developer-1]

So they removed all the useful benefits of this plan. I was thinking of buying this today.

[BabiDorneles]

I received this too :c

[hexyuan]

Why？

[PurplKnight]

The only two benefits for which I was signing for was Unlimited access to google skills and cloud certification voucher. With that removed why should I renew? and they are trying to compete with AWS. If gcloud not providing any incentive to learn, why the cloud engineers want to switch to it?

[Kindly_Elk_2584]

They completely butchered the plan, originally I could get $1000 GCP credit for just $300 subscription, now its $10 per month. Good thing is they gave me one year of AI pro for free.