SAMPLE REPORT
Audit for a solo indie developer
Sample — fictional customer, real prices checked on the dates shown. "Marta" is invented; every price below is the real official price we verified, with its source and check date. This is the exact format a $29 audit arrives in.
1 · Your list, checked against official prices
| Tool | You told us | Current official price | Source · checked | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zed | Pro, monthly | Pro $10/mo; Business $30/seat/mo; personal plan free | zed.dev/pricing · 2026-11-05 | Price matches |
| GitHub Copilot | Pro+, monthly | Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo | github.com/features/copilot/plans · 2026-10-23 | Check the tier |
| Bolt | Pro, monthly billing | Pro $25/mo billed monthly; $18/mo billed yearly | bolt.new/pricing · 2026-10-23 | Trap found ↓ |
| CodeRabbit | Essentials, monthly billing, 1 user | Essentials $24/user/mo billed yearly; $30/user/mo billed monthly | coderabbit.ai pricing · 2026-10-23 | Trap found ↓ |
| Greptile | Pro, usage-based | Pro $1 per credit | greptile.com pricing · 2026-10-25 | Watch usage |
Copilot note: Pro+ costs $29/mo more than Pro ($39 vs $10). Whether that gap is worth it depends on how much of Pro+'s higher usage allowance you actually burn — your report would ask, not assume.
2 · Trap findings
Finding A — paying the monthly-billing premium (Bolt)
What we found: You are on Bolt Pro billed monthly at $25/mo. The same plan billed yearly is $18/mo.
What it costs: $25 × 12 = $300/yr vs. $18 × 12 = $216/yr — $84 a year for the same plan, purely for paying monthly.
The fix: Switch Bolt to annual billing at your next renewal. One settings change; nothing else about the plan changes.
Finding B — same premium, second tool (CodeRabbit)
What we found: CodeRabbit Essentials is $30/user/mo on monthly billing and $24/user/mo billed yearly.
What it costs: $6/user/mo — $72 a year for your single seat, and it scales with every seat you add.
The fix: Move to annual billing, and re-check the seat count before you renew (see the per-seat creep trap on our watchlist).
Finding C — usage billing to watch (Greptile)
What we found: Greptile Pro is priced at $1 per credit, so your bill moves with usage rather than sitting at a flat plan price.
What to do: No change today. This is exactly the line your 12 months of alerts watch — if the per-credit price moves, you hear about it before your costs do.
3 · Cheaper alternative example
Every audit includes switch-or-stay calls like this one:
Your code-review stack: you run two AI code-review tools (CodeRabbit + Greptile). Before renewing both, compare the current AI code-review field side by side — features, current prices, free tiers — on VibeCodePicks, which tracks these tools' pricing. If one tool covers your review workflow, dropping the other is the single biggest saving on most lists like yours. Your paid report names the specific alternative and its checked price; we do not print a price here because this sample only quotes prices we verified on the dates above.
4 · Savings summary
| Action | Saving |
|---|---|
| Switch Bolt Pro to annual billing | $84 / year |
| Switch CodeRabbit Essentials to annual billing (1 seat) | $72 / year |
| Total identified | $156 / year |
Against a one-time audit fee of $29. Plus: 12 months of price-hike alerts on all five tools above — if Zed, Copilot, Bolt, CodeRabbit or Greptile raises its price, Marta gets an email before her renewal does.