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The Atlassian license diet: how to trim costs without losing capability
We’ve all been there: your Jira (or Confluence) instance hits 252 users. Everything seems fine until you realize you’re no longer on the 250-user plan. You’ve crossed the threshold into the 500-user tier, and your Atlassian bill has effectively doubled overnight. Lately, with pricing changes becoming more noticeable and impactful (as we explored in our previous article on peak billing ), these situations are no longer edge cases - they’re becoming the norm.
When “Peak Billing” Comes Knocking: How to Manage Atlassian’s New Pricing with Smarter Sharing
If you are not living under a stone, you must have heard about Atlassian’s new pricing model. This October, they introduced the “maximum quantity billing” (MQB) - a major shift in how customers are billed. This change is intended to provide more predictable costs and simpler tracking for budgeting and planning. But, at the same time, customers will need to manage user licenses carefully to optimize costs, especially if user counts fluctuate frequently within a month.