In short: the urgent one is remove.bg closing its website on 2026-12-01. The rest are renames or smaller free plans, so just check your bookmarks and billing.
- ✓ Based on official notices
- Checked 2026-09-28
- ! “—” means no official date found
These are the tools listed on SiteCurio that recently shut down, changed their name or changed what the free plan includes. Click a tool name for its full page.
Shutting down or moving
| Tool | When | What changed | What to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| remove.bg | 2026-12-01 | Website closes and moves into Canva (site notice) | Download anything you need before then. Alternatives: background remover test of 5 tools. |
New name or owner
| Tool | When | What changed | What to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Looker Studio → Data Studio | 2026-04 | Renamed back to Data Studio. New address datastudio.google.com; old links redirect. Still free | Just update your bookmark. |
| Coda → Superhuman Docs | 2026-07-08 | Became Superhuman Docs. Only Doc Makers are billed; editors and viewers are free | Re-check your team billing. |
| Quizizz → Wayground | — | Name change only. Accounts, content and joinmyquiz.com links keep working | Nothing to do. |
| Grammarly | — | Now part of Superhuman. Free plan: 100 AI prompts a month | Basic spelling and grammar checks stay free. |
| Loom | — | Acquired by Atlassian and being merged into its platform. Free: 25 videos per person, 5 minutes each | For longer videos, consider a paid plan or another screen recorder. |
Free plan changes
| Tool | When | What changed | What to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evernote | — | Free plan: 50 notes, 1 notebook, 1 device. Plans renamed to Starter and Advanced | With many notes, consider exporting or another notes app. |
| WeTransfer | — | Senders now need an account even on the free plan. 3GB and 10 transfers per 30 days; links last up to 3 days | Recipients can still download without an account. |
| Vocaroo | Notice 2026-02 | Recordings never played are deleted after 12 months; a shorter period is under consideration | Download important recordings and keep your own copy. |
| Copy.ai | — | No free plan on the pricing page; cheapest Chat plan is US$29/month. Now focused on sales and marketing (GTM) | Looking for free AI writing? Check other tools. |
| Kraken.io | Tried by us 2026-09-28 | Free web tool limits files to 1MB. It refused a 3.88MB photo and cut a 624KB photo by only 7.8% | For larger photos see our image compression test. |
Checked 2026-09-28 · We add new changes here as they happen. Know of another change? Let us know.