Generated 2026-11-14
Vendor risk report · 2026-11-14
Replit Agent
ai-coding · Replit · founded 2016
Nerf Index
17
clean
Executive Summary
1 critical + 2 major changes on record · roughly one every 74 days.
Primary use case: Cloud AI coding workspace.
Risk Profile
3
Total receipts
1
Critical
2
Major
0
Last 90 days
47
Peak nerf score
major
Avg severity
~74d
Cadence
Series B
Funding stage
12-Month Forecast
9%
Next 30 days
17%
Next 60 days
24%
Next 90 days
Most likely change kind: billing-model-shift · Expected severity: major
Observed 3 receipts over 147 days (cadence ~49d). Last receipt 367 days ago. Most common kind: billing-model-shift.
Receipts (chronological)
- 2025-11-12 · major · nerf 47 · billing-model-shiftReplit Agent switches from fixed monthly quota to opaque 'effort-based' billingReplit's $25/mo Core plan moved from a deterministic monthly agent quota to a metered 'effort units' system. Users now pay per task with no upfront indication of cost. CEO Amjad Masad publicly acknowledged in posts that 'every Cursor-like company is paying more to Anthropic/OpenAI than they make.'Predicted impact: 49-70% of paid users · ~$7-$350 per user
- 2025-09-10 · critical · nerf 21 · otherReplit Agent 3 launch triggers $1,000/week bills - users report 5-20x monthly cost spikesReplit launched Agent 3 on September 10, 2025. Within a week, users reported single-week bills hitting $1,000 against previous monthly bills of $180-200. The Register and InfoWorld both covered the backlash.Predicted impact: 0-50% of paid users · ~$0-$30 per user
- 2025-06-18 · major · nerf 47 · billing-model-shiftReplit launches effort-based pricing - per-checkpoint $0.25 model replacedOn June 18, 2025 Replit replaced its $0.25-per-checkpoint Agent pricing with effort-based pricing that bundles complex tasks into single variable-cost checkpoints. Rolled out to new users immediately, forced on existing Core and Teams subscribers July 1.Predicted impact: 49-70% of paid users · ~$7-$350 per user
Recommendations
- Low risk. Vendor has demonstrated stable behavior over the observed period.
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