Why Apify is standardizing Actor pricing
# project-rentalss
sauain
04/14/2026, 10:32 AMHello @here 👋
As requested by many of you, we have wrote a blog and made it live about depreciating rental and why are we doing it.
Link: https://blog.apify.com/standardizing-actor-pricing/
Please feel free to use this blog to send it to your customers and tell them why Apify is doing this.
Happy to answer question.
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igolaizola
04/14/2026, 2:36 PMWhat is this 14 days "cooling period"?
> Review during the cooling period: Use the 14-day window to review how the PPE model fits your specific volume and usage patterns.
igolaizola
04/14/2026, 2:37 PMIs this the time since they get the notification of the price change, until it is done?
igolaizola
04/14/2026, 2:37 PMDuring that time, users are still in rental mode. Aren't they?
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Ella 🍙
04/21/2026, 7:58 AMYes, this is the 14 days mandatory notice period for pricing changes
Ella 🍙
04/21/2026, 7:59 AMWhen you change your pricing model from rental to PPE, you will have the opportunity to email your users about the upcoming changes. We have a template for you to do this, so your users will get a clear explanation that this change is coming from Apify's platform changes.
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igolaizola
04/21/2026, 7:41 PMWhat happens if, during that transition, our actor tries to charge a PPE event?
Do we need to sync pushing our PPE code with the exact timing when these 14 days finish?
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Ella 🍙
04/23/2026, 8:21 AMNot if you set your pricing events as the default events (more info here: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event#best-practices-for-ppe-actors)