Before & After & Inbetween

...because they recently changed their service / upped their prices, etc.

1. Feedly (www.feedly.com)

my current plan (Pro) is 6$ a month and maintains its features because I'm a long-time client despite some of these features having been used to a new plan (Pro+ for 8.5$), which also brings Newsletter & Tweet-curation, and some nifty AI-filter automation on topics.
I'm currently staying put, but I'm tempted, because it's a service I use frequently and daily and the additional features would be useful. Also, so far they always did a lot of testing, also community-testing on their features, and so far got it right. There are a couple features in Pro I didn't use so far, but I'll probably give them a test / shake up, to see if the upgrade would be worth it.

2. IFTTT (www.ifttt.com)

goes pro (for at least 1.99$ a month if one takes it before October) or way more expensive later (think 10 bucks a month). Free accounts get limited to prefabricated applets and three self-made ones.
No. Fucking. Way.
Yes, they are easy to use and know a ton of services, but most of the services can already be GAssted or automated via smartphone / Tasker, and it often takes ages for an applet to trigger. Definitely not worth the money, even if they allow multiple triggers now (again - GA & Tasker are way more granular than they could hope to be). Their service ought to be good before becoming expensive!