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# v26.5.3 — November 10, 2026

> v26.5.3: Refer and earn, with a referral link, 10% off the first purchase and referral balance for your plan

**v26.5.3**

November 10, 2026

### Refer and earn

Once you have paid for a plan, you get a referral link on the new **Referrals** page of the panel. Anyone who signs up through your link gets **10% off their first paid purchase**, and you earn **10% of what they pay for their first 12 months of plan**, as **referral balance**.

* **The balance pays your plan.** It offsets renewals, upgrades and purchases at checkout, and can cover an order entirely. On automatic card renewal it is used before the card is charged, and you can turn that off on the Referrals page.
* **Released 7 days after each payment**, and it expires after 6 months without activity, with an email 30 days before.
* **Referral balance is not money:** it can't be withdrawn, transferred or refunded.
* **Where to see it:** the Referrals page, the **Refer and earn** card in the sidebar, the **Use referral balance** switch at checkout and your link on the payment confirmed screen.
* **Coupons:** on the first purchase, the referral discount doesn't stack with a coupon; the larger discount is used.

See the [Referral Program](https://docs.vertracloud.app/referral-program.md) guide.

### Purchase confirmation emails for every plan purchase

Purchase confirmation emails are now sent for every plan purchase.

### Cleaner, faster metrics charts

The metrics charts of applications and databases are cleaner and load faster.


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