Raspberry Pi hikes prices again, barely a month after the last round
Memory crunch pushes 16GB Pi 5 to $385, more than triple its launch price, just a month after the last round of hikes
Raspberry Pi has raised prices once more, just a month after the previous price increase. The 16GB Pi 5, which launched in January 2025 for $120, now costs $385, a 221 percent hike. This follows earlier price increases of $25 in December, $60 in February, and $100 in April. The 16GB Compute Module 5 and the Raspberry Pi 500+ have also seen price hikes of $40.
Eben Upton, Raspberry Pi's CEO, attributes the price hikes to soaring memory costs, exacerbated by a shortage of alternative suppliers for 16GB DRAM and ongoing component shortages. The 16GB Pi 5 originally cost $120 when it launched, and customers are now paying $265 more than two years later. Despite reporting record first-half results, with revenue up 90% to $256.9 million and gross profit up 79% to $59.4 million, Upton warns that the price increases are likely to be temporary, as memory shortages could persist into 2028.
Buyers are advised to consider alternatives with less RAM or optimize their applications to work with less memory.
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