AI pricing briefing archive
Published briefings use primary sources. Draft briefings stay out of search until every factual and editorial claim is reconciled.
Archive updated October 14, 2026
Publication standard: a briefing is indexed only after every price, capability, benchmark, historical change, and consensus claim has a cited primary source and every affected pricing page agrees with it.
Published briefings
Source-backed briefing
Week 43 · October 19-25, 2026 · Latest briefingOpenAI 12-hour prompt caching rates, Mistral Large 4 back at list price after its launch offer, and new Voxtral 3, GLM 5.3 Flash and Eleven Realtime rate cards. One launch discount ended, one new caching option and three new rate cards.
Read the Week 43 briefing
Published
Week 42 · October 12-18, 2026The X Subscription bundles Grok, Cursor and X Premium, Gemini 4 Argon introductory API pricing, and Claude Opus 5.5 Fast mode rates. One plan restructure, one new rate card and one premium speed option.
Read the Week 42 briefing
Published
Week 41 · October 5-11, 2026Sonnet cache-read costs, eligible Claude API credits and account-specific Gemini access. Three distinct wallet effects, with eligibility and source qualifications.
Read the Week 41 briefing
Published
Week 40 · September 28 to October 4, 2026GPT-6.1 Sol cache-read pricing, optional Astra Ultrafast API rates and eligible Copilot next-cycle upfront billing. Three cost-choice and billing events.
Read the complete Week 40 briefing
Published
Week 39 · September 21-27, 2026Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol/Luna API launches, Anthropic refusal billing, and the September 21 xAI X Search billing change.
Read the complete Week 39 briefing
Published
Week 38 · September 14-20, 2026Copilot cost-aware Auto and approved budget increases; Gemini 3.8 Live paid-tier token rates. Incomplete reporting week, checked through September 19.
Read the prior Week 38 briefing
Published
Week 37 · September 7-13, 2026Lower DeepSeek Flash rates, GPT-Live voice-session charges and future Rosalind billing. Coverage through September 13, 01:05 UTC.
Read Week 37 briefing
Published
Week 36 · August 31-September 6, 2026Source-backed briefing covering lower Fable 5.1 cache-hit pricing, an xAI image endpoint migration, and Suno download limits.
Read Week 36 briefing
Published
Week 35 · August 24-30, 2026Source-backed light-week briefing covering API transcription costs and one same-price model migration.
Read Week 35 briefing
Published
Week 34 · August 17-23, 2026Source-backed briefing covering one API rate cut and one billing-timing change.
Read Week 34 briefing
Published
Week 33 · August 10-16, 2026Source-backed briefing covering DeepSeek V4 API rates, Claude Sonnet 5 pricing, and Suno download caps.
Read Week 33 briefing
Published
Week 32 · August 3-9, 2026Source-backed briefing covering verified pricing developments and plan changes.
Read Week 32 briefing
Published
Week 31 · July 27-August 2, 2026Source-backed briefing covering verified pricing developments and plan changes.
Read Week 31 briefing
Draft archive
Draft · source reconciliation pending
Week 30 · July 20-26, 2026Source reconciliation pending. This draft is not indexed.
Read archived draft
Draft · source reconciliation pending
Week 29 · July 13-19, 2026Source reconciliation pending. This draft is not indexed.
Read archived draft
Draft · source reconciliation pending
Week 28 · July 7-12, 2026Source reconciliation pending. This draft is not indexed.
Read archived draft