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AI & SaaS pricing this week: 1 raised, 2 cut (13 pages moved) - 2026-10-04

Every one of the 133 pricing pages in the tracked set is fetched daily. These are the ones whose price-bearing content changed in the last 7 days.

Company Category Change Entry price Detected
Fal.ai ai-infra pricing structure changed - 2026-10-01
LangChain ai-infra pricing structure changed - 2026-10-02
Modal ai-infra pricing structure changed - 2026-10-01
Weaviate ai-infra pricing structure changed - 2026-10-03
ElevenLabs ai-media pricing structure changed - 2026-10-03
Synthesia ai-media price decrease - 2026-10-02
Topaz Labs ai-media price decrease - 2026-10-02
Pipedream automation price decrease - 2026-10-01
Fly.io dev-platform price increase $5 -> $6 (+20%) 2026-10-02
Render dev-platform price decrease $32 -> $20 (-38%) 2026-10-02
Intercom marketing price decrease $29 -> $19 (-34%) 2026-10-04
beehiiv marketing price decrease - 2026-10-02
Zoom productivity pricing structure changed - 2026-10-03

ai-infra

Fal.ai

pricing structure changed. Detected 2026-10-01.

  • added: $0.0002
  • added: $0.002
  • added: $0.003
  • added: $0.005
  • added: $0.01
  • removed: * For a fair comparison, we've normalized these values to show approximate output per $1.
  • removed: Output per $1

LangChain

pricing structure changed. Detected 2026-10-02.

  • added: Engine is metered in LSUs (LangChain Standard Units), which are consumed during each Engine run. 1 LSU costs $1.
  • added: LangChain Standard Units. $1.00 / LSU
  • added: s metering rate and usage. 1 LSU = $1.
  • removed: Engine is metered in LCUs (LangChain Compute Units), which are consumed during each Engine run. 1 LCU costs $1.50.
  • removed: compute. $1.50 / LCU
  • removed: eployments, and sandboxes. 1 LCU = $1.50.
  • removed: eployments, and sandboxes. 1 LSU = $1.00
  • removed: storage. $1.00 / LSU

Modal

pricing structure changed. Detected 2026-10-01.

  • added: $0.00000222
  • added: $0.00000667
  • added: $0.0000131
  • added: $0.00003942
  • added: $0.000491/image
  • removed: $0.00000222 / GiB / sec
  • removed: $0.00000667 / GiB / sec
  • removed: $0.0000131 / core / sec
  • removed: $0.00003942 / core / sec
  • removed: $0.000164 / sec

Weaviate

pricing structure changed. Detected 2026-10-03.

  • added: from $0.014 / GiB
  • added: from $0.021 / GiB
  • added: from $0.03036/ GiB
  • added: from $0.33 / GiB
  • removed: from $0.0134 / GiB
  • removed: from $0.0200 / GiB
  • removed: from $0.0290 / GiB
  • removed: from $0.1505 / GiB

ai-media

ElevenLabs

pricing structure changed. Detected 2026-10-03.

  • added: $1per month
  • added: $6 First month 83% off
  • removed: $6per month

Synthesia

price decrease. Detected 2026-10-02.

  • added: $0 per month
  • added: $0.10
  • added: $0.10per minute
  • added: $0.20
  • added: $0.20per minute
  • removed: $29/month
  • removed: $89/month
  • removed: A starter plan provides you with 10 video minutes per month. The amount of videos you generate depends on the length of each video you generate.
  • removed: For Creator plan users, Synthesia costs $89/month or $804/year if you pay annually.
  • removed: For Starter plan users, Synthesia costs $29 per month or $264 if you go with an annual plan.

Topaz Labs

price decrease. Detected 2026-10-02.

  • added: Over $1,100/yr of apps included
  • added: Over $1,100/yr of professional AI tools for only $399/yr.
  • added: Over $130/mo of apps included
  • added: Over $130/mo of professional AI tools for only $45/mo.
  • added: Over $175/mo of apps inlcuded
  • removed: $229/yr
  • removed: $27/mo*
  • removed: $490/yr
  • removed: Over $1,400/yr of apps included
  • removed: Over $1,400/yr of professional AI tools for only $399/yr.

automation

Pipedream

price decrease. Detected 2026-10-01.

  • added: $ 0 01 0 9012345 0 90
  • added: $150 per month
  • added: $99 per month
  • added: 10,000 included, then $0.012 each
  • added: 100 included, then $2 each
  • removed: $0/mo
  • removed: $1,188 billed annually
  • removed: $2 per additional user
  • removed: $29/mo
  • removed: $348 billed annually

dev-platform

Fly.io

price increase. Detected 2026-10-02.

  • added: $0.0030
  • added: $0.0061
  • added: $0.0122
  • added: $0.0183
  • added: $0.021875 / GB-hour
  • removed: $0.0027
  • removed: $0.0054
  • removed: $0.0108
  • removed: $0.0162
  • removed: $0.0216

Render

price decrease. Detected 2026-10-02.

  • added: $20/month
  • added: $60/month
  • added: $600/month
  • removed: $1100/month
  • removed: $2.50/hour
  • removed: $250/month
  • removed: $32/month
  • removed: $550/month

marketing

Intercom

price decrease. Detected 2026-10-04.

  • added: $19per seat/mo
  • removed: $29per seat/mo

beehiiv

price decrease. Detected 2026-10-02.

  • added: $49
  • added: $95
  • added: Avg. $39/mo
  • added: Everything in Free plan, plus:
  • added: Free forever
  • removed: $0per month
  • removed: $1,151 billed annually
  • removed: $43per month
  • removed: $517 billed annually
  • removed: $96per month

productivity

Zoom

pricing structure changed. Detected 2026-10-03.

  • added: $22 $16.50 1
  • added: current standard rate (currently $22/user/month, billed annually upfront) un
  • added: n-current standard rate (currently $22/user/month, billed annually upfro
  • added: nly to the add-on price (currently $22/user/month) and does not apply to
  • added: y to the add-on price (currently $22/user/month) and does not apply to, or r
  • removed: $22

Method

Pricing pages are fetched once a day. Only price-bearing lines are extracted, normalized and hashed, so layout and copy changes do not register. Everything above is a change in the actual pricing content.


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