Pricing Updates

Plan changes, new tiers, and pricing updates.

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Googlepricing

Link·Sep 2, 2026

Flexible Usage Limits in Gemini Notebook

Gemini Notebook replaces a separate daily cap for each artifact type with one allowance you spend where you want.

Best for: getting more out of a plan when your work leans heavily on one kind of output
When to use it: you keep hitting the cap on one artifact type while the others go unused
Who benefits: Gemini Notebook users who work in bursts rather than evenly across a day

August 2026

Anthropicpricing

Link·Aug 29, 2026

Claude Code Weekly Limits Raised 25% (Permanent)

Standard weekly usage limits in Claude Code go up 25% permanently on September 14, replacing the temporary 50% increase running until then.

Best for: Planning how much Claude Code work fits into a week without hitting a usage wall
When to use it: You regularly run out of weekly usage before the reset and have been leaning on the temporary increase
Who benefits: Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise subscribers who use Claude Code daily

Anthropicpricing

Link·Aug 27, 2026

Claude Team Plan for Scientists

A Claude Team plan for academic and nonprofit researchers, with free standard seats and $15 per month premium seats.

Best for: Research labs that want the whole team on Claude without adding a budget line for it.
When to use it: Your institution is academic or nonprofit and a principal investigator can vouch for the lab.
Who benefits: Principal investigators and the researchers they add to their lab's plan.

SpaceXAIpricing

Link·Aug 26, 2026

Grok Bot on SuperGrok and Cursor Plans

Grok Bot is now included with SuperGrok, Cursor Pro, and all Cursor Teams plans at no extra cost.

Best for: Testing agent teammates without buying a separate product
When to use it: You already pay for SuperGrok or Cursor and want to see whether agents handle real work
Who benefits: Existing SuperGrok and Cursor subscribers, including teams on Cursor Teams plans

OpenAIpricing

Link·Aug 21, 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol Price Cut (Temporary)

OpenAI dropped API and credit pricing for GPT-5.6 Sol by more than 20%, for the next three months only.

Best for: work already running on GPT-5.6 Sol at volume
When to use it: you have a Sol workload you have been holding back on cost
Who benefits: developers on the API, and teams spending Codex or ChatGPT Work credits

Manuspricing

Link·Aug 21, 2026

Manus Free Access Extended (Through August 28)

Manus extended its free-access campaign, so free and paid users can keep using Manus 1.6 and 1.6 Lite at no charge within a daily allowance.

Best for: testing Manus on a task that matters before paying for it
When to use it: you have been meaning to try Manus and the window closes August 28
Who benefits: anyone evaluating Manus, on a free or a paid account

Googlepricing

Link·Aug 19, 2026

Google AI Pro Free Year for College Students

Eligible college students get 12 months of a paid Gemini plan at no cost.

Best for: Getting a full-featured Gemini plan into a student's hands without a budget conversation.
When to use it: You are a college student, or run programs for them, and the paid tier is the blocker.
Who benefits: Verified college students in the US and 140+ other countries.

Anthropicpricing

Link·Aug 18, 2026

Claude Code Weekly Limits Extended Through August 31

The 50% higher weekly cap on Claude Code stays in place until August 31 for paid plans.

Best for: Long Claude Code weeks that used to hit the cap before the project was done
When to use it: You are scoping work that runs into late August and need to know the ceiling
Who benefits: Paid Claude plan holders running Claude Code most days

Anthropicpricing

Link·Aug 10, 2026

Claude Sonnet 5 Pricing Made Permanent

The launch price for Sonnet 5, $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, stays instead of rising after August 31.

Best for: Budgeting high-volume agent and automation work that runs on Sonnet 5 through the API.
When to use it: You held off building on Sonnet 5 because the cheap rate was scheduled to expire.
Who benefits: Developers and teams running large token volumes through the Sonnet 5 API.

OpenAIpricing

Link·Aug 10, 2026

ChatGPT Business Premium Seats

A higher-capacity seat for ChatGPT Business at $125 per user per month, with five times the usage of a Standard seat.

Best for: Teams where a few heavy users keep hitting ChatGPT limits partway through a project.
When to use it: Your most active people run out of capacity before the work is finished and the rest of the team does not.
Who benefits: Workspace owners on ChatGPT Business who want to buy extra capacity per person instead of upgrading everyone.