AI pricing & limits change log
Every dated change to AI subscription prices, usage limits and free tiers we have verified, newest first. Detected changes are reviewed by a human before they appear here.
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plan restructureCursorCursor moves into The X Subscription: new Plus $8 / Premium $30 / Super $100 / Ultra $200 plans with a weekly pool
New customers now buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription (Grok + Cursor + X). Usage moves from two monthly pools to one weekly pool shared with Grok; third-party models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) are no longer included and bill at API list price on Premium and above. Legacy Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra ($200) continue for existing subscribers.
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plan restructureGrok / SuperGrok (The X Subscription)SuperGrok folded into The X Subscription (Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200)
xAI announced one subscription for Grok, Cursor and X Premium; Premium bundles the benefits of SuperGrok, Cursor Pro and X Premium+ ('previously $90/month combined'). Existing SuperGrok plans continue.
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benefit addedClaude (Free, Pro, Max)Claude Max now includes monthly API credits ($100 on Max 5x, $200 on Max 20x)
Anthropic's platform release notes: 'Claude Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits.' Credits don't cover interactive Claude Code and don't roll over.
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new tierlimit cutChatGPT (Free, Go, Plus, Pro)ChatGPT Pro 500 ($500/mo) launched; Pro 200 reopened with a lower usage allowance
Pro 500 adds Ultrafast GPT-6 Astra / GPT-6.1 Sol. New, non-grandfathered Pro 200 subscriptions get a lower allowance; grandfathered users keep the old allowance through Oct 29, 2026.
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billing modelGitHub CopilotGitHub Copilot switches to usage-based GitHub AI Credits; Max plan ($100) launches
Premium requests replaced by AI Credits billed at model API rates. Pro $10 includes $15 total ($10 base + $5 flex), Pro+ $39 includes $70, new Max $100 includes $200. Flex allotments may change over time.
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price cutnew tierGoogle Gemini (Google AI Plus, Pro, Ultra)Google AI Ultra cut from $249.99 to $199.99; new $99.99 Ultra (5x Pro) tier
Announced at Google I/O 2026. The top Ultra tier keeps 20x AI Pro limits at the lower price.
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new tierChatGPT (Free, Go, Plus, Pro)ChatGPT adds a $100/month Pro tier (5x Plus Codex usage)
New Pro tier between Plus ($20) and Pro ($200); temporary 10x Codex promo through May 31, 2026. Plus Codex usage rebalanced across the week.
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billing modelWindsurf (Devin Desktop)Windsurf drops credits for daily/weekly quotas; adds $200 Max plan
Effective March 19, 2026 (announced March 18): Free/Pro/Teams get auto-refreshing daily and weekly quotas instead of credits; Pro $20, Teams $40/seat, new Max $200.
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limit addedClaude (Free, Pro, Max)Claude Pro and Max get weekly usage limits on top of 5-hour limits
Announced July 28, 2025, effective Aug 28: an overall weekly limit and an Opus weekly limit, both resetting every 7 days. Anthropic estimated <5% of subscribers affected.
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limit changeCursorCursor Pro switches from 500 requests/month to $20 of frontier-model usage at API rates
Cursor later apologized (July 4, 2025) for the unclear rollout and offered refunds for unexpected charges between June 16 and July 4.
Sources: cursor.com · techcrunch.com