17 guides
Pricing
Plain-English guides on pricing for non-technical founders building with AI tools.
founder · 6 min read
NewOpenAI DevDay 2026: what founders should actually do about Dots, Sol and the $500 plan
OpenAI's September 29 DevDay shipped always-on agents, GPT-6.1 Sol and a $500 plan. Here's what matters if you build with AI tools and what to ignore.
founder · 7 min read
NewThree Frontier Models in 48 Hours, All Cheaper. Here's the Part That Reaches Your Bill.
Grok 4.7, Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol/Luna landed in two days at lower prices. The price war is one tier below the flagships — the tier your tools run on.
founder · 8 min read
NewTwo AI Coding Plans Shrank This Month. Neither Price Moved.
Claude Code lost 17% of its weekly limits on Sep 14. Codex loses GPT-5.5 on Oct 14. Same invoice, less product — and one clear pattern behind both.
founder · 8 min read
NewClaude Fable 5.1: The Price Cut Hiding Behind an Unchanged Price Tag
Anthropic kept Fable's sticker price identical and cut the real cost 25-45%. Why your tool bill may move before your tool announces anything.
founder · 7 min read
Your Agent Can Now Run for 10 Hours Without Asking You Anything
Lovable's /goal runs up to 10 hours without pausing for questions, and costs noticeably more. Cursor shipped the same thing 11 days earlier.
founder · 9 min read
UpdatedThe Vibe Coding Pricing Calendar: Every Dated Change We Can Verify
Every dated change to what AI coding tools cost you, with the vendor page we read it on. Now tracking Claude Code and Codex too. Updated Sep 18.
founder · 7 min read
Your Copilot Bill Goes Up on Tuesday. The Price Doesn't Change.
On September 1, GitHub Copilot's promotional AI credits expire. Business drops 37%, Enterprise 44%, and the subscription price stays exactly the same.
founder · 7 min read
Cursor Rebills Auto on Monday, and the Only Notice Was an Email
On August 24, Cursor's Auto mode stops being a flat rate and starts drawing at the routed model's price. Included usage rises too. Here's the net.
founder · 7 min read
Grok 4.6: a real jump for long agent runs, and a pricing cliff at 200K
SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 is live in Cursor and Grok Build. The headline is $2/$6 per million tokens. The number that actually hits your bill is different.
founder · 7 min read
Replit made most of your AI usage stop counting. Here's the catch.
Replit's Free Mode runs everyday Agent work on OpenAI's cheap Luna model at no credit cost. What it changes for your bill, and where the meter still runs.
founder · 8 min read
Stripe Just Bought the Switchboard Your AI Runs Through
Stripe closed a $7B+ deal for OpenRouter, the neutral model router behind thousands of AI apps. Here's what changes for founders, and what to watch.
founder · 7 min read
Google Halved Its Coding Model Price. DeepSeek Raised Its 11x. Same Week.
In three days, the model layer under your vibe coding tool moved hard in both directions. Here's what actually reaches your bill, and what to do.
founder · 8 min read
Your AI coding tool now picks the model for you, and here's why that matters
Cursor Router and the rise of automatic model routing means you stop choosing models and start choosing a cost posture. What founders and PMs need to know.
founder · 6 min read
GLM-5.2: the cheap open coding model that just undercut GPT-5.5
Z.ai's GLM-5.2 matches frontier coding models at roughly a sixth of the price, with open weights. Here's the practical read for non-technical builders.
founder · 6 min read
The June 2026 Billing Reset: Why Every AI Tool Changed Pricing at Once
Three major tools changed how they bill within weeks of each other. It's not a coincidence. Here's the pattern behind the shift and what to do about it.
founder · 7 min read
Anthropic's June 15 Billing Change: What It Means If You Build With Claude
On June 15, Anthropic splits interactive and programmatic usage into separate pools. Here's what changes, and what doesn't, if you don't write code.
founder · 6 min read
The Real Cost of Vibe Coding: An Honest Breakdown
What you'll actually pay when building with AI tools: subscription fees, API costs, hosting, and the hidden time costs most guides skip.