AI Briefing#pricing
The latest AI and developer news about #pricing, with the original source and a short summary.
The latest AI and developer news about #pricing, with the original source and a short summary.
The Max 20x plan now comes with a $200 monthly credit for `claude -p` and the Agent SDK.
Starting June 15, Claude paid plans will separate Agent SDK and `claude -p` usage into dedicated monthly credits.
Starting June 15, 2026, Anthropic will introduce separate credits for the Claude Agent SDK.
Claude now provides separate monthly credits for the Agent SDK and `claude -p`.
Vercel AI Gateway now offers fast mode for Claude Opus 4.7 as a research preview.
As agent usage grew, major AI subscription plans collapsed one after another.
Claude Pro users must pay for additional usage to use Opus in Claude Code.
Starting June 1, 2026, GitHub Copilot will switch to usage-based billing, raising Claude rates for existing annual plans by up to 9x.
DeepSeek has lowered its API prices by up to 90% and also cut V4 costs by 75%.
GPT-5.5 topped the intelligence index on Artificial Analysis, but it also ranked among the most expensive.
GitHub Copilot's GPT-5.5 billing rate has risen from 1x to 7.5x.
DeepSeek applied a limited-time 75% price cut to the V4 API.
It's a public catalog that updates GPU prices from 20+ clouds every 7 hours.
GitHub Copilot has locked individual plans and moved Claude Opus 4.7 up to Pro+.
GitHub Copilot's pay-per-use model has ended, so non-subscribers can no longer sign up.
Anthropic appeared to move Claude Code from the $20 plan to the $100 plan, but quickly reversed it.
Opus 4.7 keeps the same price, but token counts can increase up to 1.35x.
Signs have emerged that Anthropic is restricting Claude Code access for new Claude Pro subscribers.
Claude Code has been removed from Claude Pro and moved to higher-tier plans.
Claude Code has disappeared from the Claude Pro pricing page's list of included features.
GitHub Copilot has suspended new sign-ups for Pro and Pro+ and scaled back Claude Opus availability.
New sign-ups for GitHub Copilot's individual plans will be paused and usage limits will be tightened.
Claude Opus 4.7 arrives in Copilot, with 4.5 and 4.6 being phased out in sequence.
ChatGPT plans expand to 6 tiers, with Pro split into $100 and $200 options.