daily brief ·
Claude Code Pro Rises $17→$200/yr; OpenRouter Hikes Prices on 20+ Models
Prices
OpenRouter repriced a swath of open models today, mostly upward: qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct input +220% to $0.8/MTok (evt 9139), z-ai/glm-5 input +58.3% to $0.95/MTok (evt 9114), moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 input +52% to $0.57/MTok (evt 9116), qwen/qwen3.6-27b input +55.7% to $0.45/MTok (evt 9101), nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b input +162.5% to $0.21/MTok (evt 9111), and deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 input +25.4% to $0.269/MTok (evt 9119). meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct jumped +150% to $0.05/MTok (evt 9142). Not all moves were hikes: models.dev cut ambient/ambient/large and ambient/z-ai/glm-5.2 input prices -25% to $1.05/MTok (evt 9196, evt 9195), openai/gpt-oss-120b fell -16.7% to $0.03/MTok on models.dev (evt 9176), and google/gemma-4-31b-it dropped -50% to $0.06/MTok (evt 9166). Separately, openai/gpt-oss-120b rose +23.3% to $0.037/MTok on OpenRouter (evt 9128). openai/gpt-5.3-chat is slated for removal from OpenRouter on 2026-08-10 (evt 10265).
Usage
On OpenRouter's 7-day coding-token leaderboard, Codex overtook Peezy Gateway (86,658,352,771 vs 78,418,778,746 tokens, +10.5%, evt 9300), Cursor did the same (83,481,983,750 vs 78,418,778,746, +6.5%, evt 9301), and Oh-My-Pi surpassed Peezy Gateway too (90,255,319,508 vs 78,418,778,746, +15.1%, evt 9299). OpenHands passed Roo Code (43,517,786,462 vs 40,465,076,444, +7.5%, evt 9302), OpenSquilla passed Ito (22,601,277,417 vs 20,640,311,825, +9.5%, evt 9303), Agent Zero passed Letaido (15,895,185,176 vs 15,052,854,036, +5.6%, evt 9304), and mimocode passed Qwen Code (14,511,699,266 vs 13,406,242,010, +8.2%, evt 9305).
Plans
Claude Code's Pro tier annual price moved $17→$200/yr, Enterprise added a $20/mo tier, and Team seat prices were removed from listing while an Education plan was added (evt 9288). Codex introduced a $0/mo Free plan and revised Plus/API Key limits (evt 9290). Zencoder set yearly pricing: Pro $40/yr, Pro Plus $85/yr, Pro Max $175/yr (evt 9298). Replit's Starter tier is listed at $0/yr with updated deployment limits (evt 9296).
events in this brief
On the tape
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen3.6-27b input price raised $0.289→$0.45/MTok (+55.7%) on OpenRouter; output $2.4→$2.7
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
xiaomi/mimo-v2.5 input price raised $0.105→$0.14/MTok (+33.3%) on OpenRouter
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minimax/minimax-m2.7 input price raised $0.24→$0.3/MTok (+25%) on OpenRouter; output $0.96→$1.2
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b input price raised $0.08→$0.21/MTok (+162.5%) on OpenRouter; output $0.45→$0.455
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b input price raised $0.385→$0.45/MTok (+16.9%) on OpenRouter; output $2.45→$3
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
z-ai/glm-5 input price raised $0.6→$0.95/MTok (+58.3%) on OpenRouter; output $1.92→$3.15
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 input price raised $0.375→$0.57/MTok (+52%) on OpenRouter; output $2.025→$2.85
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z-ai/glm-4.6 input price raised $0.43→$0.5/MTok (+16.3%) on OpenRouter; output $1.75→$2
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct input price raised $0.2→$0.21/MTok (+5%) on OpenRouter; output $0.88→$1.9
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct input price raised $0.09→$0.1/MTok (+11.1%) on OpenRouter
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
openai/gpt-oss-120b input price raised $0.03→$0.037/MTok (+23.3%) on OpenRouter; output $0.15→$0.17
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507 input price raised $0.0482→$0.1/MTok (+107.7%) on OpenRouter; output $0.1931→$0.3
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen3-coder input price raised $0.22→$0.3/MTok (+36.4%) on OpenRouter; output $1.8→$1
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
mistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct input price raised $0.075→$0.1/MTok (+33.3%) on OpenRouter; output $0.2→$0.3
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
minimax/minimax-m1 input price raised $0.4→$0.55/MTok (+37.5%) on OpenRouter
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- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
google/gemma-3-27b-it output price raised $0.16→$0.45/MTok (+181.3%) on OpenRouter
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen2.5-vl-72b-instruct input price raised $0.25→$0.8/MTok (+220%) on OpenRouter; output $0.75→$1
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
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meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct input price raised $0.02→$0.05/MTok (+150%) on OpenRouter; output $0.03→$0.08
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
mistralai/mistral-nemo output price raised $0.03→$0.04/MTok (+33.3%) on OpenRouter
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
openrouter/google/gemma-4-31b-it input price cut $0.12→$0.06/MTok (-50%) on models.dev
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
ambient/z-ai/glm-5.2 input price cut $1.4→$1.05/MTok (-25%) on models.dev
- pricemodels.dev ↗
ambient/ambient/large input price cut $1.4→$1.05/MTok (-25%) on models.dev
- planclaude.com ↗
Codex plans changed: Free $?→$0/mo; Plus limits changed; API Key limits changed
- planreplit.com ↗
Replit plans changed: Starter $?→$0/yr; Replit Core limits changed
- planzencoder.ai ↗
Zencoder plans changed: Pro $?→$40/yr; Pro Plus $?→$85/yr; Pro Max $?→$175/yr
- rankopenrouter.ai ↗
Oh-My-Pi overtakes Peezy Gateway on OpenRouter coding usage: 90255319508 vs 78418778746 tokens (7d, +15.1%)
- rankopenrouter.ai ↗
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OpenSquilla overtakes Ito on OpenRouter coding usage: 22601277417 vs 20640311825 tokens (7d, +9.5%)
- rankopenrouter.ai ↗
Agent Zero overtakes Letaido on OpenRouter coding usage: 15895185176 vs 15052854036 tokens (7d, +5.6%)
- rankopenrouter.ai ↗
mimocode overtakes Qwen Code on OpenRouter coding usage: 14511699266 vs 13406242010 tokens (7d, +8.2%)
- deprecatedopenrouter.ai ↗
openai/gpt-5.3-chat scheduled for removal on OpenRouter (expires 2026-08-10)
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