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The Token Tape — 2026-07-26: wandb/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 input price cut $0.29→$0.23/MTok

Prices

  • wandb/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 input price cut $0.29→$0.23/MTok (-20.7%) on models.dev; output $1.2→$0.96 (evt 24753)
  • openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash input price raised $0.0938→$0.14/MTok (+49.3%) on models.dev; output $0.1876→$0.28 (evt 24729)
  • openrouter/qwen/qwen3.6-27b input price raised $0.289→$0.3/MTok (+3.8%) on models.dev; output $2.4→$2 (evt 24713)
  • openrouter/qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507 input price cut $0.1→$0.0482/MTok (-51.9%) on models.dev; output $0.3→$0.1931 (evt 24700)
  • openrouter/arcee-ai/trinity-large-thinking input price cut $0.25→$0.22/MTok (-12%) on models.dev; output $0.8→$0.85 (evt 24693)
  • openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 input price cut $0.684→$0.646/MTok (-5.6%) on models.dev; output $3.42→$2.72 (evt 24641)
  • wandb/zai-org/GLM-5.2 input price cut $1.39→$0.76/MTok (-45.3%) on models.dev; output $4.4→$2.42 (evt 24625)
  • wandb/openai/gpt-oss-120b input price cut $0.04→$0.03/MTok (-25%) on models.dev; output $0.14→$0.17 (evt 24624)
  • wandb/google/gemma-4-31B-it input price cut $0.12→$0.1/MTok (-16.7%) on models.dev; output $0.35→$0.34 (evt 24623)
  • wandb/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.7-Code input price cut $0.94→$0.71/MTok (-24.5%) on models.dev; output $4→$3.5 (evt 24622)
  • wandb/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 input price cut $0.95→$0.65/MTok (-31.6%) on models.dev; output $4→$3.41 (evt 24621)
  • qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507 input price cut $0.1→$0.0482/MTok (-51.9%) on OpenRouter; output $0.3→$0.1931 (evt 24570)
  • arcee-ai/trinity-large-thinking input price cut $0.25→$0.22/MTok (-12%) on OpenRouter; output $0.8→$0.85 (evt 24527)
  • deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash input price raised $0.0938→$0.14/MTok (+49.3%) on OpenRouter; output $0.1876→$0.28 (evt 24513)
  • qwen/qwen3.6-27b input price raised $0.289→$0.3/MTok (+3.8%) on OpenRouter; output $2.4→$2 (evt 24507)
  • ambient/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code input price cut $0.82→$0.75/MTok (-8.5%) on models.dev; output $3.75→$3.5 (evt 24746)

Adoption

  • gpt-5-4-mini passed 50B OpenRouter tokens/day (52995417023) (evt 26004)
  • codex passed 50B OpenRouter tokens/day (74380972410) (evt 26003)
  • opencode passed 100k npm downloads/7d (249601) (evt 26000)
  • codex passed 1M npm downloads/7d (1484269) (evt 25999)
  • codex passed 100k npm downloads/7d (1484269) (evt 25998)
  • github-copilot passed 100k npm downloads/7d (197345) (evt 25997)
  • pi passed 100k npm downloads/7d (157943) (evt 25996)
  • claude-code passed 1M npm downloads/7d (1388446) (evt 25995)
  • claude-code passed 100k npm downloads/7d (1388446) (evt 25994)

Plans

  • Zencoder plans changed: Pro price no longer listed (was $40/yr); Pro Plus price no longer listed (was $85/yr); Pro Max price no longer listed (was $175/yr); Enterprise limits changed (evt 24968)
  • Z Code plans changed: Pro limits changed; Max limits changed (evt 24967)
  • Roo Code plans changed: added More than 100 users (evt 24966)
  • Qodo plans changed: Pro Team limits changed (evt 24965)
  • Lovable plans changed: Free limits changed (evt 24964)
  • Kiro plans changed: KIRO FREE limits changed; KIRO PRO limits changed; KIRO PRO+ limits changed; KIRO PRO MAX limits changed; KIRO POWER limits changed; removed KIRO PRO (Team), KIRO PRO+ (Team), KIRO PRO MAX (Team), KIRO POWER (Team) (evt 24963)
  • Junie plans changed: AI Pro limits changed; AI Ultimate limits changed; AI Enterprise limits changed; All Products Pack limits changed; dotUltimate limits changed (evt 24962)
  • Factory plans changed: added Plan1, Team, Enterprise; removed Agent-native, multi-platform experience, ~5x the usage of Pro, ~10x the usage of Pro, Tailored for your team, Enterprise scale (evt 24961)
  • Emergent plans changed: Standard price no longer listed (was $17/yr); Pro price no longer listed (was $167/yr) (evt 24960)
  • Devin plans changed: plan set updated (evt 24959)
  • Codebuff plans changed: added 1x usage, 2.5x usage, 7x usage; removed 1× usage, 2.5× usage, 7× usage (evt 24958)
  • Claude Code plans changed: Pro price now listed: $17/yr; Team - Standard seat price now listed: $20/yr; Team - Premium seat price now listed: $100/yr; Enterprise price no longer listed (was $20/mo); added Education (evt 24957)
  • Bolt plans changed: Pro limits changed (evt 24956)
  • Base44 plans changed: Elite price now listed: $160/mo; Pro price now listed: $80/mo; Builder price now listed: $40/mo; Starter price now listed: $16/mo; Free price now listed: $0/yr (evt 24955)
  • Amazon Q Developer plans changed: Free Tier limits changed; Pro Tier limits changed (evt 24954)

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