daily brief ·
Strix Passes Roo Code in OpenRouter Coding Tokens as DeepSeek, GLM Prices Diverge
Usage Strix overtook Roo Code in OpenRouter coding-tool token share, 37,387,513,592 vs 33,933,436,114 tokens over 7 days (+10.2% margin); Roo Code's 7d tokens fell from 39,104,664,699 (evt 63098).
Prices DeepSeek-v4-flash pricing split by host: hyper cut input $0.2→$0.1524/MTok (-23.8%, evt 62849), OpenRouter/kilo variants cut ~14.3–18.2% (evts 62731, 62692, 62844, 62250, 62217), while nano-gpt doubled input $0.07→$0.14/MTok (+100%, evts 62409, 62405). Z-ai/glm-5.2 fell $0.49→$0.308/MTok (-37.1%) on OpenRouter/models.dev (evts 62756, 62233) but rose $0.63→$0.7/MTok (+11.1%) on DigitalOcean (evt 62501). Qwen3.6-27b input halved $0.6→$0.3/MTok (-50%, evts 62700, 62243); qwen-plus-thinking cut 35% across kilo/openrouter/requesty listings (evts 62705, 62290, 62553). Minimax-m1 input cut $0.55→$0.4/MTok (-27.3%, evts 62726, 62297). Tencent hy3-preview spiked $0.063→$0.18/MTok (+185.7%, evts 62720, 62251). Requesty's Gemini-3.x EU tiers rose 10% across flash, flash-lite and 3.7-flash variants (evts 62882, 62859, 62857). Mimo-v2.5-pro input rose 8.7% while output fell 42% (evt 62599). Qwen3-30b-a3b and gpt-oss-120b saw smaller moves (evts 62695, 62672).
Releases Inclusionai/ling-3.0-tiny:free dropped from OpenRouter listings, last seen 2026-08-13 (evt 64249).
Plans Codex removed Pro, added Pro 5x/Pro 20x (evt 63089); Claude Code replaced Team Standard/Premium with per-seat tiers (evt 63088); Warp listed yearly prices for Free ($0), Build ($216), Max ($2,160), Business ($540) (evt 63096); Roo Code shifted to self-hosted user tiers (evt 63095); Zencoder, Kiro, Lovable, Amp, Base44, Firebase Studio, Emergent and Cody also revised plan limits (evts 63097, 63093, 63094, 63086, 63087, 63092, 63091, 63090).
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On the tape
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest input price cut $0.0783→$0.0671/MTok (-14.3%) on OpenRouter; output $0.1565→$0.1341
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
z-ai/glm-5.2 input price cut $0.49→$0.308/MTok (-37.1%) on OpenRouter; output $1.54→$0.968
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen3.6-27b input price cut $0.6→$0.3/MTok (-50%) on OpenRouter; output $3.6→$2
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
tencent/hy3-preview input price raised $0.063→$0.18/MTok (+185.7%) on OpenRouter; output $0.21→$0.6
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
qwen/qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking input price cut $0.4→$0.26/MTok (-35%) on OpenRouter; output $1.2→$0.78
- priceopenrouter.ai ↗
minimax/minimax-m1 input price cut $0.55→$0.4/MTok (-27.3%) on OpenRouter
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
digitalocean/glm-5.2 input price raised $0.63→$0.7/MTok (+11.1%) on models.dev; output $1.98→$2.2
- pricemodels.dev ↗
kilo/qwen/qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking input price cut $0.4→$0.26/MTok (-35%) on models.dev; output $1.2→$0.78
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
openrouter/qwen/qwen3.6-27b input price cut $0.6→$0.3/MTok (-50%) on models.dev; output $3.6→$2
- pricemodels.dev ↗
openrouter/qwen/qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking input price cut $0.4→$0.26/MTok (-35%) on models.dev; output $1.2→$0.78
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
openrouter/minimax/minimax-m1 input price cut $0.55→$0.4/MTok (-27.3%) on models.dev
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
requesty/gemini-3.5-flash@eu input price raised $1.5→$1.65/MTok (+10%) on models.dev; output $9→$9.9
- pricemodels.dev ↗
- pricemodels.dev ↗
requesty/gemini-3.7-flash@eu input price raised $0.75→$0.825/MTok (+10%) on models.dev; output $3.75→$4.125
- rankopenrouter.ai ↗
Strix overtakes Roo Code on OpenRouter coding usage: 37387513592 vs 33933436114 tokens (7d, +10.2%)
- deprecatedopenrouter.ai ↗
inclusionai/ling-3.0-tiny:free no longer listed on OpenRouter (absent 3 consecutive daily snapshots)
- planampcode.com ↗
Amp plans changed: Gigawatt limits changed; Unconstrained limits changed
- pricemodels.dev ↗
hyper/gpt-oss-120b input price cut $0.178→$0.1633/MTok (-8.2%) on models.dev; output $0.71→$0.6533
- planbase44.com ↗
Base44 plans changed: Free price now listed: $0/yr; removed Enterprise
- pricemodels.dev ↗
openrouter/qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b input price raised $0.12→$0.13/MTok (+8.3%) on models.dev; output $0.5→$0.52
- planclaude.com ↗
Codex plans changed: Plus limits changed; added Pro 5x, Pro 20x; removed Pro
- planemergent.sh ↗
- plankiro.dev ↗
- planlovable.dev ↗
Lovable plans changed: Free limits changed; Enterprise limits changed
- planroocode.com ↗
- planwarp.dev ↗
- planzencoder.ai ↗
Zencoder plans changed: Pro limits changed; Pro Plus limits changed
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