The Token Tape — 2026-08-20: Zencoder plans changed: Pro $480→$40/yr; Pro Plus $1020→$85/

Plans

• Zencoder plans changed: Pro $480→$40/yr; Pro Plus $1020→$85/yr; Pro Max $2100→$175/yr (evt 70716)

Prices

• ofox/z-ai/glm-5.3 input price cut $1.4→$1.26/MTok (-10%) on models.dev; output $4.4→$3.96 (evt 70499)
• chutes/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-TEE input price cut $0.45→$0.4/MTok (-11.1%) on models.dev; output $3.2→$3 (evt 70497)
• vercel/alibaba/qwen3.8-27b input price raised $0.1→$0.55/MTok (+450%) on models.dev; output $0.4→$3.3 (evt 70495)
• kilo/qwen/qwen3.8-27b input price raised $0.45→$0.55/MTok (+22.2%) on models.dev; output $3.2→$3.3 (evt 70491)
• ofox/volcengine/doubao-seed-2.1-turbo input price cut $0.442→$0.3536/MTok (-20%) on models.dev; output $2.212→$1.7696 (evt 70460)
• ofox/volcengine/doubao-seed-2.1-pro input price cut $0.884→$0.7072/MTok (-20%) on models.dev; output $4.42→$3.536 (evt 70459)
• openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 input price raised $0.66→$1.188/MTok (+80%) on models.dev; output $1.98→$3.564 (evt 70447)
• deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 input price raised $0.66→$1.188/MTok (+80%) on OpenRouter; output $1.98→$3.564 (evt 70443)
• openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro input price raised $0.66→$1.44/MTok (+118.2%) on models.dev; output $1.98→$2.88 (evt 70353)
• openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324 input price cut $0.27→$0.25/MTok (-7.4%) on models.dev; output $1.12→$1 (evt 70348)
• openrouter/qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b input price raised $0.225→$0.25/MTok (+11.1%) on models.dev; output $1.8→$1.25 (evt 70320)
• openrouter/qwen/qwen3.6-27b input price raised $0.3→$0.6/MTok (+100%) on models.dev; output $2→$3.6 (evt 70317)
• openrouter/~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest input price cut $0.0765→$0.065/MTok (-15%) on models.dev; output $0.153→$0.14 (evt 70307)
• hyper/gpt-oss-120b input price raised $0.1633→$0.188/MTok (+15.1%) on models.dev; output $0.6533→$0.7 (evt 70277)
• hyper/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 input price raised $0.13→$0.44/MTok (+238.5%) on models.dev; output $0.26→$1.32 (evt 70270)
• hyper/glm-5.2 input price raised $1.1→$1.5243/MTok (+38.6%) on models.dev; output $3.851→$4.7907 (evt 70249)
• hyper/minimax-m2.7 input price cut $0.47→$0.41/MTok (-12.8%) on models.dev; output $1.76→$1.52 (evt 70247)
• kilo/~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest input price cut $0.0765→$0.065/MTok (-15%) on models.dev; output $0.153→$0.14 (evt 70197)
• ofox/z-ai/glm-5.2 input price cut $1.4→$0.98/MTok (-30%) on models.dev; output $4.4→$3.08 (evt 70181)
• empiriolabs/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 input price raised $0.14→$0.424/MTok (+202.9%) on models.dev; output $0.28→$1.272 (evt 70168)
• opencode/gpt-5.6-sol input price cut $5→$2.5/MTok (-50%) on models.dev; output $30→$15 (evt 70154)
• llmgateway/deepseek-v4-flash input price raised $0.05→$0.076/MTok (+52%) on models.dev; output $0.09→$0.153 (evt 70148)
• opencode-go/gpt-5.6-luna input price raised $0.1→$0.2/MTok (+100%) on models.dev; output $0.6→$1.2 (evt 70128)
• opencode-go/hy3 input price cut $0.14→$0.0175/MTok (-87.5%) on models.dev; output $0.58→$0.0725 (evt 70126)
• deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324 input price cut $0.27→$0.25/MTok (-7.4%) on OpenRouter; output $1.12→$1 (evt 70114)
• qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b input price raised $0.225→$0.25/MTok (+11.1%) on OpenRouter; output $1.8→$1.25 (evt 70081)
• deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro input price raised $0.66→$1.44/MTok (+118.2%) on OpenRouter; output $1.98→$2.88 (evt 70058)
• qwen/qwen3.6-27b input price raised $0.3→$0.6/MTok (+100%) on OpenRouter; output $2→$3.6 (evt 70053)
• ~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest input price cut $0.0765→$0.065/MTok (-15%) on OpenRouter; output $0.153→$0.14 (evt 70015)
• qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct input price cut $0.1→$0.09/MTok (-10%) on OpenRouter (evt 68197)
• moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 input price cut $0.57→$0.45/MTok (-21.1%) on OpenRouter; output $2.85→$2.25 (evt 68183)
• qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b input price cut $0.29→$0.26/MTok (-10.3%) on OpenRouter; output $2.4→$2.08 (evt 68176)
• google/gemma-4-31b-it input price cut $0.1→$0.09/MTok (-10%) on OpenRouter (evt 68167)
• qwen/qwen3.6-27b input price cut $0.6→$0.3/MTok (-50%) on OpenRouter; output $3.6→$2 (evt 68147)
• z-ai/glm-5.2 input price raised $0.5→$0.966/MTok (+93.2%) on OpenRouter; output $3.15→$3.036 (evt 68132)

Adoption

• gemini-3-1-pro passed 50B OpenRouter tokens/day (76999287127) (evt 71896)
• codebuff passed 10k GitHub stars (10140) (evt 71895)

Deprecations

• ~z-ai/glm-latest scheduled for removal on OpenRouter (expires 2098-12-31) (evt 71894)
• nvidia/nemotron-nano-9b-v2:free scheduled for removal on OpenRouter (expires 2026-08-24) (evt 71890)