Price record, updated
AI prices move. This page keeps the dates.
Model pricing moved three times this July alone, and the change everyone budgeted for on September 1 was cancelled on August 25. Below: the dated record, what each move did to real bills, and the alert list for the next one.
Provider list prices only, every entry dated. No estimates, no rumors.
Next on the calendar: Sonnet 5, both legs +50%.
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Counting to Sep 1, 2026, midnight in your timezone.
Ten months, five price events
Hover, tap, or arrow through the nodes. The card underneath shows what moved, by how much, and the source.
Cancelled
Sonnet 5's scheduled increase was cancelled
$2 / $10$2 / $10 no change
The $2/$10 introductory card was due to expire Aug 31 and rise 50% to $3/$15. Anthropic made the introductory price standard instead, and the increase will not occur. The metered task that billed $0.0410 in July still bills $0.0410.
Source: platform.claude.com pricing, read 2026-08-25: "The previously scheduled increase… will not occur."
The five events in full
- Nov 2025. Claude Opus rate cut: $15/$75 to $5/$25 per Mtok, 67% off both legs. Source: provider list price, November 2025.
- Jul 7, 2026. Fable 5 leaves Claude subscription plans: API-only at $10/$50, billed as usage credits. Source: plan change, public announcement.
- Jul 16, 2026. Kimi K3 API launches at $3/$15, flat across the full context window, cache-hit input $0.30. Source: Moonshot list price.
- Jul 24, 2026. Opus 5 launches at $5/$25, the Opus 4.8 card. Metered task: 4,610 tokens written vs 2,877 on Opus 4.8; $0.1158 vs $0.0724. Source: same-day dashboard bills.
- Sep 1, 2026 (scheduled). Sonnet 5 intro card ends: $2/$10 to $3/$15, both legs +50%. Source: provider schedule.
-67%the November Opus cut: $15/$75 down to $5/$25.
+50%the scheduled Sonnet 5 rise on Sep 1: $2/$10 to $3/$15.
5dated price events on the record since Nov 2025.
32days left on the Sonnet 5 intro card.
Cheaper or pricier since you last checked?
Pick the last time you looked at a rate card. This lists every dated move since.
Current cards, July 2026
| Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | $1.00 | $6.00 | 6x | |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | 5x | Intro ends Aug 31, then $3 / $15 +50% Sep 1 |
| Terra | $2.50 | $15.00 | 6x | |
| Kimi K3 | $3.00 | $15.00 | 5x | Cache-hit input $0.30, flat across context |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 5x | |
| Claude Opus 5 | $5.00 | $25.00 | 5x | Launched Jul 24 on the 4.8 card |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | $5.00 | $30.00 | 6x | |
| Fable 5 | $10.00 | $50.00 | 5x | API-only since Jul 7, billed as usage credits |
List prices from provider rate cards, checked . Names as published; Sonnet 5 shows its introductory card.
Scale check: one million tokens is roughly 750,000 English words. Every card above prices output tokens at 5 to 6x the input rate.
What the cancelled increase would have cost you
Sonnet 5 is the row that moves: $2/$10 becomes $3/$15 when the intro card ends Aug 31. Enter your current monthly Sonnet spend; the rest is arithmetic, not a forecast.
Any number works; the slider tops out at $2,000.
$150the same usage, billed after Sep 1.
+$50added per month.
+$600added per year.
Counterfactual receipt (the increase was cancelled Aug 25): both legs would have risen 50%, so any input/output mix would have cost exactly 1.5x. Added per year = monthly spend × 0.5 × 12. Same math on our metered task: $0.0410 in July re-prices to $0.0615.
Put Sep 1 on your calendar (.ics) or take the email alert below.
Get the next change the day it lands
Every price change reprices a roadmap. The November cut turned yesterday's too-expensive flagship into today's default; the September rise adds 50% to any bill planned on the intro rate. This list exists so the next one reaches you the day it happens, not on the invoice after.
Sample alert: the Sep 1 change, as it will arrive
Subject: Sonnet 5 increase cancelled — $2/$10 is now standard
$2 / $10 → $3 / $15, effective Sep 1, 2026.
Same metered task, repriced: $0.0410 → $0.0615.
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Time on the clock before the next one: 32 days.
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