5 pricing changes tracked for developer tools during February 9–15, 2026. 4 high-impact changes.

Pricing Changes: February 9–15, 2026

5 changes tracked in week 7, 2026.

5 changes
2 removed
1 reduced
1 oss killed
1 restructured

High Impact (4)

removed Brave Search API effective 2026-02-12 Search
Free tier (2,000 queries/month) eliminated. Replaced with $5 prepaid metered credits at $0.003-$0.005 per query (pay-as-you-go). Credit card required, no spending cap Source ↗
oss killed MinIO effective 2026-02-12 Storage
MinIO marked its open-source repository "NO LONGER MAINTAINED" on 2026-02-12 and archived it on 2026-02-13, ending the AGPL community edition with no further bug fixes or security patches. Development continues in the commercially licensed MinIO AIStor. Community releases had been source-only since 2025-10-15, and the repository had been in maintenance mode since 2025-12-03. Source ↗
reduced Spotify API effective 2026-02-11 APIs
Premium subscription now required for development mode, test users cut from 25 to 5 Source ↗
removed X (Twitter) effective 2026-02-09 APIs
Free tier replaced with pay-per-use + $10 one-time credit Source ↗

Medium Impact (1)

restructured Microsoft Partner Developer Benefits effective 2026-02-13 Cloud IaaS
Per-user monthly Azure credits eliminated, replaced with organization-level bulk Azure credits. Visual Studio license in all benefit tiers now exclusively VS Enterprise IDE Source ↗

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