7 events for developer tools during August 17–23, 2026: 4 pricing changes tracked and 3 deadlines our listings state. 3 more recorded with no known effective date.

Pricing Changes: August 17–23, 2026

7 events in week 34, 2026: 4 changes tracked and 3 deadlines our listings state. 3 more recorded with no known effective date.

7 events
4 changes
3 stated deadlines
2 deprecated
1 restricted
1 restructured
3 first read

High Impact (2)

deprecated MiniMax effective 2026-08-20 AI / ML
MiniMax closed its paid Music Generation and Lyrics Generation APIs to new users on 2026-08-20, and says its free music models (Music-3.0-free, Music-2.6-free, music-cover-free) will be discontinued, with no date given. M2.7 and Hailuo prices are unchanged. Source ↗
deprecated Google Content API for Shopping effective 2026-08-18 API Development
Google Content API for Shopping was sunset on 2026-08-18, and its requests have returned progressive errors since 2026-09-01. Google names the Merchant API, generally available since July 2025, as its successor; developers who need more time can apply for extended access. Source ↗

Medium Impact (2)

restructured Anchor Browser effective 2026-08-21 Browser Automation
From August 21, 2026, Anchor Browser bills each AI step by the tier of the model that runs it: $0.01 for Light models, $0.05 for Standard models such as Claude Haiku 4.5 and GPT-5, and $0.10 for High Performance models such as Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus and GPT-5.5. Before that date every AI step cost $0.01. With your own model key, a step is still a flat $0.01. Browser, browser-hour and proxy prices did not change. Source ↗
restricted CertKit effective 2026-08-18 Security
CertKit renamed its free plan Homelab and limited it to personal, non-commercial use between 2026-07-15 and 2026-08-18. Its limits stayed at 2 certificates, 1 agent and 1 seat. Source ↗

Deadlines stated for August 17–23, 2026 (3)

3 deadlines our listings state. These are quoted dates, not additional change records.

stated deadline Cerebras 2026-08-17 AI / ML
Model IDs Cerebras deprecated in 2026: zai-glm-4.6 on 2026-01-20; llama-3.3-70b on 2026-02-16, replaced by gpt-oss-120b; qwen-3-32b on 2026-02-16, replaced by gpt-oss-120b; llama3.1-8b on 2026-05-27, replaced by gpt-oss-120b; qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507 on 2026-05-27, replaced by gpt-oss-120b; zai-glm-4.7 on 2026-08-17, with no replacement named; gemma-4-31b on 2026-09-03, replaced by qwen-3.8-27b (Gemma 4 31B stays available on Dedicated Inference). Source ↗
stated deadline Together AI 2026-08-19 AI / ML
Together AI serverless serves Kimi K3 (moonshotai/Kimi-K3) at $3.00/$15.00 and Kimi K3.1 Pro (moonshotai/Kimi-K3.1-Pro) at $2.00/$10.00; moonshotai/Kimi-K2.7-Code was removed on 2026-08-27, moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6 on 2026-08-19 and moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5 on 2026-05-21. Source ↗
stated deadline NVIDIA NIM 2026-08-21 AI / ML
GLM: z-ai/glm4.7 on 2026-05-14, z-ai/glm-5.1 on 2026-07-02, z-ai/glm-5.2 on 2026-08-21 and z-ai/glm-5.3 on 2026-10-27 (GLM 5.3 Flash, z-ai/glm-5.3-flash, is still a Free Endpoint). Source ↗

Effective date unknown (3)

3 changes recorded during August 17–23, 2026 have no known effective date. Each is dated the day we recorded it, not the day its terms took effect, so none is counted as a change that took effect during August 17–23, 2026. Where archived copies of the vendor's page bracket a change, it is dated by the first copy that shows the new terms.

increased Resend effective between 2026-08-19 and 2026-08-20 Email
The free tier now has a limit of 3,000 emails/month (100/day) and includes 3 domains. Previously 3K emails/month (100/day) and 1 domain. The free tier also includes ticket support, 10,000 automation runs, and 30-day data retention. Source ↗
reduced Basecamp effective between 2026-08-16 and 2026-08-19 Project Management
Basecamp cut its free plan from up to 20 users to 5, and now offers it as one free project for personal use. It still has 1 project and 1 GB of storage. Source ↗
reduced BugBug effective between 2026-06-22 and 2026-08-18 Testing
The free plan now has limits: 15 tests, 4 test suites, 1 user, and 1 project. Source ↗

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