10 events for developer tools during October 19–25, 2026: 7 pricing changes tracked and 3 deadlines our listings state. 3 more recorded with no known effective date. 1 change announced this week takes effect later.

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Pricing Changes: October 19–25, 2026

10 events in week 43, 2026: 7 changes tracked and 3 deadlines our listings state. 3 more recorded with no known effective date.

1 change announced this week takes effect later.

10 events
7 changes
3 stated deadlines
6 deprecated
1 increased
3 first read

Medium Impact (2)

deprecated OpenAI effective 2026-10-23 AI / ML
The OpenAI API keeps running. The gpt-3.5-turbo, gpt-4, gpt-4-turbo, gpt-4-1106-preview, gpt-4.1-nano, gpt-4o-2024-05-13, gpt-image-1, o1, o1-pro, o3-mini and o4-mini models, with their fine-tuned versions, can be called until October 23, 2026, when OpenAI shuts down their access. OpenAI names a substitute for each model: gpt-3.5-turbo to gpt-5.6-terra; gpt-4, gpt-4-turbo, gpt-4-1106-preview and gpt-4o-2024-05-13 to gpt-5.6-sol; gpt-4.1-nano to gpt-5.6-luna; gpt-image-1 to gpt-image-2.5-sunburst or gpt-image-2.5-flare; o1 to gpt-5.6-sol; o1-pro to gpt-5.6-sol with reasoning.mode: pro; o3-mini to gpt-5.6-sol; o4-mini to gpt-5.6-terra. Source ↗
deprecated Google Gemini API effective 2026-10-20 AI / ML
On Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), Google retired gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-2.5-flash and gemini-2.5-flash-lite on October 20, 2026. Google names gemini-3.8-flash as a replacement for all three. On the Gemini API, Google shuts down gemini-2.5-pro and gemini-2.5-flash on December 1, 2026. gemini-2.5-flash-lite has no shutdown date on the Gemini API. Source ↗

Low Impact (5)

deprecated Google Gemini API effective 2026-10-23 AI / ML
The Gemini API keeps running. The Deep Research agent preview deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025 can be called until October 23, 2026, when Google shuts it down. Google names deep-research-preview-04-2026 as the replacement. Source ↗
deprecated Google Gemini API effective 2026-10-22 AI / ML
The Gemini API keeps running. Gemini Omni Flash Preview (gemini-omni-flash-preview) and the Veo 3.1 preview models (veo-3.1-generate-preview, veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview and veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview) can be called until October 22, 2026, when Google shuts them down. Google names gemini-omni-1.1-flash as the replacement for all four. Source ↗
deprecated Together AI effective 2026-10-22 AI / ML
The Together AI API keeps running. meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 can be called on serverless inference until October 22, 2026, when Together removes them. Together recommends meta-models/Muse-Glimmer-30B or a dedicated endpoint in place of Llama 3.3 70B, and deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash in place of DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731. Source ↗
deprecated NVIDIA NIM effective 2026-10-19 AI / ML
NVIDIA's free API endpoints keep running. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b) can be called on NVIDIA's free endpoints until October 19, 2026; NVIDIA's model page says it will no longer be supported after 10/19/2026. Source ↗
increased Stability AI effective 2026-10-19 AI / ML
By October 19, 2026, Stability AI had cut Stable Audio 3.0 from 26 to 8 credits a generation and Stable Audio 2.5 from 20 to 8, so the 25 free credits a new account gets now cover three Stable Audio generations. Stable Audio 3.0 had cost more than the whole grant. Stability's pricing page gave 26 and 20 credits on October 5, 2026, and its new docs pricing page gives 8 for both on October 19. Source ↗

Deadlines stated for October 19–25, 2026 (3)

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

stated deadline Exa 2026-10-19 AI / ML
Since October 19, 2026, Instant, Fast and Deep Reasoning are legacy search types that keep working at their current prices. Source ↗
stated deadline MiniMax 2026-10-19 AI / ML
MiniMax M2.5 and M2.7 models are unavailable to new users from 2026-10-19. Source ↗
stated deadline Mistral AI 2026-10-20 AI / ML
API prices: Ministral 3 (3B) $0.1/$0.1 (per 1M tokens); Mistral Small 4 $0.15/$0.6 (per 1M tokens); Mistral Large 3 $0.5/$1.5 (per 1M tokens); Mistral Large 4 (mistral-large-4; public preview since 2026-10-06, 1M-token context) $0.7/$2.1 (per 1M tokens); this price started on 2026-10-29; from 2026-10-20 until then, it was $1.36/$4.18; Mistral Medium 3.5 $1.5/$7.5 (per 1M tokens); Codestral $0.3/$0.9 (per 1M tokens). Source ↗

Effective date unknown (3)

3 changes recorded during October 19–25, 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 October 19–25, 2026. Where archived copies of the vendor's page bracket a change, it is dated by the first copy that shows the new terms.

deprecated HiveMQ discovered 2026-10-22 · effective date unknown Messaging
HiveMQ no longer lets anyone create Serverless clusters and retires the Serverless plan (Free and Pay As You Go) on 2026-12-31. Existing clusters run until then. After that date, clients cannot connect and HiveMQ permanently deletes the clusters and their data. Source ↗
increased cDox effective between 2026-08-28 and 2026-10-20 Team Collaboration
The Free plan moved from 50 MB of storage and 3 public links to 150 pages and sheets and unlimited public links. Source ↗
reduced Socket.dev effective between 2026-10-10 and 2026-10-19 Security
By October 19, 2026, Socket.dev's Free plan covers 1 dev seat, which Socket defines as an active developer who contributes code to your repositories. Its pricing page read "Unlimited developers & repos" for the Free plan on October 10. Source ↗

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