Pricing changes and updates from event vendors since April 2026.
correctedGoogle GLM 5effective 2026-09-09medium impact
Data correction - our own entry for Google GLM 5 was incorrect. Google publishes no model called GLM 5; GLM is Zhipu AI's model family, and the catalogue's separate Zhipu AI record already lists the GLM-4 series. The Vertex AI model reference this record cited never writes GLM: that URL redirects to a live Google page of 73,312 readable characters in which GLM appears zero times, and the terms we published from it - '10 frames per second' - are a video sampling rate from the Gemini API documentation.
Source ↗restructuredGoogle Meetdiscovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknownhigh impact
The free tier no longer offers the same features. It also mentions 1080p video quality, studio lighting, and noise reduction as premium features available on certain paid plans (Google One, Workspace Business, or Enterprise). Live captions are still mentioned as a feature.
Source ↗reducedGoogle Cloud Pub/Subdiscovered 2026-09-03 · effective date unknownmedium impact
The Always Free tier of 10 GiB messages/month still exists, but it only applies to the Message Delivery Basic SKU. Throughput costs for BigQuery and Cloud Storage subscriptions, as well as import topics, are not free even within the first 10 GiB.
Source ↗restructuredGoogle Gemini APIdiscovered 2026-09-03 · effective date unknownhigh impact
The free tier and pricing have been significantly restructured. The current pricing page details Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash, and 3.5 Live Translate with different pricing tiers (Free and Paid) for Standard, Batch, Flexible, and Priority modes. The free tier now offers limited free usage of certain features like Google Search and Maps integration.
Source ↗deprecatedGoogle Tenor APIeffective 2026-06-30high impact
Google Tenor public API shutting down June 30, 2026. New API key signups halted January 13, 2026. Only the public GIF search API is affected — Tenor website and app continue operating. Developers must migrate to alternative GIF APIs
Source ↗deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-06-01high impact
Gemini 2.0 Flash and 2.0 Flash-Lite will be deprecated June 1, 2026. Developers must migrate to Gemini 2.5 Flash or 3.x Flash models. Google is consolidating the model lineup — 2.0 generation reaching end of life as 2.5 and 3.x become production-ready.
Source ↗deprecatedGoogle Mapseffective 2026-05-31high impact
Google Maps Platform Client ID authentication sunset. All Client ID-based authentication will stop working. Migration to API key authentication required.
Source ↗deprecatedGoogle Content API for Shoppingeffective 2026-04-15high impact
Google Content API for Shopping being sunset August 18, 2026. Replaced by Merchant API, rolling out April 22, 2026. Developers must migrate before the sunset deadline.
Source ↗restructuredGoogle Maps Platformeffective 2026-04-13low impact
Free tier restructured: Essentials 10K/month, Pro 5K/month, Enterprise 1K/month per SKU We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Google Maps Platform's rating.
deprecatedGoogle BigQueryeffective 2026-04-12low impact
Removed: source page no longer accessible or deal program discontinued We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Google BigQuery's rating.
restrictedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-04-08high impact
No longer in force (2026-09-05). Gemini API free tier restricted to Flash and Flash-Lite models only (April 2026). Gemini 2.5 Pro and other Pro models now require a paid billing account. Previously free users could access Pro models with rate limits. Combined with April 1 spend cap enforcement, this significantly narrows what is available at $0. No longer in force as of 2026-09-05: this record's own source page gives Gemini 2.5 Pro a Free Tier of "Free of charge" for input and for output. The contrast is on the same table - Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview reads "Not available" in the Free Tier column, which is what a paid-only model looks like there. Gemini 3.1 Pro is paid-only; 2.5 Pro is not. We hold no evidence either way about the state on 2026-04-08, so this is recorded as no longer in force rather than retracted.
Source ↗restrictedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-04-01medium impact
Billing-account-level spend caps enforced starting April 1, 2026. When a tier's spend cap is reached, API requests pause until the next billing month. Affects pay-as-you-go developers who may see unexpected request pausing.
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