Developer Pricing: August 17–23, 2026

2 products deprecated, 1 pricing restructure across 4 developer tool pricing changes

Biggest Losses (4)

deprecated MiniMax 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 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 ↗

restructured Anchor Browser 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 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 ↗

Effective date unknown (1)

1 change recorded during August 17–23, 2026 has no known effective date. It is dated the day we recorded it, not the day its terms took effect, so it is not 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.

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 ↗

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