Quarterly report · evidence-based
State of AI Pricing
What 75 AI tools officially charge as of the 2026-08-21 verification run — which vendors run real promotions, and every confirmed price movement since. No scraped guesses, no expired offers.
Coverage
75 tools tracked
Every tool in our directory has an official-pricing snapshot dated 2026-08-21 or later.
10 verified promos
Found on official pricing pages during verification runs. Each links to the vendor page so you can confirm before buying.
8 since baseline
Detected automatically when a new verification run differs from the stored snapshot.
Verified promotions right now
| Tool | Promo detail | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Firefly | On the verification date, Pro Plus and Premium had first-year 30% promotions of US$34.97 and US$139.91 per month, ending 2026-10-21. Promotional unlimited access to selected models applies for the first year under the offer terms. | 2026-08-25 |
| AIBase | Yearly billing is 20–40% off (Basic yearly ~$180; Pro yearly equivalent ~$29.9 × 12 × 0.6 ≈ $215; Ultimate $99.9 × 12 with 40% off ≈ $720, saving $238.8 on the Pro tier). | 2026-08-28 |
| AllVideoAI | Promotional countdown timers and 'new customer offer' discounts appear on the pricing page; verify current prices before subscribing. | 2026-08-25 |
| Grantable | Qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations with annual operating budgets under approximately $500,000 get 50% off Starter and Pro for one year ($25/month and $75/month). | 2026-08-26 |
| Microsoft Copilot | Microsoft 365 Copilot Business is displayed at a promotional $18/user/month, paid yearly, versus a $21 list price. | 2026-08-25 |
| Midjourney | Annual billing is a 20% discount. | 2026-08-25 |
| Slack AI | The page was also displaying a 50%-off-for-three-months promotion for eligible Pro and Business+ purchases. | 2026-08-25 |
| TenantCloud | TenantCloud's official pricing page lists Starter at $25/month or $180/year billed annually ($15/month, advertised as 40% off); Growth at $35/month or $350/year ($29/month); Pro at $60/month or $600/year ($50/month); and Business starting at $100/month as a custom plan. | 2026-08-26 |
| TypingMind | TypingMind offers one-time lifetime licenses: Standard at $39 (basic chat, AI agents, voice input, chat sharing), Extended at $79 (adds image generation, web search, text-to-speech, vision/images, document upload), and Premium at $99 (discounted from $198, adds multi-model chats, unlimited plugins, projects and folders, artifacts, free updates). A Bulk License for up to 10 users on 50 devices is $395 (discounted from $790). | 2026-09-01 |
| You.com | The current public pricing page primarily lists APIs: Web Search $5/1,000 calls, Contents $1/1,000 pages, Answer $5/1,000 calls, Research from $12/1,000 calls, and Finance Research from $110/1,000 calls, with a $100 introductory credit. | 2026-08-25 |
Confirmed price changes since baseline
| Date | Tool | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | Cursor | Cursor: official pricing page changed since 2026-08-21 check. Re-verified 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-08-25 | Grok | Grok: official pricing page changed since 2026-08-21 check. Re-verified 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-01 | Shortwave | Shortwave: official pricing page changed since 2026-08-29 check. Re-verified 2026-09-01. |
| 2026-09-01 | Browse AI | Browse AI: official pricing page changed since 2026-08-29 check. Re-verified 2026-09-01. |
| 2026-09-01 | Rows | Rows: official pricing page changed since 2026-08-29 check. Re-verified 2026-09-01. |
| 2026-09-01 | NotebookLM | NotebookLM: official pricing page changed since 2026-08-29 check. Re-verified 2026-09-01. |
| 2026-09-01 | TypingMind | TypingMind: official pricing page changed since 2026-08-29 check. Re-verified 2026-09-01. |
| 2026-09-01 | Speechify | Speechify: official pricing page changed since 2026-08-29 check. Re-verified 2026-09-01. |
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Methodology: every figure traces to the vendor's official pricing page with a checked date shown in AI Pricing Watch. Prices change often — verify on the vendor page before purchase. This report is research, not purchasing advice.