AI pricing and rate-limit changes: October 2026
11 changes across 5 companies, 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-20. Month to date, as of 2026-10-22; provisional.
Pricing
| 2026-10-20 | OpenAI | 12-hour prompt caching option added; 12-hour cache writes cost 2.5x the input token price. | source · entry |
| 2026-10-07 | Anthropic | Prompt cache read price on Claude Sonnet 5.5 lowered. | source · entry |
| 2026-10-01 | Fireworks AI | Serverless price for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash increased (uncached input / cached input / output per 1M). | source · entry |
Rate limits
| 2026-10-18 | Fireworks AI | Small rate-limit tier threshold raised from <600B to <800B total parameters; ceilings unchanged. | source · entry |
| 2026-10-15 | Anthropic | Fast mode for Claude Opus 5.5 left research preview and received a default rate limit in Start, Build and Scale tiers. | source · entry |
| 2026-10-07 | Fireworks AI | Adaptive rate-limit ceilings for Small serverless models doubled. | source · entry |
| 2026-10-06 | OpenAI | API usage tiers simplified from five to three (Build, Launch, Grow). | source · entry |
| 2026-10-02 | Together AI | Dynamic serverless rate limits that scaled with recent traffic were retired. | source · entry |
| 2026-10-02 | Fireworks AI | Adaptive rate-limit ceilings for Small serverless models increased. | source · entry |
Quotas
| 2026-10-08 | GitHub | Org owners can bill Copilot code reviews to the organization instead of consuming members' Copilot quotas. | source · entry |
Plans
| 2026-10-07 | Anthropic | Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits for the Claude Platform. | source · entry |
Corrections this month
None.
Upcoming effective dates (stated by source)
- 2026-11-02: xAI: grok-imagine-image-quality retires 2026-11-02; requests will be served by grok-imagine-image-2.0 (quality=low) at a lower per-image price. (entry)