Baseten cuts Reflection Beam API rates up to 72%, input now $0.40 per 1M
What happened
Between the Oct 20, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026 captures of Baseten's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Reflection Beam Model API per-1M-token rates cut: input $1.30 to $0.40, cache input $0.13 to $0.04, output $4.30 to $1.20. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 13, 2026) lists Pro at $1, Enterprise at $1 and Basic at $1.32 DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 input (per 1M tokens) + $0.30 Kimi K3 cache input (per 1M tokens).
It lands 3 days after Baseten's previous change, "Baseten adds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 at $0.30 input, $1.20 output per 1M tokens" (Oct 18, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Baseten adds Reflection Beam and Meta Muse Spark Open to Model APIs lineup" (Oct 17, 2026), "Baseten adds Nemotron 3.5 Super VL at $0.20 per 1M input tokens" (Oct 16, 2026) and "Baseten adds GLM-5.3 Fast, retires 6 models, cuts DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cache price 77%" (Sep 27, 2026). Baseten has been tracked since 2026-02-26.
In the same window Wodify and Zen Planner also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- −69%Beam APIPrice$1.30$0.40
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beam API | Price | $1.30 | $0.40 | −69% |
Values as written on Baseten's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Baseten's pricing page (www.baseten.co) from Oct 20, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where beam api price reads $1.30 and then $0.40.
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Baseten, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 29, 2026PackagingBaseten: Input pricing revealed for elephant-1 ($0.035) & mammoth-1 ($0.10)
- Oct 26, 2026Price decreaseBaseten: Model APIs: Reflection Beam token prices cut: input $1.30 to $0.40, cache input $0.13 to $0.04, output $4.30…
- Oct 22, 2026ImprovementBaseten adds elephant-1 and mammoth-1 models from Base Labs, pricing TBD
- Oct 21, 2026Price decreaseBaseten cuts Reflection Beam API rates up to 72%, input now $0.40 per 1M This change
- Oct 18, 2026PackagingBaseten lists four new Model APIs models, including DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- Oct 18, 2026ImprovementBaseten adds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 at $0.30 input, $1.20 output per 1M tokens
- Oct 17, 2026PackagingBaseten adds Reflection Beam and Meta Muse Spark Open to Model APIs lineup
- Oct 16, 2026PackagingBaseten adds Nemotron 3.5 Super VL at $0.20 per 1M input tokens
- Sep 27, 2026Price decreaseBaseten adds GLM-5.3 Fast, retires 6 models, cuts DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cache price 77%
- Sep 22, 2026Price decreaseBaseten slashes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cached input 77% to $0.007 per 1M tokens
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All AI & Machine Learning changesQuestions about this change
Did Baseten raise prices in October 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Oct 20, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026 Baseten's pricing page showed 1 price cut: Beam API: $1.30 → $0.40 (−69%).
What changed on Baseten's pricing page between Oct 20, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026?
Beam API price: $1.30 → $0.40 (−69%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 20, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Baseten change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 8 other pricing-page changes for Baseten in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Baseten adds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 at $0.30 input, $1.20 output per 1M tokens" on Oct 18, 2026; Baseten has been tracked since 2026-02-26.