Blackbox AI: BYOK fee disclosure dropped, encryption upgraded to end-to-end
What happened
Between the Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026 captures of Blackbox AI's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: BYOK's $25K/mo free + 5% overage fee schedule removed from FAQ; 'Bring your own keys (BYOK)' bullet dropped from Enterprise plan. Encryption claim upgraded from 'encryption in transit' to 'end-to-end encryption' in Pay As You Go and Enterprise plans. In detail: BYOK's explicit fee schedule (free to $25K/mo, 5% overage) was removed from the FAQ, and the 'Bring your own keys (BYOK)' bullet was dropped from the Enterprise plan's feature list; Encryption claim upgraded from 'encryption in transit' to 'end-to-end encryption' across the hero copy and the Pay As You Go and Enterprise plan feature lists. Pulse files it as a packaging change (add-on change, feature change) with a neutral direction. The current page lists Pro at $8, Pro Plus at $16 and Pro Max at $32.
It lands 50 days after Blackbox AI's previous change, "Blackbox AI quietly drops Minimax-M2.5 from unlimited free tier" (Jun 22, 2026). Blackbox AI has been tracked since 2026-05-14.
In the same window Cursor, Windsurf, Google, Replit and GitHub also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Enterprise · Add-onAdd-on change
BYOK's explicit fee schedule (free to $25K/mo, 5% overage) was removed from the FAQ, and the 'Bring your own keys (BYOK)' bullet was dropped from the Enterprise plan's feature list.
- Enterprise · FeatureRewordedencryption in transitend-to-end encryption
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Add-on | — | $25K/mo | Add-on change |
| Enterprise | Feature | encryption in transit | end-to-end encryption | Reworded |
Values as written on Blackbox AI'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 Blackbox AI's pricing page (blackbox.ai) from Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where "encryption in transit" becomes "end-to-end encryption".
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Blackbox AI, the last 90 days
Full history- Aug 10, 2026packagingBlackbox AI: BYOK fee disclosure dropped, encryption upgraded to end-to-end · this change
- Jun 22, 2026improvedBlackbox AI quietly drops Minimax-M2.5 from unlimited free tier
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- CursorJul 27Cursor adds plan taglines, swaps Hobby's third perk to Composer access
- WindsurfJul 13Windsurf upgrades Devin's bundled model to SWE 1.7 across banner and Free-tier...
- GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
- ReplitJul 4Replit: Core/Pro annual discounts rebalanced + multi-agent parallelism added
- GitHubJun 8GitHub adds cloud sandbox for Copilot agent workflows
Questions about this change
Did Blackbox AI raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: add-on change, feature change.
What changed on Blackbox AI's pricing page between Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026?
BYOK's explicit fee schedule (free to $25K/mo, 5% overage) was removed from the FAQ, and the 'Bring your own keys (BYOK)' bullet was dropped from the Enterprise plan's feature list; Enterprise feature: encryption in transit → end-to-end encryption, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Blackbox AI change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Blackbox AI in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Blackbox AI quietly drops Minimax-M2.5 from unlimited free tier" on Jun 22, 2026; Blackbox AI has been tracked since 2026-05-14.