GitBook triples AI answer quota and adds Agent to Ultimate plan
What happened
Between the May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026 captures of GitBook's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Premium plan gained AI search. Ultimate plan card updated: AI insights, GitBook Agent, Channels, and Consolidate content added; Scale with sections & groups, Search across docs, and Custom fonts removed from featured highlights; AI Assistant successful answer quota for Ultimate plan increased from 200 to 500 included answers per month in the comparison table. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature change, limit increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Essential at $12 and Ultimate at $12.
GitBook's previous recorded change was "GitBook fixes annual pricing display, adds enterprise customer logos" (May 21, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "GitBook rebrands Premium insights features as analytics across pricing page" (Apr 22, 2026) and "GitBook caps AI answers at 200, overhauls plans with audience-based labels" (Apr 6, 2026). GitBook has been tracked since 2026-02-27.
In the same window Notion and Mintlify also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Ultimate · FeatureAddedNo AI searchAI search
- Ultimate · Limit+150%200500
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate | Feature | No AI search | AI search | Added |
| Ultimate | Limit | 200 | 500 | +150% |
Values as written on GitBook'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 GitBook's pricing page (gitbook.com) from May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where AI search now appears.
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GitBook, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026packagingGitBook moves advanced customization into Free plan, rebrands MCP as AI-ready
- Oct 12, 2026packagingGitBook renames Premium to Essential, bundles AI credits into paid plans
- May 19, 2026improvedGitBook triples AI answer quota and adds Agent to Ultimate plan · this change
- May 21, 2026packagingGitBook fixes annual pricing display, adds enterprise customer logos
- Apr 22, 2026packagingGitBook rebrands Premium insights features as analytics across pricing page
- Apr 6, 2026packagingGitBook caps AI answers at 200, overhauls plans with audience-based labels
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- NotionMay 18Notion launches Workers Beta to run custom code and build agent tools
- MintlifyMay 11Mintlify scrubs member limits and overage fees from all plans
- NotionMay 11Notion launches Custom Agents and rebrands integrations as connections
- MintlifyMay 5Mintlify boosts AI credits 20x to 5,000 and slashes overage to $0.01
- NotionMay 4Notion restricts workspace consolidation to custom Enterprise deals
Questions about this change
Did GitBook raise prices in May 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature change, limit increase.
What changed on GitBook's pricing page between May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026?
Ultimate feature: No AI search → AI search, added; Ultimate limit: 200 → 500 (+150%). Pulse compared the captures it took on May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does GitBook change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for GitBook in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "GitBook fixes annual pricing display, adds enterprise customer logos" on May 21, 2026; GitBook has been tracked since 2026-02-27.