Hostie strips 'Starting at' pricing and per-location tags across all three plans
What happened
Between the Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026 captures of Hostie's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: All three plans (Essential $199/mo, Premium $399/mo, Hospitality Plus $599/mo) had their 'Starting at' prices and 'per location' text removed from the pricing page; Premium's 'Most popular' badge was also dropped. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price hidden) with a downward direction. The current page lists Essential at $199, Premium at $399 and Hospitality Plus at $599.
It lands 70 days after Hostie's previous change, "Hostie revamps White Glove with unlimited prompts, retools Premium" (Jun 29, 2026). Hostie has been tracked since 2026-03-03.
In the same window Ava, Murf AI, Wispr Flow, Upstage and Hive also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Essential, Premium, Hospitality Plus · Price visibilityRemoved
BeforePremium's 'Most popular' badge
AfterNo Premium's 'Most popular' badge
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential, Premium, Hospitality Plus | Price visibility | Premium's 'Most popular' badge | No Premium's 'Most popular' badge | Removed |
Values as written on Hostie'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 Hostie's pricing page (hostie.ai) from Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the Premium's 'Most popular' badge no longer appears.
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Hostie, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 7, 2026packagingHostie strips 'Starting at' pricing and per-location tags across all three plans · this change
- Jun 29, 2026packagingHostie revamps White Glove with unlimited prompts, retools Premium
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- AvaOct 26Ava expands Translate feature to 20+ languages, up from 15+ supported
- Murf AIOct 26Murf AI debuts $0.24/hour speech-to-text API, with 150 STT concurrency
- Wispr FlowOct 26Wispr Flow blurs Free plan mobile cap, swapping 1,000 words for "limited use
- UpstageOct 26Upstage API: Solar Pro 4 promo changed from 70% off until 2026-10-19 to 50% off until further notice; Solar Mini 4 50%…
- HiveOct 26Hive cuts DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash input to $0.10 and output to $0.35 per 1M
Questions about this change
Did Hostie raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: price hidden.
What changed on Hostie's pricing page between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026?
Essential, Premium, Hospitality Plus price visibility: Premium's 'Most popular' badge → No Premium's 'Most popular' badge, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Hostie change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Hostie in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Hostie revamps White Glove with unlimited prompts, retools Premium" on Jun 29, 2026; Hostie has been tracked since 2026-03-03.