Leonardo.ai gives Free users Auto-only models while paid plans get 80+

Between the Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026 captures of Leonardo.ai's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: New Model Access row on plan cards: Free limited to Auto-only models, Essential/Premium/Ultimate get 80+ models; Free plan's Token Bank 150 row removed; Unlimited relaxed generation footnote now lists 15 Premium image models (adds Anime, Cinematic Kino, Concept Art, etc.); Ultimate adds video models; Motion 1.0 dropped from video list. In detail: Free plan restricted to Auto-only model access: the comparison table now shows Free Platform Models 'Auto only' (was ✓) and Third-party Models '-' (was ✓), while paid plan cards show 'Model Access 80+ Models'. The Free card's Token Bank 150 row was removed. A new Leo Agent table row is paid-only (Essential, Premium, Ultimate); Unlimited relaxed image generation (Premium and Ultimate) expanded from 6 to 15 models: adds Anime, Cinematic Kino, Concept Art, Graphic Design, Illustrative Albedo, Lifelike Vision, Leonardo Lightning, Portrait Perfect and Stock Photography. Motion 1.0 dropped from Ultimate's relaxed video list. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium change, limit increase) with an upward direction. The current page lists Essential at $12, Starter at $24, Premium at $30, Growth at $48 and Ultimate at $60.

It lands 14 days after Leonardo.ai's previous change, "Leonardo.ai opens Ultimate's unlimited relaxed video to MiniMax H3 at 480p" (Oct 12, 2026). Leonardo.ai has been tracked since 2026-05-15.

In the same window Runway, Microsoft and Google also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.