MindsDB quietly deletes all mentions of its 5% platform fee, rates untouched
What happened
Between the Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026 captures of MindsDB's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: MindsHub scrubbed every mention of the 5% platform fee: hero bullet, the 'Platform fee' info box, the volume-pricing note, and the FAQ answer all dropped the fee language. Rate table is unchanged. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 29, 2026) lists Pay as you go at $0.1 input tokens (MindsHub Air, per 1M) + $0.5 output tokens (MindsHub Air, per 1M).
It lands 11 days after MindsDB's previous change, "MindsDB splits Free/Pro into Cowork + Inference API, adds 5% platform fee" (Aug 24, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "MindsDB: Pro plan billing moved from spend-controls to prepaid balance" (Aug 17, 2026), "MindsHub: Air & Luna rate cut ~80%, web app dropped, support added" (Aug 10, 2026) and "MindsDB: Pro tier drops $9.95 flat fee for pay-as-you-go pricing" (Aug 4, 2026). MindsDB has been tracked since 2026-03-01.
In the same window Huggingface and Alteryx also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
“MindsHub” is the name MindsDB’s pricing page uses; Pulse files the change under MindsDB, the company it tracks.
- — · PriceRemoved5% platform feeNo platform fee
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Price | 5% platform fee | No platform fee | Removed |
Values as written on MindsDB'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 MindsDB's pricing page (mindsdb.com) from Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the platform fee no longer appears.
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MindsDB, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 14, 2026improvedMindsDB adds MindsHub Blaze and GPT-OSS 120B to rate card, from $0.15 per 1M
- Sep 14, 2026packagingMindsHub: 4 new AI models added to rate card (GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1)
- Sep 8, 2026packagingMindsDB adds DeepSeek V4 Flash, GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash to the model rate card
- Sep 4, 2026decreaseMindsDB quietly deletes all mentions of its 5% platform fee, rates untouched · this change
- Aug 24, 2026packagingMindsDB splits Free/Pro into Cowork + Inference API, adds 5% platform fee
- Aug 17, 2026packagingMindsDB: Pro plan billing moved from spend-controls to prepaid balance
- Aug 10, 2026improvedMindsHub: Air & Luna rate cut ~80%, web app dropped, support added
- Aug 4, 2026packagingMindsDB: Pro tier drops $9.95 flat fee for pay-as-you-go pricing
- Jul 20, 2026packagingMindsDB slashes per-token prices ~30% across 17 models on MindsHub
- Jul 13, 2026packagingMindsDB: Cowork workspace renamed to MindsHub
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- HuggingfaceJul 3Enterprise SCIM provisioning & Team SSO OIDC added + 2 more changes
- HuggingfaceJun 8Huggingface reframes PRO pitch from crowd count to value promise
- HuggingfaceOct 16Huggingface adds Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 GPUs to Spaces from $2.75/hr
- HuggingfaceOct 8Huggingface swaps PRO's 20x inference multiplier for a flat $2 monthly credit
- AlteryxOct 5Alteryx adds Agent Studio and MCP Server to Professional and Enterprise
Questions about this change
Did MindsDB raise prices in September 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026 MindsDB's pricing page showed 1 price cut: 5% platform fee → No platform fee (removed).
What changed on MindsDB's pricing page between Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026?
Price: 5% platform fee → No platform fee, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does MindsDB change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 11 other pricing-page changes for MindsDB in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "MindsDB splits Free/Pro into Cowork + Inference API, adds 5% platform fee" on Aug 24, 2026; MindsDB has been tracked since 2026-03-01.
