MindsDB replaces plan-less rate card with Free and Pay-as-you-go tiers
What happened
Between the Oct 11, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026 captures of MindsDB's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Pricing page moved from a plan-less rate card ('no subscription or plan') to explicit Free ($0/month) and Pay as you go (prepaid balance, provider rates) plan cards; model rates unchanged; Pay as you go adds auto top-up with a monthly cap, usage and spend tracking, and caching savings passed on; the 'Your keys' (own provider accounts) block is no longer shown. Pulse files it as a product change (positioning) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 2, 2026) lists Pay as you go at $0.10 input tokens (MindsHub Air, per 1M) + $0.50 output tokens (MindsHub Air, per 1M).
It lands 7 days after MindsDB's previous change, "MindsDB hikes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash rates, ends $5,000 credit match promo" (Oct 5, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "MindsDB ends 100% credit match promo, up to $5,000 for new teams" (Oct 3, 2026), "MindsDB hikes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash output 82% to $1.20, adds Claude Sonnet 5.5" (Oct 2, 2026) and "MindsDB adds Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 models, cuts both DeepSeek V4 tiers" (Sep 28, 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.
- Pay as you go · PositioningPositioning
Pricing page moved from a plan-less rate card ('no subscription or plan') to explicit Free ($0/month) and Pay as you go (prepaid balance, provider rates) plan cards; model rates unchanged.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | Positioning | Pricing page moved from a plan-less rate card ('no subscription or plan') to explicit Free ($0/month) and Pay as you go (prepaid balance, provider rates) plan cards; model rates unchanged. | Positioning | |
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 Oct 11, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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MindsDB, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026improvedMindsDB adds Gemini 4 Argon and Meta Muse Wonder 1.0 token pricing
- Oct 16, 2026improvedMindsDB adds Gemini 4 Argon pricing at $2 input, $10 output per million
- Oct 15, 2026improvedMindsDB adds Meta's Muse Wonder 1.0 at $4 input, $20 output per 1M tokens
- Oct 12, 2026packagingMindsDB replaces plan-less rate card with Free and Pay-as-you-go tiers · this change
- Oct 5, 2026increaseMindsDB hikes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash rates, ends $5,000 credit match promo
- Oct 3, 2026packagingMindsDB ends 100% credit match promo, up to $5,000 for new teams
- Oct 2, 2026increaseMindsDB hikes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash output 82% to $1.20, adds Claude Sonnet 5.5
- Sep 28, 2026improvedMindsDB adds Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 models, cuts both DeepSeek V4 tiers
- Sep 24, 2026packagingMindsDB adds Jev decision model to free tier alongside MindsHub Air
- Sep 21, 2026increaseMindsDB ditches metered tokens for unmetered free tier; Blaze rates jump up…
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- 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
- HuggingfaceNov 2Huggingface extends hardware price table to cover Jobs, rates unchanged
- HuggingfaceOct 16Huggingface adds Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 GPUs to Spaces from $2.75/hr
- HuggingfaceJul 3Enterprise SCIM provisioning & Team SSO OIDC added + 2 more changes
Questions about this change
Did MindsDB raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 11, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: positioning.
What changed on MindsDB's pricing page between Oct 11, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026?
Pricing page moved from a plan-less rate card ('no subscription or plan') to explicit Free ($0/month) and Pay as you go (prepaid balance, provider rates) plan cards; model rates unchanged. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 11, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does MindsDB change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 16 other pricing-page changes for MindsDB in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "MindsDB hikes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash rates, ends $5,000 credit match promo" on Oct 5, 2026; MindsDB has been tracked since 2026-03-01.