MindsDB splits Free/Pro into Cowork + Inference API, adds 5% platform fee
What happened
Between the Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026 captures of MindsDB's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: MindsHub split Free/Pro into Cowork plus a new Unified Inference API product; both add a 5% platform fee on rate-card prices. Gemini 3.6 Flash rates were halved; Kimi K3 gained a cache-write fee. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 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 7 days after MindsDB's previous change, "MindsDB: Pro plan billing moved from spend-controls to prepaid balance" (Aug 17, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "MindsHub: Air & Luna rate cut ~80%, web app dropped, support added" (Aug 10, 2026), "MindsDB: Pro tier drops $9.95 flat fee for pay-as-you-go pricing" (Aug 4, 2026) and "MindsDB slashes per-token prices ~30% across 17 models on MindsHub" (Jul 20, 2026). MindsDB has been tracked since 2026-03-01.
In the same window Huggingface 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.
- Flash · PackagingAddedNo cache-write feecache-write fee
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash | Packaging | No cache-write fee | cache-write fee | Added |
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 Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where cache-write fee now appears.
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MindsDB, the last 90 days
Full history- 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
- Aug 24, 2026packagingMindsDB splits Free/Pro into Cowork + Inference API, adds 5% platform fee · this change
- 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
- Jun 29, 2026improvedMindsDB upgrades Model Router: Opus alias now points to Claude Opus 4.8
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changesQuestions about this change
Did MindsDB raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on MindsDB's pricing page between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026?
Flash packaging: No cache-write fee → cache-write fee, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 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: Pro plan billing moved from spend-controls to prepaid balance" on Aug 17, 2026; MindsDB has been tracked since 2026-03-01.