MindsDB ditches metered tokens for unmetered free tier; Blaze rates jump up t...
What happened
Between the Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026 captures of MindsDB's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Free tier restructured from a metered 5,000,000 token/month allowance on MindsHub Air to an unmetered 'free within fair use' tier with daily rate limits and a fair-use policy; MindsHub Blaze (Cerebras) rates increased: input $0.35 to $0.99, output $0.75 to $1.49, cached input $0.35 to $0.99 per 1M tokens. Pulse files it as a pricing change (freemium change, price increase) with an upward 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 6 days after MindsDB's previous change, "MindsDB hikes Blaze rates up to 183%, loosens Air free-tier cap" (Sep 15, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "MindsDB adds Jev decision model to free tier alongside MindsHub Air" (Sep 24, 2026), "MindsDB adds MindsHub Blaze and GPT-OSS 120B to rate card, from $0.15 per 1M" (Sep 14, 2026) and "MindsHub: 4 new AI models added to rate card (GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1)" (Sep 14, 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.
- MindsHub Air · Free tierFreemium change
Free tier restructured from a metered 5,000,000 token/month allowance on MindsHub Air to an unmetered 'free within fair use' tier with daily rate limits and a fair-use policy
- — · Price+183%$0.35$0.99
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MindsHub Air | Free tier | Free tier restructured from a metered 5,000,000 token/month allowance on MindsHub Air to an unmetered 'free within fair use' tier with daily rate limits and a fair-use policy | Freemium change | |
| — | Price | $0.35 | $0.99 | +183% |
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 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where price reads $0.35 and then $0.99.
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MindsDB, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 2, 2026packagingMindsDB 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 t... · this change
- Sep 15, 2026increaseMindsDB hikes Blaze rates up to 183%, loosens Air free-tier cap
- 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
- Aug 24, 2026packagingMindsDB splits Free/Pro into Cowork + Inference API, adds 5% platform fee
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- HuggingfaceJul 3Enterprise SCIM provisioning & Team SSO OIDC added + 2 more changes
- 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
- HuggingfaceJun 8Huggingface reframes PRO pitch from crowd count to value promise
Questions about this change
Did MindsDB raise prices in September 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured MindsDB's pricing page on Sep 14, 2026 and again on Sep 21, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: $0.35 → $0.99 (+183%).
What changed on MindsDB's pricing page between Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026?
Free tier restructured from a metered 5,000,000 token/month allowance on MindsHub Air to an unmetered 'free within fair use' tier with daily rate limits and a fair-use policy; price: $0.35 → $0.99 (+183%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 14, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does MindsDB change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 13 other pricing-page changes for MindsDB in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "MindsDB hikes Blaze rates up to 183%, loosens Air free-tier cap" on Sep 15, 2026; MindsDB has been tracked since 2026-03-01.