Hive hides rates for ~15 AI models and axes image tools in Deploy rebrand
What happened
Between the Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026 captures of Hive's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Developers plan no longer lists $50+ free credits after adding a payment method; Hive Vision Language Model renamed DeployVLM (same $0.50/$2.50 per 1M tokens) amid Hive to Deploy rebrand; Developers plan drops Selected Models, 10+ Hive Models, default rate limits and AutoML training bullets for open source model library access; new CSE Text Classifier (contact sales) listed; Hive→Deploy rebrand hi. In detail: Hive→Deploy rebrand hides public per-unit rates for ~15 models, now Contact Sales: Audio Moderation $0.03/min, Speech to Text $0.02/min, Text Translation $10/M chars, AI Image + Deepfake / AI Video Detection $6 per 1,000, AI Audio Classifier $10/hr, OCR, Logo Recognition, Object Detection, Celebrity Recognition, etc. Visual/Text Moderation, LLM and AutoML prices still shown; Generate category removed: Image Generation SDXL ($3/1,000 images), SDXL Enhanced ($4), Flux Schnell ($3), Flux Schnell Enhanced/Emoji ($4), Image to Image, Text to Speech and Video Generation no longer offered; Enterprise card drops Access to all Hive Models + Moderation Dashboard, Premium Support and Multi-region support bullets; only Custom Pricing and Highest Rate Limits remain. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price hidden, feature change, plan removed, discount removed, feature removed) with a downward direction.
It lands 7 days after Hive's previous change, "Hive cuts DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash input to $0.10 and output to $0.35 per 1M" (Oct 26, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Hive: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash token pricing cut 20%" (Sep 28, 2026), "Hive: new DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash LLM model added" (Sep 14, 2026) and "Hive launches Z.AI GLM-5.3-Flash with ~66% off list intro pricing" (Sep 7, 2026). Hive has been tracked since 2026-05-01.
In the same window Slack, Microsoft, Asana and Trello also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- AutoML · Price visibilityHiddenPrice listedContact sales
- Developers · FeatureRemovedSelected ModelsNo Selected Models
- — · PlanRemovedGenerate categoryNo Generate category
- Developers · DiscountRemoved$50+ free creditsNo $50+ free credits
- Enterprise · FeatureRemovedAccessNo Access
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutoML | Price visibility | Price listed | Contact sales | Hidden |
| Developers | Feature | Selected Models | No Selected Models | Removed |
| — | Plan | Generate category | No Generate category | Removed |
| Developers | Discount | $50+ free credits | No $50+ free credits | Removed |
| Enterprise | Feature | Access | No Access | Removed |
Values as written on Hive'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 Hive's pricing page (thehive.ai) from Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "Price listed" becomes "Contact sales".
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Hive, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 2, 2026packagingHive hides rates for ~15 AI models and axes image tools in Deploy rebrand · this change
- Oct 26, 2026decreaseHive cuts DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash input to $0.10 and output to $0.35 per 1M
- Sep 28, 2026decreaseHive: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash token pricing cut 20%
- Sep 14, 2026improvedHive: new DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash LLM model added
- Sep 7, 2026packagingHive launches Z.AI GLM-5.3-Flash with ~66% off list intro pricing
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- SlackNov 2Slack swaps 24/7 support row for tiered Success Plans, 15-min CSM add-on
- MicrosoftOct 26Microsoft Microsoft365 365 rewrites Copilot AI bullets, drops webinars line from Teams
- AsanaOct 12Asana opens Timesheets and Budgets add-on to Starter and Advanced plans
- TrelloAug 4Trello: AI features democratized to Standard + 2 new AI capabilities
Questions about this change
Did Hive raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: price hidden, feature change, plan removed, discount removed, feature removed.
What changed on Hive's pricing page between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026?
AutoML price visibility: Price listed → Contact sales, hidden; Developers feature: Selected Models → No Selected Models, removed; plan: Generate category → No Generate category, removed; Developers discount: $50+ free credits → No $50+ free credits, removed; Enterprise feature: Access → No Access, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Hive change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Hive in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Hive cuts DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash input to $0.10 and output to $0.35 per 1M" on Oct 26, 2026; Hive has been tracked since 2026-05-01.