MindsDB quietly deletes all mentions of its 5% platform fee, rates untouched
MindsDB removed every reference to its 5% platform fee from its pricing page: the hero bullet, the dedicated "Platform fee" info box, the volume-pricing note, and the FAQ answer all dropped the fee language.
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WHY IT MATTERS
For a category where AI-infrastructure vendors increasingly fold usage-based fees into a single headline price, quietly hiding a take-rate rather than eliminating it usually means the fee is still being collected, just no longer advertised. Watch whether MindsDB reintroduces fee language once a lower or restructured rate is ready, or whether the fee still shows up at contract time regardless of what the pricing page now omits.
BY THE NUMBERS
- The underlying rate table itself was not changed
- Erasing it from the hero copy and FAQ removes the objection from the pricing page without touching what actual customers get quoted
- That gap between the public page and the negotiated price is typical wherever fee structures get set deal-by-deal rather than published outright
THEIR RATIONALE
No public statement accompanies the edit, and no fee cut was announced. The scrubbing touches only marketing copy, not commercial terms, suggesting the goal is softening the sales-facing message rather than changing the actual economics.
THE SIGNAL
Deleting the language around a fee rather than the fee itself is a common move once a company decides a stated take-rate is friction at the top of the funnel: a percentage-based platform fee is easy to price-shop against next to competitors' flat subscription tiers. Erasing it from the hero copy and FAQ removes the objection from the pricing page without touching what actual customers get quoted. That gap between the public page and the negotiated price is typical wherever fee structures get set deal-by-deal rather than published outright.