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Mintlify swapped free credits for a Pro trial

By , Co-founder, PricingSaaS

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Mintlify swapped its free monthly credits offer for a 14-day Pro trial.

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Mintlify’s pricing page · Change detected

What changed

Mintlify's homepage hero now advertises a 14-day, no-card Pro trial that includes 5,000 credits, replacing the earlier pitch of a free first month of AI credits, according to Mintlify's pricing page on Oct 13, 2026. The FAQ section was updated to spell out the terms of the 14-day Pro trial, while the Starter plan's own free tier is unchanged.

Why it matters

For a product leader running a usage-based or AI-credit product, Mintlify's swap is a reminder that trial mechanics — not just list prices — are an active lever: a bounded number of credits over a fixed 14-day window is easier for a prospect to evaluate than an open-ended "first month free" credit pool, and easier for Mintlify to cap its own cost exposure per trial. The timing also matters: this is Mintlify's third change to its free-trial or credit framing since Jun 29, 2026, which suggests the company hasn't settled on which onboarding mechanic converts best, so its approach reads as a live experiment more than a model to copy outright. Watch whether Mintlify keeps the 14-day trial structure through its next pricing review, or swaps it again — that would be the real signal of what's working.

In context

According to Pulse's record, Mintlify has made 27 real pricing-page changes since Pulse began tracking it on Oct 21, 2024. Pulse's data shows that the company swapped a 14-day trial for a first month of free credits on Jun 29, 2026, then raised the AI credit allotment from 5,000 to 10,000 and switched to a recurring monthly allowance on Jul 6, 2026 — so this Oct 13 move effectively returns to the trial-length structure it dropped in June, just with a fixed 5,000-credit cap instead of a recurring allowance. It also lands just 10 days after Pulse recorded Mintlify ending a free six-month Pro offer for early-stage startups on Oct 3, 2026. Elsewhere, Pulse recorded Airbyte cutting its own free trial from 30 to 14 days while keeping 400 credits, on Oct 12, 2026, suggesting 14-day terms are becoming a common length among usage-billed dev tools without being the dominant one.

Common questions

How far do the 5,000 trial credits go?

Mintlify's Sep 9, 2026 credit-cost reveal set AI answers at 25 credits and docs updates at 250 credits each, according to Pulse's record, so a trial user can divide the 5,000-credit allotment by either rate to estimate how many actions the 14 days cover.

Does this change affect the free Starter plan?

No — Starter remains free and untouched; only the trial offer shown to prospective Pro customers changed, per Mintlify's pricing page on Oct 13, 2026.

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