AI tool pricing for startups

Claude pricing: every plan, and how startups get it free

Claude costs $0 (Free), $20/mo (Pro), $100–$200/mo (Max), $25/seat (Team). Full 2026 plan and API pricing, plus the startup program that makes it free.

Claude Code pricing: subscription vs API, and the free routes

Claude Code is not free: it needs Pro ($20/mo), Max ($100–$200/mo) or a Team Premium seat, or ~$13/dev/day on the API. Which is cheapest, plus startup credits.

Verified Oct 15, 2026 Full pricing breakdown

Cursor pricing: every plan, and where startups actually save

Cursor pricing 2026: Free, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200, Teams from $30/seat. How Grok usage and Claude/GPT billing work.

Claude Cowork: what it is, which plans include it, and the merge with chat

What Claude Cowork does, how it differs from chat and Claude Code, which plans include it from $20/mo, and what the September 2026 merge with chat changes.

Is Claude free? The Free plan, Free vs Pro, and free credits

Is Claude free? Yes: the Free plan is $0 with web search, memory and code execution. What it lacks vs Pro ($20), plus every real route to free credits.

Claude API pricing: per-token rates, cost examples, free credits

Claude API pricing per million tokens: Haiku 4.5 $1/$5, Sonnet 5 $2/$10, Opus 5 $5/$25, Fable 5.1 $10/$50. Cost examples, caching, batch, free credits.

Gemini API pricing: free tier, per-model rates, and startup credits

Gemini API pricing in 2026: a real free tier, Flash from $0.75/$3.75 per million tokens, Pro from $2/$12. Every model rate, plus Google startup credits.

Verified Oct 1, 2026 Full pricing breakdown

Gemini API key: get one free, what the free tier allows, and when to pay

Get a Gemini API key in Google AI Studio with no card: what the free tier includes, when you need billing, keeping the key safe, and Google startup credits.

Verified Oct 15, 2026 Full pricing breakdown

OpenAI API pricing: GPT-6 rates, ChatGPT plans, startup credits

OpenAI API pricing per million tokens: GPT-6 Astra $10/$50, GPT-6.1 Sol $2/$10, GPT-6 Luna $0.10/$0.50. Batch, Flex, cached rates, ChatGPT plans, credits.

ElevenLabs pricing: every plan, and the startup grant

ElevenLabs pricing in 2026: Free (10k credits), Starter $6, Creator $22, Pro $99, Scale $299, Business $990. What a credit buys, plus the startup grant.

Lovable pricing: free credits, Pro tiers, and where startups actually save

Lovable pricing in 2026: 5 free build credits a day, Pro from about $25/mo for 100 credits, Business above. How credits are spent and where startups save.

Perplexity Pro free: every legitimate route, plus the startup program

Perplexity Pro costs $20/mo. Every legit way to get it free in 2026: student offers, carrier and bank partners, referrals, and Perplexity for Startups.

Manus pricing: free credits, paid plans, and where startups actually save

Manus pricing in 2026: free tier with daily credits, paid plans that scale the monthly pool, per-task credit costs. How credits work, where startups save.