AI subscriptions cut quotas and raised prices in early 2026
In early 2026, multiple AI subscription services reduced quotas and raised prices, causing user dissatisfaction. The article reviews the brutal competition in 2025 and highlights the current trend of service contraction.
Introduction Over the past year the AI tools have been in a brutal fight, with someone shipping a stronger, cheaper option every few months and knocking the last one down. Look back through this blog and you’ll see I backed whichever gave the best value at the time, and I backed each pick with conviction: 2025/03: I championed “Perplexity In-Depth Review: Differences from ChatGPT, Feature Comparison, and Daily Use”, using it to replace my daily Google search, and paid for a full year on …