Suno MCP Is Free on Every Plan, But Your Chat App Is Not

Suno says the MCP works on all its plans, Free included. That is true and almost irrelevant, because the assistant you plug it into has its own paywall.

Apple Creator Studio's AI Is Subscription-Only

The 27 October update put AI assistants inside Keynote, Pages and Numbers, three apps that ship free with every Apple device. None of those assistants work without a Rs 399 a month subscription.

Your Free Google AI Pro Is Not the Same Plan

Same plan name, same $19.99 value, fewer models. Google's own Antigravity docs list four models a promotional Pro plan cannot reach.

ChatGPT Now Reads iCloud Mail on the Free Plan

Connectors were the feature free users could not reach. OpenAI shipped two of them to every plan at once, and the real limit is not your plan but your address.

Gemini 4 Argon Doubles in Price on 1 December

Every Argon price doubles on 1 December. But batching already halves the rate permanently, so the deadline only hurts work that cannot wait in a queue.

DeepSeek's Free Web Search Ends on 1 November

The tokens were never the expensive part. From Sunday, every web search an agent makes through DeepSeek costs money, and the free carve-out that hid it disappears.

ChatGPT Pro 200 Loses Its Grandfathered Allowance on Thursday

The price does not move and the plan name does not change. The included usage drops anyway, and there is no purchase that restores it.

Big Cartel's Free Gold Plan Sells Five Things, Fee Free

Five products, no monthly cost and no commission. The oldest free tier in e-commerce is still the cheapest way to run a small shop honestly.

Ecwid No Longer Has a Free Plan. Its Pricing Page Proves It.

The free plan that made Ecwid popular is not on the pricing page any more. The cheapest entry is a paid tier with a ten-product cap.

Gumroad Has No Free Plan. It Has a 10% Cut.

There is no plan to choose. You pay nothing to list and a tenth of everything you sell, or a third if the buyer came from Gumroad.

Payhip Is Free Forever and Takes 5% of Everything

Every feature is on every plan, including free. The only thing that changes as you pay more is how large a cut Payhip takes.

Square Free Takes 3.3% and Gives You a Store

No subscription, a real online store and a point of sale. The cost is entirely per transaction, which makes the maths depend on how much you sell.