What changed in AI tools: week 45, 2026
2–8 Nov 2026 · 13 updates from 14 tools · 14 verified price or limit changes. Pricing and limits first.
Pricing 2
- Kiro launches Teams credit pooling at $20/seat/month with 500 credits/seat (opens in new tab)
Kiro's new credit pooling model for teams and enterprises is $20 per seat per month (minimum two seats), adds 500 included credits per seat to a shared pool, and bills add-on credits at $0.04 each through AWS.
Source: kiro.devCurrent Kiro plans & limits - Adobe for Startups gives eligible startups 12 months of Firefly Pro Plus free (opens in new tab)
Startups founded within the last five years that have raised less than $15 million can apply for 12 months of free access to Adobe Firefly Pro Plus, Acrobat Studio including Adobe Express Premium, and Semrush; Adobe verifies eligibility and country availability applies.
Source: blog.adobe.comCurrent Adobe Firefly plans & limits
Limits 1
- Anthropic renames Claude Max 20x to Ultra, with no 5-hour limit for verified accounts (opens in new tab)
The $200 Max 20x plan is now Ultra, with 10 times Pro's usage every week, no five-hour limit for verified accounts and $200 a month in API credits; existing Max 20x subscribers move over automatically with no price change.
Source: support.claude.comCurrent Claude plans & limits
Launch 1
- Canva releases Affinity for iPad, with core tools free for individuals (opens in new tab)
Affinity for iPad is in the App Store with sketch, vector, photo and layout in one .af file; core tools are free for individuals with a free Canva account, and Canva AI Studio features need a Canva premium account.
Source: canva.com
Model 1
- ElevenLabs releases SFX v3 sound effects model in its API (opens in new tab)
SFX v3 (model_id eleven_text_to_sound_v3) follows multi-part prompts more closely than SFX v2, handles vocals and music better and clips less on high-pitched sounds; looping still needs v2.
Source: elevenlabs.io
Feature 6
- Raycast 2.11 adds Dictate to AI and an AI usage menu bar command (opens in new tab)
Dictate to AI combines what you say with context from the focused app (context can be turned off), and a new menu bar command tracks your Raycast AI usage via Settings → AI → Show AI Usage in Menu Bar.
Source: raycast.com - HeyGen API adds Voice audio tags and Cinematic Avatar on HeyGen Video (opens in new tab)
The HeyGen Voice TTS endpoints now accept 201 audio tags such as [whispers] or [laughs] for public and instant voices (not professional voices), and Cinematic Avatar requests can now use heygen_video_1 for 5 to 15 second 720p shots.
Source: docs.heygen.com - GitHub Copilot is now available in JetBrains Air (opens in new tab)
You can delegate coding tasks to GitHub Copilot in JetBrains Air through the Agent Client Protocol, for tasks in your JetBrains IDE or in the cloud.
Source: github.blog - Amp adds workspace Service Accounts and editable Artifacts (opens in new tab)
Workspace admins can now create service accounts with their own API keys and credentials whose threads any workspace member can view and steer, and agents now write plans and reports as Artifacts that the user, teammates and the agent can all edit.
Source: ampcode.com - Claude Messages API adds message threads in public beta to cut time to first token (opens in new tab)
With the new thread parameter, agents send only the new messages each turn instead of the full history; Anthropic says median time to first token drops about 35% on 500k-1M token requests, token usage and rate limits stay the same, and it is on by default for most Claude Code users.
Source: claude.com - Lovable adds memory, project import and SBOM downloads (Oct 29-Nov 1) (opens in new tab)
Lovable now remembers stated preferences and decisions across conversations (project and personal memory), imports projects from Replit, Bolt, Base44, v0 or Manus as a ZIP or from an existing website, offers free SBOM downloads in SPDX 2.3 or CycloneDX 1.5, and can open a project page from Chats.
Source: docs.lovable.dev
Releases 1
- Kiro CLI 3.0 makes V3 the default and retires the Classic interface and desktop app (opens in new tab)
V3 becomes the default agent harness for interactive Kiro CLI sessions (existing V2 users are asked first), and Kiro CLI is now a single kiro-cli binary that retires the Classic interface, the desktop app and inline autocomplete.
Source: kiro.dev
Other 1
- OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company to expand Codex code tools (opens in new tab)
OpenAI says it will acquire Pierre Computer Company, expanding Codex's tools for building, understanding and reviewing code.
Source: openai.com
Verified price & limit changes
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limit cutDowngradePika Starter monthly credits now listed as 600 (was 900)
Pika's pricing page summary now lists 'Starter: $10/month billed monthly or $8/month billed annually ($96/year); 600 credits per month; no watermark; commercial license included.' On 2026-11-05 the same summary read 'Starter: $10/month billed monthly or $8/month billed annually ($96/year); 900 credits per month; no watermark; commercial license included.' The $10/$8 prices are unchanged.
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limit cutDowngradePika Creator monthly credits now listed as 2,600 (was 3,150)
Pika's pricing page summary now lists 'Creator: $35/month billed monthly or $28/month billed annually ($336/year); 2,600 credits per month; no watermark; commercial license included.' On 2026-11-05 the same summary read 'Creator: $35/month billed monthly or $28/month billed annually ($336/year); 3,150 credits per month; no watermark; commercial license included.' The $35/$28 prices are unchanged.
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benefit addedUpgradetl;dv Free transcription languages now listed as 100+ (was 30+)
tl;dv's pricing page now lists 'Unlimited transcription in 100+ languages' on Free. On 2026-11-05 the same Free line read 'Unlimited transcription in 30+ languages.' Free remains $0 with unlimited video recordings.
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plan addedKiro Teams credit pooling now listed as $20 per seat / month with 500 included credits / seat / month
Kiro's pricing page now lists 'Teams and enterprises', 'Credit pooling for teams of 2 or more', '$20 per seat / month', '500 included credits / seat / month', and '$0.04 per additional credit', and says 'Credit pooling is Kiro’s new pricing model for teams and enterprise customers'. On 2026-11-04 the same page listed 'Kiro for enterprise' with 'Centralized billing, SSO, usage analytics, and enterprise security controls' and FAQ text 'For team usage, each developer needs their own subscription.' Individual Free/Pro/Pro+/Pro Max/Power tiers are unchanged.
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price and limit changeQodo Pro Team now listed as $0.015/credit with 2,000 / 4,000 / 16,000 credit packs (was $0.012/credit with 2,500 / 5,000 / 20,000)
Qodo's pricing page now reads '$0.015/credit, pooled across the team' with packs '2,000 credits' (~14 Reviews/Mo), '4,000 credits' (~29 Reviews/Mo), and '16,000 credits' (~114 Reviews/Mo). On 2026-11-04 the same page read '$.012/credit, pooled across the team' with '2,500 credits' (~18 Reviews/Mo), '5,000 credits' (~36 Reviews/Mo), and '20,000 credits' (~144 Reviews/Mo). Left unlabelled: both the per-credit rate and the pack sizes changed.
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limit cutDowngradeCreatify Free model access now listed as the free AI models (was 10 premium AI models)
Creatify's pricing FAQ now reads 'The Free Plan includes 10 monthly credits. Create up to 2 video ads or 20 image ads, access 300 AI actors, and use the free AI models plus 40 ad templates. Exports include a watermark.' On 2026-11-04 the same FAQ read '… and use 10 premium AI models plus 40 ad templates.' Credits, actors, templates and watermark are unchanged; Free remains $0.
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benefit addedUpgradeCreatify Pro seats now listed as 2 (was 1)
Creatify's compare-plans table now lists 'Seats 1 2 3 10 Unlimited' for Standard / Pro / Max / Business / Enterprise. On 2026-11-04 the same row read 'Seats 1 1 3 10 Unlimited'. Pro monthly/annual prices ($55 / $38) and credits are unchanged.
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benefit addedUpgradeWispr Flow Pro Notetaker history now listed as Unlimited (was Longer)
Wispr Flow's pricing page Pro card now lists 'Unlimited Notetaker history'. On 2026-11-04 the same card read 'Longer Notetaker history'. Pro price ($15 monthly / $12 yearly-billed) and 'Unlimited dictations' are unchanged.
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plan restructureFreepik Magnific Premium+ and Pro Starter now listed as Plus and Pro
Magnific's pricing page (freepik) now labels the middle and upper cards 'Plus' and 'Pro' (CTAs 'Get Plus' / 'Get Pro'). On 2026-11-04 the same cards read 'Premium+' and 'Pro Starter'. Listed prices and credits are unchanged: Plus $45 / $33.75 yearly-billed with 600K credits/year; Pro $110 / $82.50 yearly-billed with 1.5M credits. Left unlabelled: plan rename/restructure, not a same-plan comparison.
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benefit addedUpgradeCodeRabbit knowledge repositories now listed as 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 10 by plan
CodeRabbit's plans docs now include 'Knowledge repositories' with limits '0 0 1 1 10' for Free / Essentials / Team / Advanced / Enterprise, and say they give the team's documents as reference knowledge in reviews, chat, scans, and agent tasks. On 2026-11-04 that section was not on the page. Plan prices are unchanged.
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promo endedPromoFliki Standard and Premium yearly prices now listed as $21 and $66 a month (was $16.80 and $52.80)
Fliki's pricing page now reads 'Yearly 25% off', '$28 $21 per user / month · $252 billed annually' (Standard) and '$88 $66 per user / month · $792 billed annually' (Premium). On 2026-11-02 the same page read '🎉 Halloween Sale! Use code FLIKIHALLOWEEN40 for 40% off annual plans', 'Yearly 40% off', '$28 $16.80 per user / month · $201.60 billed annually' and '$88 $52.80 per user / month · $633.60 billed annually'. The Halloween sale has ended; monthly prices ($28 and $88) and credits are unchanged. We had listed the sale prices as the regular yearly prices.
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plan restructureClaude Max 20x now listed as Ultra: 10x Pro usage every week, no 5-hour limit for verified accounts (was 20x Pro per-session usage)
Anthropic's help center now reads 'The Max 20x plan is now called the Ultra plan. Existing Max 20x subscribers move to Ultra automatically, with no price change.' and 'Ultra includes 10 times the Pro plan’s usage every week and has no five-hour limit, for verified accounts.' The pricing page lists Ultra at '$200' per month with '$200 a month in API credits, up from $100 on Max'. On 2026-10-30 the Max help page read 'Max 20x: $200 per month' and 'Max 20x includes 20 times the Pro plan's per-session usage allowance.' The $100 plan formerly called Max 5x is now listed as Max with '5x Pro usage every 5 hours and every week'.
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plan restructureClaude Code via Max 20x now listed as via Ultra: weekly limit, no 5-hour limit for verified accounts (was 5-hour and weekly limits)
Anthropic's Claude Code plans article now reads 'Pro and Max plans have a five-hour session limit and a weekly limit. Ultra plans have a weekly limit, and verified Ultra accounts don't have a five-hour session limit.' On 2026-10-30 it read 'Both Pro and Max plans have a five-hour session limit and a weekly limit.' Ultra is the renamed Max 20x plan, and its monthly API credits still 'can’t be used in Claude Code'.
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offer changeKiro first-upgrade offer now listed as rest of the month free plus 500 trial credits (was a $20 credit)
Kiro's pricing page now reads 'Free trial: when you first upgrade to Pro, you’ll get the rest of the month free, plus 500 trial credits to use within 12 months.' and 'If you upgraded before November 1, you keep the $20 discount and your unused credits.' On 2026-10-30 it read 'Get $20 credited toward your subscription when you first upgrade to a paid plan using social login or AWS Builder ID.' Plan prices and monthly credits are unchanged.