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Outbound tool price tracker
Price, limit and shutdown changes in the tools outbound teams run on: AI models, voice and phone AI, email platforms, CRMs and messaging. Every row links the vendor's own page and our story.
| Date | Vendor and product | What changed | Key date | Source and story |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launched | GoogleGemini 4 Hydrogen (Gemini API) · Launch | Google released Gemini 4 Hydrogen at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens on the paid Gemini API. Hydrogen is also on the API free tier. | Source: Gemini API pricing pageOur story: Gemini 4 Hydrogen: $1.50 In, $7.50 Out, Free Tier Too | |
| Launched | Fish AudioFish Agent · Launch | Fish Audio launched Fish Agent, a no-code builder for AI voice agents. Its pricing docs set $0.07 per minute of conversation. Calls on a Fish phone number add $0.01 a minute. | Source: Fish Audio pricing docsOur story: Fish Agent Pricing: $0.07 a Minute, Plus $0.01 on Phone Calls | |
| Launched | GoogleGemini 4 Carbon (Gemini API) · Price | Google made Gemini 4 Carbon available to paying developers at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Its pricing page shows both rates doubling to $4 and $20. | Price rises | Source: Gemini API pricing pageOur story: Gemini 4 Carbon Pricing: $2 In, $10 Out Until December 1 |
| Launched | MetaMuse Ember (Meta Model API) · Launch | Meta released Muse Ember at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens. Prompts over 200K tokens cost three times as much. | Source: Meta launch postOur story: Muse Ember Pricing: $0.10 In, $0.50 Out per 1M Tokens | |
| Launched | AnthropicClaude Fable 5.2 (Claude API) · Price | Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 at $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens, 20% below the $10 and $50 that Claude Fable 5.1 still lists. | Source: Anthropic launch postOur story: Claude Fable 5.2 Pricing: $8 In, $40 Out per 1M Tokens | |
| Published | OpenAIGPT-Live (Live API) · Launch | OpenAI opened outbound SIP calling to all organizations through the Live API. You bring your own SIP trunk. GPT-Live voice time costs $0.05 a minute, billed per second. | Source: OpenAI API changelogOur story: GPT-Live Outbound Calling: Setup, Cost and TCPA Rules | |
| Deprecated | GoogleGemini 2.5 Pro and 2.5 Flash (Gemini API) · Shutdown | Google deprecated Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash. From December 1 requests that name them are answered by gemini-3.8-flash and gemini-3.5-flash-lite, each billed at the new model's rates. | Rerouting starts | Source: Gemini API deprecations pageOur story: Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash Deprecation: What Changes on December 1 |
| Announced | OpenAIChatGPT Pro and Business API credits · Limit | Eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can claim up to $500 a month in free OpenAI API credits by linking an API organization they own. Unused credits expire at the end of each billing cycle. | Source: OpenAI API changelogOur story: ChatGPT API Credits: Up to $500 a Month for Pro and Business | |
| Launched | OpenAIGPT-6.1 Terra (OpenAI API) · Launch | OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra at $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens, which OpenAI says is 50 percent below the standard prices of GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-6.1 Sol. | Source: OpenAI launch postOur story: GPT-6.1 Terra Pricing: $1 In, $5 Out, and What 10,000 Emails Cost | |
| Changed | GoogleGemini API (paid tier) · Limit | New Gemini API projects on the paid tier store Generate Content API requests by default. The logs expire after 55 days unless the window is shortened to 7, 14 or 28 days or storage is turned off. | Source: Gemini API release notesOur story: Gemini API Data Retention: New Projects Store Requests by Default | |
| Announced | MetaWhatsApp Cloud API (marketing messages) · Shutdown | Meta will stop accepting WhatsApp marketing messages through the Cloud API. From that date every promotional template has to go out through the Marketing Messages API for WhatsApp. | Cutoff | Source: Meta for Developers postOur story: WhatsApp Marketing Messages API: Cloud API Cutoff Is 13 October 2027 |
| Announced | OpenAIPrompt caching (OpenAI API) · Price | OpenAI now lets developers keep a cached prompt for 12 hours instead of the default 30 minutes. The longer cache costs 2.5 times the model's input price to write, against 1.25 times for the default. | Source: OpenAI API changelogOur story: OpenAI Prompt Caching Pricing: 12-Hour Cache Writes Cost 2.5x | |
| Launched | DeepSeekDeepSeek Search API and Fetch API · Launch | DeepSeek opened its Search API and its Fetch API to everyone. Each costs $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests. | Source: DeepSeek Search and Fetch guideOur story: DeepSeek Search API Pricing: $0.75 per 1,000 Successful Calls | |
| Changed | OpenAIGPT-Live custom voices · Limit | OpenAI made prompt-to-voice available to every API customer. A saved custom voice for GPT-Live is free to create, with speech billed at the normal session rate. | Source: OpenAI API changelogOur story: GPT-Live Pricing: $0.05 a Minute, and Custom Voices Are Free | |
| Changed | AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5 fast mode · Limit | Anthropic took fast mode for Claude Opus 5.5 out of research preview. Fast mode costs $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens, twice the standard $4 and $20. | Source: Claude API release notesOur story: Claude Fast Mode Pricing: Opus 5.5 at $8 In, $40 Out | |
| Launched | xAIGrok Voice 3.0 · Launch | xAI released Grok Voice 3.0 and kept the price at $0.08 per minute of audio, or $4.80 an hour, in its Voice Agent API, the same rate it charges for Grok Voice 2.0. Grok Voice 2.0 is deprecated. | Source: xAI Grok Voice 3.0 announcementOur story: Grok Voice 3.0 Pricing: $0.08 a Minute and What 1,000 Calls Cost | |
| Announced | OpenAIGPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini (API) · Shutdown | OpenAI will switch off GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini in its API. It names GPT-6 Luna as the replacement for all four. | Shutdown | Source: OpenAI deprecations pageOur story: GPT-4o API Shutdown Is January 14, 2027: What Luna Costs |
| Launched | GoogleGemini 4 Argon (Gemini API) · Price | Google made Gemini 4 Argon generally available at an introductory price of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. From December 1 the same model costs $4 and $20. | Price rises | Source: Gemini API pricing pageOur story: Gemini 4 Argon Pricing: $2 In, $10 Out, Then Double on December 1 |
| First seen by us | GoogleGoogle Local Services Ads · Price | Google Local Services Ads now charges for a missed call if the caller stays on the line for more than 20 seconds during business hours, even if nobody calls back. A June 15, 2026 copy of the page had no such rule. | Source: Google Local Services helpOur story: Google LSA Now Charges for Missed Calls After 20 Seconds | |
| Changed | OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast mode · Price | OpenAI's Ultrafast mode for GPT-6.1 Sol opened to all API users. It costs $12 per million input tokens and $60 per million output tokens, six times the Standard rate of $2 and $10. | Source: OpenAI API changelogOur story: OpenAI Ultrafast Pricing: $12 In, $60 Out on GPT-6.1 Sol | |
| Announced | AnthropicClaude Max and Team plans · Limit | Claude Max and Team subscriptions now include a monthly credit for the Claude API: $100 on Max 5x, $200 on Max 20x, and $20 per Standard or $100 per Premium Team seat, pooled and capped at $500 a month. | Source: Anthropic API credits documentationOur story: Claude Max and Team API Credits: What $100 to $500 Covers | |
| Launched | AnthropicClaude Haiku 5.5 (Claude API) · Launch | Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5 at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens for prompts up to 100,000 tokens, 90% below Haiku 4.5's $1 and $5. | Source: Anthropic launch postOur story: Claude Haiku 5.5 Pricing: 90% Cheaper Under 100K Tokens | |
| Changed | OpenAIOpenAI API usage tiers · Limit | OpenAI replaced its five numbered API usage tiers with three named ones. Build opens at $5 in total credit purchases with a $500 monthly usage limit, Launch at $100 with $5,000 and Grow at $500 with $200,000. | Source: OpenAI API changelogOur story: OpenAI API Usage Tiers: What $5, $100 and $500 Unlock Now | |
| Launched | MicrosoftMAI-Voice-2.1, MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash and MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming · Launch | Microsoft released MAI-Voice-2.1 at $22 per million characters and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash at $15, with MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming at an introductory $0.54 per hour of audio through the end of 2026. All are in public preview. | Source: Microsoft Foundry blogOur story: MAI-Voice-2.1 Pricing: What Microsoft's New Voices Cost a Phone Agent | |
| Changed | HubSpotHubSpot seats and credits pricing (EMEA) · Price | HubSpot's new EMEA customers pay from €20 a month for a GTM seat on Starter, €100 on Professional and €175 on Enterprise. Every marketing email also draws credits: 15 a send, or €0.15, in the first tier. | Source: HubSpot catalog supplementOur story: HubSpot Seats and Credits Pricing: What GTM Seats and Email Cost | |
| Changed | MicrosoftExchange Web Services (Exchange Online) · Shutdown | Microsoft's deprecation of Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online began. Tenant disablements had started by 21 October. | Source: Microsoft Exchange Team blogOur story: Exchange Online EWS Deprecation: Re-enable Works Until April 2027 | |
| Changed | ApifyApify Store rental Actors · Shutdown | Apify rental Actors are fully retired on 1 October 2026. All remaining Actors are migrated to pay-per-usage pricing. | Source: Apify documentationOur story: Apify Retires Rental Actors on 1 October. The Default Exit Pays Nothing. | |
| Changed | Retell AIRetell AI billing · Limit | Retell moved its remaining monthly-invoice workspaces to prepaid credits, while Enterprise workspaces stay on monthly invoices. Calls, chat and other usage stop when the credit balance reaches zero. | Source: Retell AI billing documentationOur story: Retell AI Pricing: $0.07 to $0.31 a Minute, and What 1,000 Calls Cost | |
| Announced | AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.5 (Claude API) · Shutdown | Anthropic notified developers that Claude Sonnet 4.5 retires on the Claude API, with claude-sonnet-5-5 as the recommended replacement. After that date requests to it fail. | Shutdown | Source: Anthropic model deprecations pageOur story: Claude Sonnet 4.5 API Retires Nov 30: What Sonnet 5.5 Costs |
| Launched | ElevenLabsEleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo · Launch | Eleven v4 Turbo lists at $0.04 per 1,000 characters and costs $0.011 until October 12, 2026 under a 72 percent launch discount. Eleven v4 lists at $0.08 and is $0.022 until the same date. | Promo ends | Source: ElevenLabs API pricing pageOur story: ElevenLabs v4 Turbo Pricing: What the New Voice Model Costs a Phone Agent |
| Launched | OpenAIGPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna · Price | GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna were released at half the per-token price of the GPT-5.6 models they replace. Sol is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output, Luna 10 cents and 50 cents. | Source: OpenAI launch postOur story: OpenAI Long Context Pricing: The 272K Token Cliff That Doubles a Request | |
| Launched | ElevenLabsReception · Launch | ElevenLabs launched Reception, a self-serve AI receptionist for small businesses built on ElevenAgents. Plans run from Basic at $29 a month to Premium at $199 a month. | Source: ElevenLabs Reception pricing docsOur story: ElevenLabs Agents Pricing: $0.08 a Minute, Reception From $29 | |
| Announced | HubSpotHubSpot legacy private apps · Shutdown | HubSpot legacy private app creation is switched off on 28 September 2026 for new accounts and 26 October 2026 for existing ones. Legacy private apps must migrate to the Projects based private app model. | Existing accounts cut-off | Source: HubSpot developer changelogOur story: HubSpot Legacy API Deprecation: Two Deadlines in Six Weeks |
| Announced | HubSpotHubSpot legacy APIs · Shutdown | HubSpot announced the end of support for v1 to v3 APIs, with an enforcement date of September 2027. Support for v4 is ending on its own earlier timeline, 30 March 2027. | v4 support ends | Source: HubSpot developer changelogOur story: HubSpot Legacy API Deprecation: Two Deadlines in Six Weeks |
| Announced | OpenAICustom GPTs · Shutdown | OpenAI plans to retire custom GPTs across ChatGPT plans and offer a migration path to plugins. The scheduled retirement date is December 11, 2026, with February 11, 2027 only for Enterprise workspaces with an approved deferral. | Scheduled retirement | Source: OpenAI Help Center FAQOur story: Custom GPT Retirement: What Moves to Plugins and What Breaks |
| Announced | HighLevelHighLevel SMS carrier fees · Price | HighLevel raises the carrier fees it passes through on US messaging. Verizon outbound SMS goes from $0.0045 to $0.0050 per message and the Other carrier category from $0.0040 to $0.0042. | Price rises | Source: HighLevel changelogOur story: HighLevel SMS Carrier Fees Rise October 1, and Nobody Has to Approve It |
| Announced | GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash (Gemini API) · Price | Google's introductory price for Gemini 3.8 Flash ends on December 31, 2026. From January 1, 2027 the model costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, twice today's $0.75 and $3.75. | Price rises | Source: Gemini API pricing pageOur story: Gemini Flash Price Increase: What Doubles on January 1, 2027 |
| Launched | xAIGrok Voice 2.0 · Price | xAI priced Grok Voice 2.0 at $0.08 a minute when it launched the model. That rate is 60 percent above the $0.05 a minute xAI listed in early July. | Source: xAI Grok Voice 2.0 announcementOur story: Grok Voice 3.0 Pricing: $0.08 a Minute and What 1,000 Calls Cost | |
| Changed | AnthropicClaude API rate limit tiers · Limit | Anthropic consolidated Claude API Tiers 1 to 4 into Start, Build and Scale and raised Sonnet and Haiku to Opus's limits at every tier. | Source: Anthropic release notesOur story: Claude API Rate Limits: Start, Build and Scale, and the $500 Cap |
How to read this table
Each row is one dated change that we reported in a story. Date is the day the source announced, decided or published it. Key date is the day it starts or the next deadline, when the source gave one.
Prices are the list prices the vendor published. Your contract may differ.
How rows get here
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