SCANNING● LIVE DATAUTC 2026-09-27 00:00:00
VENDORS 23RECEIPTS 41CRITICAL 57D ▲ 3 NEWv0.9.4-rc1
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PUBLIC WATCHDOGEST. 2025·MIT LICENSE·NO VENDOR MONEY

Did you get
nerfed?

The public watchdog for AI tools. We catch every quiet price hike, limit cut, and silent model swap your vendors make - written up, dated, and sourced the same day. 41+ receipts on 23 vendors and counting.

Beyond the receipts, we ship the tools to do something about it - the Plan Optimizer finds what you're overpaying for, the Email Decoder translates vendor PR back into plain English, and NerfBench catches model swaps the day they happen.

23vendors tracked41+receipts filed100%source-citedMITopen dataset
LIVE FEED
scanner.log · tail -fPREVIEWONLINE · scanning
14:32:07SCANfetched cursor.com/pricing · 200 OK · 14.3kb
14:32:06DIFFanthropic.com/claude-code · 3 nodes changed · scoring...
14:32:04OKopenai.com/codex/pricing · no change · last seen 11h ago
14:32:01JURYAI Jury convened on receipt #midjourney-2026-02-v7-tier-restructure · 3 models
14:31:58SCANfetched github.com/features/copilot · 200 OK
14:31:55NERFRECEIPT FILED · midjourney · tier removed · score 73
14:31:51OKperplexity.ai/pricing · checksum match
14:31:48DIFFv0.app/pricing · footer footnote added · ignoring
14:31:42SCANstarting daily NerfBench run · 50 prompts × 4 models
14:31:40OKwindsurf.com/pricing · checksum match
14:31:36JURYAI Jury convened on receipt #v0-2025-10-idle-burn · 3 models
14:31:33SCANfetched lovable.dev/pricing · 200 OK · 8.1kb
14:31:29OKmidjourney.com/pricing · checksum match
14:31:24SCANfetched suno.com/pricing · 200 OK · 6.2kb
14:31:20DIFFgemini.google.com/pricing · 2 nodes changed · scoring...
14:31:15NERFRECEIPT FILED · vercel v0 · billing model shift · score 68
14:31:11OKdeepseek.com/pricing · checksum match
14:31:06SCANfetched replit.com/pricing · 200 OK · 11.7kb
14:31:02JURYAI Jury convened on receipt #cursor-2025-06-credit-rebill · 3 models
THE RECEIPTS

Every change we've caught, newest first.

Each row is a documented vendor move with a primary source, a plain-English summary, and a severity score. Click any row for the full receipt.

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DATEVENDORWHAT CHANGEDKINDSEV
2026-09-243d agoClaudeClaude Opus 5.5 Launch: 40% Cost ReductionAnthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, delivering Fable 5.1-level performance at 40% lower cost than Opus 5. This represents a significant price decrease for enterprise users.PRICE INC.MINOR2026-09-234d agoClaudeClaude Opus 5.5 Launch: 40% Cost ReductionAnthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, delivering Opus 5.1-level performance at 40% lower cost than Opus 5. This represents a significant price decrease for enterprise users.PRICE INC.MINOR2026-09-216d agoGemini (Google)Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deckQuiet week receipt-side, but the forecast flags Gemini (Google) as the vendor most likely to nerf next. 92% chance of a change in the next 30 days based on cadence.OTHERMINOR2026-09-0720d agoGemini (Google)Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deckQuiet week receipt-side, but the forecast flags Gemini (Google) as the vendor most likely to nerf next. 93% chance of a change in the next 30 days based on cadence.OTHERMINOR2026-08-2929d agoReplit AgentReplit Introduces "Free Mode" TierReplit announced a new "Free Mode" tier on Aug 18, 2026. This suggests a restructuring of free-tier offerings, potentially limiting capabilities or introducing new restrictions to the free plan.TIER REMOVEDMINOR2026-08-171mo agoGemini (Google)Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deckQuiet week receipt-side, but the forecast flags Gemini (Google) as the vendor most likely to nerf next. 93% chance of a change in the next 30 days based on cadence.OTHERMINOR2026-08-031mo agoGemini (Google)Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deckQuiet week receipt-side, but the forecast flags Gemini (Google) as the vendor most likely to nerf next. 94% chance of a change in the next 30 days based on cadence.OTHERMINOR2026-07-202mo agoGemini (Google)Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deckQuiet week receipt-side, but the forecast flags Gemini (Google) as the vendor most likely to nerf next. 94% chance of a change in the next 30 days based on cadence.OTHERMINOR
Showing 8 of 41 receipts · 1 criticalBrowse all 41 receipts
BIGGEST CATCH

The single worst vendor move this week.

Most receipts are minor. Some aren't. This one cost users real money - silently, overnight, with no announcement. This is what the watchdog exists for.

Full receipt →
LIVE SCOREBOARD · DAY 269

Four models, fifty prompts, scored every day.

Cells show today's score out of 10 with a 7-day trend. Cheap-tier models on purpose - the prices most teams actually pay.

Open scoreboard →
judged by Llama 3.3 70B (Groq) · temp 0.1 · daily 14:00 UTC
4 MODELS REPORTING · OVERALL = MEAN OF 4 CATEGORIESNEXT RUN · 14:00 UTC
Δ-pills compare to yesterday · sparklines show the 7-day overall trendFull history & per-prompt detail
PLAN OPTIMIZER

Find what you're overpaying for.

Most paid AI stacks have 2-3 subscriptions with a free or open-source equivalent that does the same job. Tell us what you pay for; we tell you what to drop, what to keep, and what to swap in. Free. No signup. Math runs on your machine.

Open optimizer →
PLAN OPTIMIZER · LIVE · CLIENT-SIDE

Most paid AI stacks carry 2–3 subscriptions with a free or open-source equivalent that does the same job. Drop in what you pay for and we'll surface the cheapest stack that still covers your usage - then ship a step-by-step migration playbook to switch over.

Math runs in your browser. Nothing leaves your machine. Median Personal-plan saves $31/month on the first run; teams average $190/month across 5 seats. Free, no signup.

FREE · no signup · share via URL · math runs on your machine

SAMPLE STACK · 4 PAID SUBSSAVES $40/MO · $480/YR
CURRENTRECOMMENDEDΔ /MO
DROPCursor Pro$20/mo→aider OSS$0 · BYOK−$20
DROPClaude Code$20/mo→OpenHands OSS$0 · self-host−$20
KEEPGitHub Copilot$10/mo=keep - good $/value$10/mo$0
KEEPChatGPT Plus$20/mo=keep - voice + img gen$20/mo$0
NET MONTHLY$70 → $30 · same coverage · free playbook
−$40/MO
THE TOOLS RACK

Receipts are the surface. These are the levers.

Every tool we ship is free to read and run. They share one job: turn the data we collect into a thing you can actually do on a Tuesday afternoon - cancel a sub, decode a vendor email, switch IDEs without losing your config, or catch a model swap before your prod errors do.

All tools →
Plan OptimizerFREE

Tell us your paid AI subs; we find the cheapest free / OSS stack that still covers your usage. Math runs in your browser.

FREE STACKCLIENT-SIDENO SIGNUP
LIVE · OPTIMIZE · SAMPLE STACK
Cursor Pro · $20−$20
Claude Code · $20−$20
Copilot · $10$0
NET / MO−$40
FREECLIENT-SIDE · NO SIGNUP→
Email DecoderFREE

Paste the "we're improving our pricing" email. We translate corporate-speak into what they actually did to you, with citations.

RECEIPT-GROUNDEDCITEDPASTE-IN
DECODER · IN → OUT
VENDOR: we're improving pricing transparency
VENDOR: to better serve our users
→ Pro price +$10/mo. Fast-credit cap −50%.
3 receipts cited.
SOURCEDEVERY CLAIM CITED→
Migration PlaybooksFREE

Step-by-step instructions to move off the platform that just nerfed you - config, keys, prompts, history - in under an hour.

51 PLAYBOOKS~45 MIN AVGVERIFIED
MIGRATE · CURSOR → AIDER
✓Export Cursor settings.json
✓Install aider via uv pip
✓Map keymap.json → .aiderrc
✓Done · 18 min total
51PLAYBOOKS LIVE→
NerfBenchFREE · MIT

The first public, daily behavioral benchmark for frontier models. When a vendor silently swaps a model, our score moves before the screenshots do.

DAY 26914:00 UTCMIT
NERFBENCH · DAY 269 · CURSOR
91
CURSOR · ▲ +12 · 7D
Day 269RUNS 14:00 UTC DAILY→
Vendor CompareFREE

Side-by-side scorecards: limits, model defaults, comms history, Nerf Index, response time. Pick the next one without buyer's remorse.

23 VENDORSCOMMS HXSOURCED
COMPARE · CURSOR vs OPENAI
CURSOR
91
NERF · ▲ +12
OPENAI
38
NERF · ▼ −2
23VENDORS TRACKED→
AskFREE

Plain-English Q&A grounded in our full receipts archive. "Did Replit just change billing again?" - get a sourced answer in 2 seconds.

FULL ARCHIVE~2sSOURCED
ASK · GROUNDED IN THE ARCHIVE
Did Replit change billing
Yes - Replit moved the Core plan from a flat agent quota to effort-based metered pricing (rolled to existing subscribers July 1, 2025).
↗ 3 SOURCES
SOURCEDEVERY ANSWER CITED→
PRICING · SELF-HOSTABLE · MIT

Free forever for the public site. Pay when you want receipts that page you.

Reading every receipt and using every tool is and always will be free. Paid plans add private API access, alert webhooks, the per-vendor risk index for procurement, and quarterly NerfBench / Compare reports. No vendor money. No ads.

Full feature matrix →
PUBLIC

Free

$0/forever
1 SEAT1 ALERT

Read every receipt, run every tool, and watch one vendor. No signup, no card, no tracking.

Includes
  • Every receipt · RSS + Bluesky bot
  • Full Decoder, Ask & Compare
  • NerfBench public scoreboard + daily seed
  • 1 vendor email alert
  • 30-day diff history
  • Sunday digest email
  • Embeddable badge (with attribution)
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FOR TEAMS

Teams

$29/mo
5 SEATSHOURLY

A procurement layer for your squad. Shared watchlists, hourly scans, contract-grade scorecards across 5 seats.

Everything in Personal, plus
  • 5 seats · shared watchlists · CSV export
  • Compare Pro · contract-grade scorecards
  • Cost Analyzer across your team's stack
  • Custom severity rules · hourly scans
  • 3-year diff history
  • Audit log of who acked what
  • Shared webhooks + team Slack channel
  • Custom watch URLs
FOR BUILDERS

API

$99/mo
10K EVENTSWEBHOOKS

Build on our data. Firehose API, jury verdicts, NerfBench scores, embeddable widgets - programmatic and remixable.

Everything in Teams, plus
  • Firehose API · 10k events/mo · webhooks
  • AI Jury raw verdicts + per-receipt rubric
  • NerfBench API · daily prompts & scores
  • Embeddable widgets · RBAC · multiple keys
  • Forever retention
  • White-label badges (no attribution)
  • Webhook replay + failure queue
  • SLA monitoring + status webhook
◆ FOR PROCUREMENTEnterprise$499 /mo · custom contract
Everything in API + SSO (SAML/OIDC), procurement risk dashboard, unlimited seats & events, dedicated Slack, SOC2/GDPR reporting, and a custom contract with SLA. For procurement orgs that need a paper trail their CISO will sign off on.
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