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    "title": "fal.ai MiniMax H3 Max",
    "url": "https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3-max/text-to-video",
    "date": "2026-11-05"
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   "confidence": "primary"
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    "title": "xAI docs navigation",
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    "date": "2026-11-05"
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   "confidence": "secondary"
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   "new": "$0.05/$0.08/$0.16 per s (480p/768p/1080p)",
   "source": {
    "title": "fal.ai MiniMax H3 Max",
    "url": "https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3-max/text-to-video",
    "date": "2026-11-05"
   },
   "confidence": "primary"
  },
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   "type": "promotion",
   "change": "OpenArt: 50% off Kling 4.0 generations with Wonder or Pro until 2026-11-20",
   "old": null,
   "new": "50% off",
   "source": {
    "title": "OpenArt pricing",
    "url": "https://openart.ai/pricing",
    "date": "2026-11-05"
   },
   "confidence": "primary"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-11-30",
   "model_id": "kling-4-0-api",
   "type": "promotion",
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   "new": "20% off through 2026-11-30",
   "source": {
    "title": "Runway API pricing and costs",
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    "date": "2026-11-05"
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   "confidence": "primary"
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   "model_id": "veo-3-1-fast-gemini-api",
   "observation": "Gemini API Veo 3.1 Fast moved from $0.15 per second (all resolutions, per December 2025 third-party guides and today's fal.ai/Replicate price of $0.15 with audio) to $0.10 (720p) / $0.12 (1080p) / $0.30 (4K) with audio. Date of the change not found in Google's changelog.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "BenchLM Veo pricing (secondary)",
     "url": "https://benchlm.ai/md/media-pricing/veo.md",
     "date": "2026-10-13"
    },
    {
     "title": "Vertex price table",
     "url": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/generative-ai/pricing",
     "date": "2026-11-05"
    }
   ],
   "confidence": "secondary"
  },
  {
   "model_id": "runway-plans",
   "observation": "Runway's current plan ladder is Free / Standard / Pro / Max (Max rolls over credits 1 month). Earlier 'Unlimited' plan no longer listed. Date of change not found.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Runway pricing",
     "url": "https://runwayml.com/pricing",
     "date": "2026-11-05"
    }
   ],
   "confidence": "primary_current_state_only"
  },
  {
   "model_id": "wan-3-0-video-alibaba",
   "observation": "Alibaba lists Wan 3.0 as 'List price ... (Limited-time 30% off)' with no end date; the discounted amount is not printed.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Alibaba Cloud Model Studio model pricing",
     "url": "https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing",
     "date": "2026-11-05"
    }
   ],
   "confidence": "primary"
  }
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 "note": "Only changes with a published source are listed. 'type' is price_change | launch | discontinuation | promotion | feature | lifecycle. Many 2025 price changes (Kling, Runway, Luma, Hailuo) have no primary-page source and are intentionally omitted."
}