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November 13, 2026 · The Zide Team

Zide Subscription Offerings to Change

  • Product Updates
  • Notes from the Zide Team
The words Coming changes. Software and AI spending, separate choices. above two separate cards. One reads Zide Software, your development workspace, with a chip reading Free or $10/month. The other reads AI Spending, a choice you make separately, with a chip reading Optional.

A new version of Zide arrives next week which changes our subscription program and our AI offerings. These changes will allow more users to fully experience Zide, including our AI features, which previously were available only to subscribers.

Our Zide Economy model will be offered at no cost as shared capacity allows. In addition, free users of Zide will be given full access to all software features for a 14-day trial period. Access to Zide will now require registration in support of these changes.

Meanwhile, our new subscription system simplifies the subscription choices. Users will be asked to subscribe to Zide to access the full feature set and to gain higher priority for metered AI requests. Additionally and optionally, users will also be able to purchase credits on either a subscription or bulk basis. This change is designed to give users flexibility in their AI spending.

There is nothing you need to do today. When you install the upcoming update, Zide will explain your account’s transition before asking you to accept it. The new Zide subscription costs $10/month, with AI credits purchased separately. Your old plan’s monthly credit refills will stop after the account update, and you can choose an optional AI subscription that suits your needs. We’re also retiring the perpetual-license offer. If your current plan includes it, this change takes effect only when you accept the account update. We’ll transfer your unused monthly credits and offer a one-time loyalty credit bonus to thank subscribers for their patronage.