Ziva's free Hobby plan: 5 Smart messages, $3 of AI usage 'to start'

What changed for game devs

Two edits in three days shrank what Ziva's free Hobby plan lists. On Oct 29 the plan card went from "Up to 10 free Ziva Smart messages" to "Up to 5". On Oct 31 the $3 of included AI usage changed from "monthly" to "to start". The asterisk on that line is still there, so read the footnote on Ziva's pricing page for how the $3 is applied.

Unchanged in the plan card: 50 free Ziva Baby messages a day, bring your own Claude/Codex subscription, all core features, and no credit card required. Ziva's pricing page has no public archive capture, so both before quotes come from the copy our checker stored and re-confirmed on each daily run.

Change log entries

1. Oct 29, 2026, 12:50 UTC

   Ziva's free Hobby plan now includes up to 5 free Ziva Smart messages, down from 10. The $3 of included AI usage, 50 daily Ziva Baby messages, and bring-your-own Claude/Codex option are unchanged.

2. Oct 31, 2026, 20:40 UTC

   Ziva's free Hobby plan now lists $3 of included AI usage "to start" instead of monthly. The 50 daily Ziva Baby messages, up to 5 Ziva Smart messages, and bring-your-own Claude/Codex option are unchanged.

Timeline

1. Oct 28, 2026, 20:36 UTCChecker last confirms "Up to 10 free Ziva Smart messages" and "$3 of included AI usage monthly"
2. Oct 29, 2026, 12:50 UTCChecker detects Smart messages cut from 10 to 5
3. Oct 31, 2026, 15:43 UTCChecker last confirms "$3 of included AI usage monthly"
4. Oct 31, 2026, 20:40 UTCChecker detects "$3 of included AI usage to start"

Sources

1. Ziva pricing page (live)
2. All pricing and license changes on RespawnStack

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