This post is an announcement about a major change to Kafkai, the competitive intelligence platform at kafkai.com. After looking at how our customers' needs have shifted and how fast the AI space has moved, we are making a fundamental change to how Kafkai continues as a product.
Three points up front:
- A new Kafkai arrives in the last week of September 2026. What it looks like is still a surprise.
- The current Kafkai becomes "Legacy" and moves to a different subdomain. It keeps working, but we will only ship critical and security updates.
- Kafkai no longer accepts new registrations. New sign-ups closed on 20th August 2026.
What Is Changing
We are changing the way Kafkai helps you create better content and the way it saves your time and cost through research and data. That is the scope of the change.
As of today, everything works the same. In the last week of September, the new Kafkai goes live, and the current product moves to a different subdomain as "Legacy". We have not settled the legacy URL, and I will share it once it is fixed.
Two things about the legacy version:
- It keeps working normally after the move. This is not a retirement of the product.
- From the day it becomes legacy, we stop adding new functionality. What continues is what the product needs to keep running safely: critical fixes and security updates.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | New registrations close |
| Last week of Sep 2026 | New Kafkai goes live. Current Kafkai moves to a subdomain and runs as "Legacy" |
| September 2026 | Old-pricing subscriptions are unsubscribed (below) |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Old pricing ends. Legacy Kafkai is accessed from the new URL |
Pricing, Explained
In November 2025, when we announced the new plans, we said current customers could keep the old pricing until October 2026. That stands.
From 1 October 2026, if you want to keep using the legacy Kafkai, you re-subscribe at the new pricing. The mechanics involve one manual step on our side: because of how Stripe works, we unsubscribe you first, and then you sign up to the new plans. For accounts still on the old pricing, we start those unsubscriptions during September so that nothing renews automatically after 1 October 2026.
If you are on a post-pay contract, we contact you separately.
What This Means for Your Account
The impact depends on your account today.
- On a plan with the old pricing. We unsubscribe your account at the September 2026 renewal. To keep using the legacy Kafkai after that, re-subscribe at the new pricing.
- Already on the new pricing. Nothing changes in your account. The one difference is that from October 2026 you reach it through a different URL. The legacy Kafkai keeps working for you.
- On a post-pay contract. We contact you separately.
- No paid plan. From October 2026 you continue to access your demo project from the new URL. Nothing else changes.
Finally
Our mission has not changed: bridging the gap between data and actions so that all of us can work more efficiently. This change is our step toward making that mission work better.
If you have any questions about this post, write to [email protected].
