13 ways these prices surprise people

Each one is a wording difference on the vendor's own page, not an opinion about whether the product is worth it.

• Claude. Pro is $17/month only if you prepay $200 for a year. Billed monthly it is $20. details →
• Cursor. Four paid tiers between $8 and $200, and Teams adds $30 per user on top of whichever one you picked. details →
• GitHub Copilot. The same page shows two ladders: $10/$39/$100 is the subscription, $15/$70/$200 is the value of the AI credits bundled in. People quote the second one as the price. details →
• Notion. Priced per member, not per account. Three people on Plus is $30, not $10. details →
• Linear. The $10 and $16 are yearly-billed rates. Paying monthly costs more, and the monthly figure is not printed on the page. details →
• Windsurf. Teams is $80 for the team plus $40 for every full seat, so five people costs $280, not $80. details →
• Replit. Monthly prices are struck through against yearly ones. The number you see first is the annual rate. details →
• Figma. One plan, three seat types: full $16, dev $12, collab $3. Which one you need decides the bill. details →
• Grammarly. Pro is sold as a trial first. The $12 only holds after the trial converts, and the page prices in USD regardless of where you are. details →
• Perplexity. Both published prices are yearly-billed. The monthly rate is not printed — paying month to month costs more and you have to find that out at checkout. details →
• Runway. Every price on the page is the annual one, with the monthly rate struck through beside it. Save $84/year on Pro is the only clue that monthly exists. details →
• Suno. The $8 and $24 are already yearly-billed averages. Taxes are added at checkout, so your card is charged more than either number. details →
• Gemini. The only tool here that prints a rupee price. Everyone else bills you in dollars and lets your bank decide the rest. details →

The pattern: a number on a pricing page is rarely the number on your statement. It may be billed yearly, charged per seat, quoted before tax, or only available to teams.