What a missing line on a plan table proves
Four entries reach a conclusion about free-tier output the same way: the phrase that appears higher in a plan table is missing lower down. The record labels those cells as omissions rather than promoting them. As of 2026-09-12.
| Point | Where it sits | What the record holds |
|---|---|---|
| A phrase present on the paid tiers | Four pricing pages | Removal of a visible mark, listed as a feature |
| The same phrase absent lower down | The same four pages | Nothing is stated about what free output carries |
| What the cell therefore records | Four entries | A mark, by omission, with the weight of an inference |
Inclusion rule. Entries whose free-tier position rests on a phrase absent from a plan table. Entries with a published sentence about their free tier are recorded differently. Order. The observation first, then the gap, then what is recorded.
1A plan table is a summary, and summaries drop things
Presence in a feature column means included; absence means not listed. Those are not the same as present and absent in a file, and a summary leaves things out for reasons unrelated to whatever somebody is researching.
So the honest record is the omission itself rather than the conclusion a reader would probably draw. The two look identical once they are in a table, which is why each entry carries the strength of its own evidence.
2One entry in the group published a sentence instead
A support article naming the conditions under which a mark appears is a different class of evidence from a gap in a grid. It names two unrelated causes and hedges that the list is not closed.
That hedge is worth more than the tidier cells around it. A reader relying on a closed list would be relying on something the page declined to say, and the neater entries are neater only because less was published.
3What the practical cost of the difference is
While somebody is choosing a tool it is almost nothing: they will find out by rendering a file. While somebody is documenting a delivered asset it is the whole question, because an inference cannot be shown to anybody.
A production that has to explain why a mark was or was not present wants a sentence to cite. On four of the sixteen entries there is not one, and this page exists so that is visible rather than buried.
- HeyGenWatermark removal is not listed among the free plan's featuresthe free tier read as an omission
- Pika (pika.art)Watermark-free download is not listed on the free plan or on the $8 Standard planan AI video generator
- Article 50(4)Deployers must disclose image, audio or video content that is a deep fakefirst subparagraph
- Synthesia (synthesia.io)The watermark appears on videos generated under certain conditions, such as being on the Basic plan or generating in API test modean avatar video platform
4Sources
Article wording from AI Act Explorer, Article 50; vendor statements from the pages listed on each generator entry. Both read 2026-09-12. Related: Two layers at once, Does anyone say why, A flag set in code.