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Pricing & Billing

PipeAgent follows a premium pay-as-you-go model designed for high-performance AI integration. We prioritize reliability, data quality, and predictable billing for professional data consumers.

Billing Model

We use a Pay-as-you-go model with no upfront subscription fees. You only pay for the API requests your agents actually make to paid data feeds.

1. Paid Data Feeds

Paid feeds have a clear "Consumption Rate" (e.g., $0.008 / 1k calls). Your balance is calculated based on the precise number of requests made.

2. Free Data Feeds

Usage of Free Tier data feeds is completely free.

  • No consumption charges.
  • No minimum monthly spend requirements for accounts using only free feeds.
  • No credit card required for initial integration of free feeds.

    • Pricing Transparency Policy

    Providers are allowed to adjust API pricing to reflect data acquisition costs. However, to ensure predictability for AI agents and developers:

  • Any price increase requires a minimum of 24-hour advance notice displayed on the Feed details page.
  • Your historical API calls are always billed at the price point effective at the time of the request.

    • Revenue Share Rules

    Provider revenue is computed from paid usage only (free feeds and free-credit calls do not generate provider payouts).

  • No affiliate attribution: Provider receives 90% of gross usage value.
  • With affiliate attribution: Provider receives 75%, affiliate receives 15%, platform keeps 10%.
  • Platform fee: 10% in both cases.

    • Gross usage is measured from metered credits and converted with platform billing units (1 credit = $0.000001).

    Settlement Framework

    PipeAgent uses Stripe Connect to automatically route funds to your verified bank account.

    Three-Layer Ledger Model

    Provider payouts are controlled by a three-layer accounting pipeline:

    1. Accrued Layer (revenue_ledger)

    - Usage is recorded as accrued revenue (accrued), not immediately payable.

    2. Collected Cash Layer (cash_ledger)

    - Stripe invoice.paid confirms cash collection from consumer.

    3. Payable Layer (provider_payable_ledger)

    - Only cash-matched revenue is converted into payable entries.

    - Settlement jobs pay from this layer only.

    This prevents "pay provider before consumer payment is actually collected."

    The T+7 Holding Window

    After a payable entry is created, it enters a T+7 hold (hold_until) to reduce chargeback and fraud risk.

  • Day 0: Usage accrues and is later matched to collected cash.
  • Day 0-7: Entry remains payable but not eligible for transfer.
  • Day 7+: Entry can be transferred by settlement cron if threshold is met.

    • Automatic Payout Threshold

    We execute Stripe Connect transfers when eligible payable amounts meet the minimum threshold:

  • Minimum transfer threshold: $5.00 (500 cents) per recipient execution batch.
  • Below threshold: balance rolls forward.
  • Transfer source: provider_payable_ledger entries with status = payable and hold_until <= now.

    • Status Lifecycle (Provider View)

  • accrued: usage recorded, awaiting cash confirmation.
  • cash_matched: mapped to collected consumer payment.
  • payable: scheduled for payout after hold window.
  • settled: transferred to Stripe Connect destination.
  • reversed: adjusted due to refund/chargeback flows.
    • Version 1.0.4 - Premium Infrastructure