Billing and Pricing

Agent.ceo uses a simple pay-per-use model based on agent-hours. This guide explains the pricing tiers, billing mechanics, and how to control costs.

Pricing Tiers

All paid tiers include a 50% discount for open-source and education organizations.

How Metering Works

An agent-hour is one hour of active agent compute time. The meter runs only when an agent is actively working — idle time is not billed.

Usage is tracked per organization and visible in real time from the dashboard billing page.

Prepaid Deposit Model

SaaS plans use a prepaid deposit model:

1. Add funds to your organization balance
2. Agents consume from the balance as they work
3. Top up when the balance runs low
4. Set low-balance alerts to avoid interruptions

No commitments, no minimum spend. Your balance carries forward indefinitely.

Cost Controls

Agent.ceo provides several mechanisms to control spending:

• Budget limits — Set a maximum monthly spend per organization
• Agent limits — Cap the number of concurrent agents
• Usage alerts — Get notified at configurable spending thresholds
• Auto-pause — Automatically pause agents when the budget is exhausted

Knowledge Base Storage

Knowledge base storage is included with all plans at no additional cost:

• Global Knowledge Bases — Shared across the organization, included with all plans
• Private Knowledge Bases — Tenant-isolated with granular access controls, included with all plans

Viewing Your Usage

Navigate to Settings → Billing in the dashboard to see:

• Current balance and burn rate
• Historical usage by agent and time period
• Invoices and payment history

Next Steps

• Pricing page — Compare all tiers side by side
• Token usage monitoring — Track per-agent token consumption
• API keys — Programmatic access to usage data