# Pricing

You pay in credits. **1 credit = $0.0001.** Every run is a small base fee plus a download charge per artifact, plus per-second AI rates when the AI analyses the content. The quote you see before running is the most you'll ever pay.

## Base fee

Every run costs **50 credits** ($0.0050). It covers checking the video and fetching the metadata, thumbnail and description, which every run includes. Previously-extracted URLs are served from cache for free.

## Download rates

| Artifact | Rate |
| --- | --- |
| Metadata + thumbnail + description | Included in the base fee |
| Transcript | 10 credits flat |
| Comments | 20 credits flat |
| Audio file | 0.2 credits/sec |
| Video file | 0.5 credits/sec |

Charged for every artifact you request, whether it feeds the AI or you just download the files. If an artifact turns out unavailable (a video with no subtitles, hidden comments), its line item is refunded automatically.

## AI rates

| Analysis | Covers | Per second | Credits / sec |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Text analysis | Transcript and/or comments | $0.00005 | 0.5 |
| Audio analysis | The AI listens to the audio | $0.0001 | 1 |
| Video analysis | The AI watches the video (audio included) | $0.0002 | 2 |

- **Text counts once.** Transcript and comments are both text, so selecting both still charges a single text analysis, not two.
- **Audio costs more than text.** Listening to raw audio is heavier for the AI than reading a transcript, and the rates reflect that.
- **Video includes audio.** If you select full video analysis, the AI already hears the audio track, so audio analysis is not billed on top of it.

## Worked examples

### 3-minute video, transcript + comments

```
base fee                                    50 credits
downloads (transcript + comments)           30 credits
text analysis      0.5 credits/sec × 180 sec = 90 credits
total              170 credits ≈ $0.017
```

### 3-minute video, full video analysis + transcript

```
base fee                                    50 credits
downloads (transcript + video file)         100 credits
text analysis      0.5 credits/sec × 180 sec = 90 credits
video analysis     2 credits/sec × 180 sec = 360 credits
total              600 credits ≈ $0.060
```

### 3-minute video, downloads only (everything)

```
base fee                                    50 credits
downloads (all artifacts)                   156 credits
total              206 credits ≈ $0.021
```

## Quotes and reconciliation

Before each run we quote the exact cost from the video's duration and your selected inputs, and debit it up front. If a platform doesn't report the duration, we quote a **worst case of 5 minutes**, then measure the real duration during the run and refund the difference automatically. The adjustment appears as a credit in your [billing history](/billing). You are never charged more than the quoted amount.

## Failures are free

If a run fails for any reason (private video, removed video, a transient error on our side), the full debit is **refunded automatically**. You only pay for completed extractions.

## Cached results are free

If an identical extraction (same URL, schema and inputs) completed recently, the result is reused and nothing is charged: no base fee, no download charge, no AI charge.

## First top-up bonus

The first time you top up, whatever the amount, we add **1,000 bonus credits** to your balance on top of the credits you bought. Once per account, applied automatically when the payment lands.