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Pricing & credits

How API and MCP usage is metered and billed.

API and MCP usage draws from the same credits as the rest of your OpenHelm plan, there is no separate developer bill.

  • 1 credit = $0.05 of billed cost (a 20% markup is included).
  • Every started run returns a billing estimate (per-model band + your monthly cap). The actual cost is usage.cost_usd on the completed run.
  • Per-key monthly cap (monthly_cap_usd) and an org daily cap bound spend defensively.
  • New accounts add a card to start a free trial, you're not charged during it. This protects shared cloud compute from multi-account abuse on the public MCP servers.

Manage your plan and usage under Settings → Plan and Settings → Usage.