Technology Deep Dive — Section 18 of 20

Transparent Billing

Usage is metered by model, project, and user, with controls that help teams understand activity and manage their balance. Commercial terms are scoped with sales.

Pre-paid creditsPer-model meteringAuto top-up

Pre-Paid Credit Wallet

Your organisation loads credits before use. Every AI operation deducts from your wallet in real time. When credits hit zero, operations stop cleanly — no runaway costs, no month-end surprises.

Hard Stop
Operations pause cleanly at zero balance — no overruns
Real-time
Balance updated with every token, every request
Atomic
SELECT FOR UPDATE — race conditions impossible

Per-Model Metering

Every token is tracked by model, project, user, and AI worker. Your usage record shows the activity that informs balance controls and your itemised invoice.

ModelTokensMetering recordWorker
gpt-5.212,400RecordedSophi
gpt-5-mini28,900RecordedMarv
gemini-2.5-pro8,200RecordedSage

Auto Top-Up

Your workers never stop mid-task because of low credits. Configure a threshold and top-up amount — when your balance drops below the threshold, credits are automatically added. Built-in safety limits prevent runaway charges.

CONFIGURATION
ThresholdConfigured
Top-up amountConfigured
Payment methodProtected
SAFETY LIMITS
Max per day3 charges
Per organisationSeparate limits
NotificationsEmail on every charge

Commercial Terms

Kaidera does not publish predefined packages or price cards. We scope commercial terms around your operating model, deployment requirements, expected usage, and support needs.

Contact sales to discuss a pricing proposal for your organisation.

Email [email protected]

Bring Your Own Keys

Bring-your-own-key support can be included where it fits your deployment and commercial agreement. We apply our margin; you keep the savings. Full audit trail, same security, lower costs.

Connect your Anthropic subscription
Connect your OpenAI subscription
Connect your Google AI subscription
Automatic capability discovery
CAPABILITY DISCOVERY

When you connect your API key, Kaidera automatically discovers which models you have access to. The system queries the provider's model listing API and stores capabilities in JSONB — no manual configuration needed.

Itemized Invoices

Every invoice breaks down usage by model. PDF download, Stripe billing portal, tax-compliant across jurisdictions. Your finance team will thank you.

Platform subscriptionAgreed terms
Model Usage — gpt-5.2 (142k tokens)Metered
Model Usage — gpt-5-mini (890k tokens)Metered
Model Usage — gemini-2.5-pro (67k tokens)Metered
TotalSee invoice

Usage Analytics

Understand how AI activity is distributed across projects, workers, and providers. Usage records and balance controls are visible in the admin dashboard.

Tracked
Daily usage
Balance-aware
Balance runway
By worker
Usage breakdown
3
Providers active

Commercial Terms & Compliance

Tailored terms
Pricing and payment schedules are confirmed in writing. Email [email protected] to discuss your requirements.
COMPLIANCE
PCI DSS Level 1 (via Stripe)
Automatic tax calculation (Stripe Tax)
Dual-write metering (internal + Stripe Billing Meters)

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