Volume Tier Pricing
Subscription + quota
Clear volume tiers with generous free tier.
Used by Resend
Used by Warner Bros, eBay, Replit
Free: 3,000 emails
Pro: $20 / 50,000 emails
Scale: $90 / 100,000 emails
The same pricing models used by Codex, Notion, and Figma.
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Subscription
Tiered Request Limits
Subscription + quota
Free tier with request limits, paid tiers with higher limits.
Used by Cursor
Fastest growing dev tool
Hobby: Limited requests
Pro: $20/mo - Extended limits
Pro+: $60/mo - 3x usage
Usage-based
Minimum Usage Commitment
Usage-based
$50/month minimum commitment, then pay-as-you-go beyond.
Used by Pinecone
$100M+ ARR vector database
Minimum: $50 / month
Standard plan: $0.33/GB + $4-24/M units
Enterprise: $500 / month minimum
GPU Hardware Tier Pricing
Usage-based
Per-second billing based on GPU hardware tier.
Used by Replicate
25K+ models, 1B+ predictions
T4 GPU: $0.000225/sec ($0.81/hr)
A100 GPU: $0.0014/sec ($5.04/hr)
H100 GPU: $0.001525/sec ($5.49/hr)
Hybrid & Others
Flat Subscription
Vendor snapshot
Basecamp's current pricing page offers Free, Plus, and Pro Unlimited tiers.
Used by Basecamp
Verified against official pricing page
Free: One project at a time
Plus: $15 / user / month
Pro Unlimited: $299 / month billed annually
Subscription With Included Quota
Vendor snapshot
Notion's live pricing is seat-based across Free, Plus, Business, and Enterprise tiers.
Used by Notion
Verified against official pricing page
Free: $0
Plus: $10 / member / month
Business: $20 / member / month
Rate Window + Credits Fallback
Vendor snapshot
Codex is currently packaged through ChatGPT plans, with higher limits on paid tiers.
Used by OpenAI Codex
Verified against official pricing page
Free & Go: Limited-time access
Paid plans: Higher limits and credits
Top-ups: Additional credits available
Pay As You Go API
Vendor snapshot
Lambda is priced on requests and compute duration, with a permanent monthly free tier.
Used by AWS Lambda
Verified against official pricing page
Free tier: 1M requests + 400k GB-seconds
Requests: $0.20 / 1M requests
Compute: $16.67 / 1M GB-seconds
Included Units With Package Overage
Vendor snapshot
Stripe Billing is priced as billing software, based on billing volume rather than request blocks.
Used by Stripe
Verified against official pricing page
PAYG: 0.7% of billing volume
Contract: From $620 / month
Billing mode: Software fee on billed revenue
Graduated API Pricing
Vendor snapshot
S3 pricing varies by storage class, request type, and data transfer rather than a simple public tier ladder.
Used by AWS S3
Verified against official pricing page
Storage: Varies by storage class
GET requests: From $0.0004 / 1,000
Lifecycle transitions: $0.01 / 1,000
Edition-Based Consumption
Vendor snapshot
Snowflake sells editions and consumption models rather than a simple public volume ladder.
Used by Snowflake
Verified against official pricing page
Editions: Standard to VPS
Capacity: On-demand or prepaid
Billing model: Consumption-based
Per Seat Billing
Vendor snapshot
Slack is priced per user across Pro, Business+, and Enterprise Grid.
Used by Slack
Verified against official pricing page
Pro monthly: $8.75 / user / month
Pro annual: $7.25 / user / month
Higher tiers: Business+ and Enterprise Grid
Monthly Active User Pricing
Vendor snapshot
Clerk's pricing starts with a free Hobby tier and moves to Pro with included usage plus overage.
Used by Clerk
Verified against official pricing page
Hobby: $0
Pro: $20 / month billed annually
Overage: $0.02 / additional user
Seats Plus Metered Usage
Vendor snapshot
Figma's public pricing is role- and seat-based first, with AI features layered into the plans.
Used by Figma
Verified against official pricing page
Starter: Free
Professional: Seat-based pricing
Org/Enterprise: Admin and governance upgrades
Builder Plan With Included Credits
Vendor snapshot
Replit currently packages plans around included monthly credits, collaborator limits, and higher-capability AI access.
Used by Replit
Verified against official pricing page
Starter: Free daily Agent credits
Core: $20 / month billed annually + $25 credits
Pro: $100 credits + up to 15 collaborators
Custom pricing?
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