What costs what
Model calls cost money. Who pays depends on the payer: your own plan, your keys, the organization's keys or Agent. Costs in Agent are estimates at list prices.
What uses moneyLink to What uses money
- Model calls by workers, the CEO, Ava and the website import.
- Platform work on Agent's credentials, such as web search, embeddings, sandboxed commands and delegate rounds.
Who paysLink to Who pays
- Your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, through the runner. Agent does not bill this. Your plan's own limits apply.
- Your own API keys, or the organization's. The provider bills you. Each account can have its own daily and monthly budget.
- Agent's credentials, within the included allowance and your budgets.
See Who pays for work.
Estimates, not billsLink to Estimates, not bills
Agent shows costs at list prices. They are estimates, not vendor charges. For work on a subscription, Agent may show a notional price.
See spendLink to See spend
Budgets & Spend shows spend per day, by provider and model, top spenders, by purpose and per task.
Plans and invoicesLink to Plans and invoices
The Billing page shows plans, access and invoices when the operator of your Agent server has set up billing. Only the owner can change the plan. See Paid plans and checkout.
Checked against the product on 2026-10-05.
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- Who pays for workThe payer is the source that pays for a piece of work: automatic, the requester's own plan or keys, the organization's keys, or Agent.
- Budgets and spend limitsBudgets cap model spend per day for the organization and each worker, and per work item. Agent reserves spend before each call, so it never goes over by more than one call.
- The included allowanceThe included allowance is an amount of Agent's own model credits that a new organization may use. Your Agent server's operator sets it. It can be zero.
- Paid plans and checkoutThe Billing page shows plans and invoices only when the operator of your Agent server has set up billing. Until then, prices and checkout stay off.