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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.