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Available Plans

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BYOK vs Managed Pricing

Bring Your Own Key
  • You provide your own OpenAI API key
  • Pay OpenAI directly for AI costs (~$0.001-0.002 per row)
  • Lower monthly subscription fee
  • Best for high volume users
Monthly cost: 29/29 / 79 / $199
Which should you choose?
  • Low volume (<5K/month): Managed is simpler
  • High volume (>25K/month): BYOK saves significant money
  • Testing: Start with Free tier

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Viewing Current Usage

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Go to Settings

Click Settings in the sidebar
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Click Billing

Navigate to the Billing section
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View Your Usage

See your current plan, rows used, and rows remaining
The usage meter shows:
  • Rows used this billing period
  • Rows remaining in your allowance
  • Percentage consumed of your monthly limit

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Upgrading or Downgrading

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Navigate to Settings > Billing

Go to the Billing section
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Click Manage Subscription

Opens the Stripe customer portal
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Select Your Desired Plan

Choose a new plan tier
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Complete Checkout

Confirm via Stripe

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What Happens at Your Limit

When you reach your monthly row limit:
  • ❌ Jobs are blocked from starting
  • ⚠️ Clear error message displays with usage details
  • 💡 Upgrade prompt appears
  • ⏸️ Running jobs pause if mid-processing
You won’t be charged overage fees. Jobs simply won’t run until you upgrade or your usage resets.

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Billing Cycle and Reset

  • Usage resets at the start of each billing cycle
  • No rollover of unused rows
  • Monthly billing cycle
Unused rows do NOT roll over to the next month. Use them or lose them!

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How Rows Are Counted

Each template × each row = 1 usage Examples:
Template tests also count toward usage! Each test consumes 1 row of your monthly allowance.

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Payment Methods

Smelt uses Stripe for secure payment processing:
  • Credit/debit cards
  • Some regions support additional methods
All payments are processed securely through Stripe. Smelt never sees your full card details.