How Pricing Works

FairStack's transparent margin model explained.

How am I charged?

Each run costs the base model cost + a flat 20% platform fee, shown before you spend. You add funds to one balance in dollars, and it never expires.

FairStack is the Cloudflare of AI generation. We host models from multiple providers and add a transparent 20% margin. That is the entire business model.

Prices in dollars, down to fractions of a cent

Your balance and every price are in US dollars. Prices are shown to as many decimal places as they need and never rounded: a Nano Banana 2 image is $0.048/image (1K).

The math

FairStack price = Provider cost x 1.20

If a provider charges $0.01 per image, you pay $0.012 on FairStack. The $0.002 is our margin -- it covers infrastructure, API development, and the web app.

Our platform fee is a flat 20%. It does not change with volume, and there is no commitment. You see the exact cost before you spend.

Why this works

You always know what you are paying and why
No opaque subscription tiers with hidden limits
No credit systems with expiring tokens
When providers drop prices, our prices drop too

Deposits and processing fees

You add funds up front and spend them as you generate. There is no minimum balance and no subscription.

Minimum deposit: $1. You can add any amount from the preset options ($1, $2, $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, $500, $1,000).
Under $10: the Stripe processing fee (about $0.30 + 2.9%) is shown as a visible line item and passed through to you.
$10 or more: FairStack absorbs the Stripe processing fee, so the full amount goes to your balance.
Every deposit: earns a standing bonus -- +2% at $25, +4% at $50, +6% at $100, +10% at $500 and up. The bonus is part of your balance and never expires.
First top-up: we match it -- a 100% match, up to $5 added to your balance (one per payment method and email). Top up $3, get $6. Top up $5, get $10. There is no deadline: the match waits for your first top-up, whenever you make it. A first top-up earns the larger of the standing bonus or the match, never both.

Spending controls

Three levels of spending caps prevent surprises:

Organization -- total budget for your account
Project -- budget per project
API key -- budget per individual key (essential for agents)

Next steps

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