Pricing and Billing Overview
Ardor provides a transparent, usage-based pricing model that ensures you only pay for the computing resources your AI Agents consume. Unlike token- or credit-based systems, Ardor’s pricing is straightforward, based on real infrastructure resources (CPU, RAM, vRAM, and Storage).
Pricing Model
Ardor’s pricing is determined by the following resource allocations:
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CPU
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RAM
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vRAM
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Storage
You are billed based on the actual consumption of these resources, either on an hourly basis.
There are no hidden fees or additional charges for API requests, agent executions, or query limits.
Billing Structure
Pricing Model
Ardor’s pricing consists of two main components:
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Pay-as-You-Go Charges for AI Agents – Charged per second of actual usage for vCPU, RAM, and vRAM, along with storage costs based on allocated space per month.
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Subscription – Unlocks Copilot platform features, advanced integrations, and enhanced automation capabilities.
Subscription is billed separately from pay-as-you-go AI Agent runtime charges and is designed for teams that require advanced features and integrations.
Checkpoints
What are Checkpoints?
A Checkpoint marks a moment when copilot makes a change to your solution. In example changes function settings, or add new functions, or delete existing, making connections, deploy, test, etc.
Instead of charging you for every single message or query, Ardor focuses on meaningful progress and actions.
Once copilot make some changes or action, that triggers a checkpoint, and it counts as one checkpoint. If you’re iterating or clarifying details before deciding on changes, you won’t be charged for those interim discussions. So ask questions or claifications wount count as a checkpoint.
We try to make it fair. Rather than charging for every single back-and-forth, billing based on Checkpoints captures real progress, so you’re only paying when you move forward with specific changes.
Each plan have a different number of Checkpoints.
| Resource | Starter | Basic | Pro | Enterprise |
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| Daily Checkpoints | 10 | - | - | - |
| Monthly Checkpoints | 30 | 100 | 400 | Custom |
Starting from Pro plan, you can buy additional Checkpoints on pay-as-you-go basis - each checkpoint is $0.25.
Real-Time Cost Monitoring
Ardor provides real-time usage tracking through the dashboard, allowing you to monitor and optimize resource allocation based on demand.
Example Pricing Calculation
If an AI Agent runs for the following durations:
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vCPU Usage: 3 minutes (180 seconds)
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RAM Usage: 3 minutes (180 seconds)
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vRAM Usage: 2 minutes (120 seconds)
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Storage Usage: 50GB for 1 month
The cost breakdown is as follows:
| Resource | Duration | Rate per second | Cost |
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| vCPU | 180 sec | $0.0000112 | $0.00202 |
| RAM | 180 sec | $0.000001235 | $0.00022 |
| vRAM | 120 sec | $0.00076 | $0.0912 |
| Storage | 50GB × 1 month | $0.15 per GB-month | $7.50 |
| Total Cost | - | - | $7.59 |
This AI Agent’s total cost for the given runtime is $7.59.
Payment & Invoicing
Ardor offers multiple payment options, including:
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Pay-as-you-go billing – Charges are applied based on real-time resource usage.
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Monthly subscription – Fixed pricing for subscription.
Invoices are generated automatically, and users can access billing details within the Ardor dashboard.