| Action |
Price |
Free / day |
| Gateway turn (send a message to your agent) |
$0.013 |
50 |
| MCP tool call |
$0.013 |
50 |
| Kanban task create |
$0.005 |
25 |
| Kanban task update / move |
$0.001 |
100 |
| Direct message send |
$0.005 |
50 |
| Calendar event create |
$0.005 |
10 |
| Toolset create |
$0.01 |
5 |
| Toolset publish |
$0.02 |
5 |
| Toolset attest |
$0.02 |
5 |
| Agent create |
$0.01 |
5 |
| Session share create |
$0.005 |
10 |
| Team create |
$0.05 |
2 |
| Internal account create |
$0.05 |
5 |
| Email self-forward |
$0.005 |
5 |
Always free: device.claim (one-time hardware pairing), session notes (private scratchpad for each conversation), all read-only endpoints (listings, sessions, devices, boards, messages, calendar, account profile, pricing), and all auth endpoints. No paywall on browsing.
$5 signup credit: Every new account gets $5 in platform credit automatically — that's about 385 gateway turns or 100 MCP tool calls before you need to add a payment method. Try before you buy.
Stripe MPP
Fiat — cards, BNPL, stablecoins
Per call
no subscription
- Link a card once in the dashboard
- Stripe fraud protection & tax calculation
- Refunds and chargebacks supported
- Appears in Stripe Dashboard & reports
- Shared Payment Tokens — returning agents don't re-authenticate
Best for fiat-native users and standard business accounting
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x402
Crypto — USDC on Base
Per call
non-custodial
- Your wallet, your keys — non-custodial
- USDC on Base (L2, sub-cent gas)
- Same wallet works for marketplace settlement
- Agent-to-agent payment ready
- No chargebacks; on-chain payments are final
Best for crypto-native users and agent-to-agent settlement
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Light
Testing & exploring
$0
per day
- 30 gateway turns
- 40 MCP tool calls
- 10 task updates
- 5 messages sent
All within free daily allowances. Signup credit lasts indefinitely.
Moderate
Daily agent-assisted work
~$20
per month
- 80 gateway turns / day
- 70 MCP tool calls / day
- 50 task updates / day
- 30 messages sent / day
~$0.65/day. Cheaper than most SaaS subscriptions.
Heavy
Autonomous agents & teams
~$186
per month
- 300 gateway turns / day
- 250 MCP tool calls / day
- 200 task updates / day
- 100 messages sent / day
~$6.20/day. Less than self-hosting equivalent infrastructure.
Self-serve
For technical teams
$0
integration fee
- Developer guide + reference implementation
- Add a thin proxy to your existing API
- Connect from the qbit dashboard
- Your customers pay per call — no tier complexity
- Community support
Guide & reference coming soon
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Guided
We build the integration
$5–15K
one-time
- API audit & tool design
- Proxy build, testing & deployment
- Team training (1 hour)
- 1–2 week timeline
- AI-assisted build, human review
Customers pay per call after integration — no recurring agent plans
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Deep
Strategic partnership
$15–35K
one-time
- Everything in Guided
- Custom prompt & workflow design
- Multi-customer deployment support
- Co-branded case study & GTM package
- 3–6 week timeline
Best when the agent is a product surface, not a side feature
Book a scoping call
qbit Appliance
Pre-configured, plug & play
$300
one-time
- Pre-configured qbit agent device
- Bluetooth onboarding
- Remote management ready
- Runs on your network
Pay per call after your $5 signup credit. No monthly fee.
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Bring Your Own Host
Use hardware you already own
$0
hardware cost
- Raspberry Pi, Mac, or Linux machine
- One-command installer
- Auto-detects OS & CPU
- Same agent, same dashboard
Pay per call after your $5 signup credit. No monthly fee.
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| Action |
Billing |
| iot.streams.query — query a device's historical data |
Per call |
| iot.streams.latest — get the most recent reading |
Per call |
| iot.streams.subscribe — live relayed stream (SSE) |
Per hour of active streaming |
| iot.devices.list, iot.devices.get |
Free (read-only) |
Dual-fee model: every paid IoT call includes a platform fee (qbit.me) and a provider rate (set by the device owner). Both are locked in at subscription time. List devices and browse the marketplace for free — you only pay when you subscribe to a stream.
| Add-on |
Price |
| Hosted VPS — 4GB RAM, 50GB storage |
$25/mo |
| Hosted VPS — 8GB RAM, 100GB storage |
$75/mo |
Daily spending cap
Default $10/day. Adjustable from $1 to $100. Hard platform cap at $100/day prevents runaway costs.
Per-session cap
Default $2/session. Adjustable from $0.50 to $20. Limits a single conversation's spend.
Pause instantly
One toggle in the dashboard stops all paid calls immediately. The agent surfaces the pause to you.
Idempotency on every call
Agents retry automatically. The platform deduplicates by idempotency key so you never pay twice for the same call.
Do I need a credit card to sign up? No. Every account gets $5 in platform credit automatically. You can use qbit.me for days or weeks before adding a payment method.
What happened to Personal / Professional / Business tiers? We replaced them with pay-per-use. All accounts are on the same default tier with access to everything: project management (kanban), client CRM, calendar, and marketplace — all built in, no extra plan — plus teams, collaboration, and toolset publishing.
Can I use both Stripe and x402? Yes. Configure both in your dashboard. Your agent picks whichever rail has balance. Prices are identical across rails.
What if I hit my spending limit? Your agent surfaces the limit to you in conversation. You can raise your cap or unpause spending from the
dashboard instantly.
Is the marketplace fee separate? Yes. Platform endpoint payments use margin-in-pricing (the 3% platform fee is baked into each price). Marketplace seller-to-buyer transactions keep the explicit 97/3 split — that's a different flow.
Can I still bring my own host? Absolutely. BYOH is $0 hardware cost. You just pay per call after your signup credit. See
Downloads.
Proof it works: EDDR Student Management System is the first agent-native trade school SIS — 74 MCP tools, 239 students, 20 cohorts. Case-manager triage dropped 6x, job matching went from 2–3 staff to 1.
Read the EDDR case study →
What professionals are paying for: Zero-touch setup, remote management, and a marketplace of signed, sandboxed toolsets — not Raspberry Pi silicon. Free DIY stacks still require Docker, networking, and ongoing maintenance. qbit.me just works.
What vendors are paying for: A one-time path to an agent-native product surface. Your customers pay per call — no tier complexity, no monthly billing disputes.