When you use our Robots to perform tasks with your files — such as importing, processing, or exporting — your usage counts toward your monthly GB limit based on file size.

For Robots that process files (i.e., the output file differs from the input file), we sum the input and output file sizes. For example, transcoding a 500 MB video into a 100 MB one counts as 600 MB.

Many Robots are lighter on our infrastructure, which allows us to offer discounted rates. For example, importing files from S3 only counts as 10% of the file size. The same applies to exporting files to S3.

You can see the detailed pricing for each Robot here.

Basic example

Let’s say you work with a 500 MB video file:

• Importing the file with 🤖/s3/import counts as 50 MB (10% of 500 MB).
• Transcoding the video with 🤖/video/encode into a 100 MB one counts as 600 MB (500 MB input + 100 MB output).
• Exporting the processed video with 🤖/s3/store counts as 10 MB (10% of 100 MB).

Total usage: 660 MB (50 MB + 600 MB + 10 MB).

Minimum usage for some Robots

Certain Robots require significant computational effort even when handling small files. To keep our pricing sustainable, some of these Robots have a minimum charge per operation.

• If you process a file that is smaller than the minimum charge, your usage will be rounded up to that minimum. For example, if a Robot has a 1 MB minimum charge and the actual processing cost is 100 KB, it will still count as 1 MB toward your monthly limit.
• All actual minimum charges are listed on the Robot pricing page.

AI Robots: USD-based usage

Some AI Robots have a minimum charge set in USD instead of MB. This amount is then converted to MB based on your plan’s GB price.

For example, suppose you are on the Lite plan ($29 per month for 15 GB) and use 🤖/image/ocr, which has a minimum charge of $0.0013.

• Your price per GB is $1.93 ($29 / 15 GB).
• We convert the USD amount to MB using your GB price: $0.0013 ÷ ($1.93/GB) = 0.69 MB
• This means the minimum charge for this Robot is 0.69 MB.

Flexible usage beyond your Plan

Lite includes 15 GB per month and charges $2 per additional GB. Lite and Pro support billable usage beyond their included allowances, subject to your account’s spending-limit settings. Enterprise overage terms depend on your agreement.

Community does not include overage: processing stops at its monthly cap of 5 GB. Existing Hobbyist accounts keep their 5 GB cap. Upgrade or wait for the next monthly reset to continue processing. See the details on the Pricing page.