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Robot pricing

Each Robot operation contributes to your usage. Here’s what to know about how we calculate it.

  • Usage is calculated based on file sizes, and counts toward your monthly GB limit.
  • For file processing operations, both input and output sizes are counted. For example, processing a 500 MB video into a 100 MB file counts as 600 MB.
  • Many Robots offer discounted rates. For example, importing files from S3 only counts as 10% of the file size, and filtering costs just 1%.
  • A few Robots have a small minimum charge per operation (0.5–2 MB) due to the computational effort involved, even for small files. You can find the details below.

Learn more about how we calculate usage in the How is usage calculated FAQ.

All Robots

Handling uploads

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/upload/handleHandle uploads10%

File importing

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/azure/importImport files from Azure15%
🤖/backblaze/importImport files from Backblaze15%
🤖/cloudfiles/importImport files from Rackspace Cloud Files15%
🤖/cloudflare/importImport files from Cloudflare R215%
🤖/digitalocean/importImport files from DigitalOcean Spaces15%
🤖/dropbox/importImport files from Dropbox15%
🤖/ftp/importImport files from FTP servers15%
🤖/google/importImport files from Google Storage15%
🤖/http/importImport files from web servers10%
🤖/minio/importImport files from MinIO15%
🤖/s3/importImport files from Amazon S310%
🤖/sftp/importImport files from SFTP servers15%
🤖/supabase/importImport files from Supabase15%
🤖/swift/importImport files from Openstack/Swift15%
🤖/tigris/importImport files from Tigris15%
🤖/wasabi/importImport files from Wasabi15%

Video encoding

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/video/adaptiveConvert videos to HLS and MPEG-Dash100%
🤖/video/concatConcatenate videos25%
🤖/video/encodeTranscode, resize, or watermark videos100%
🤖/video/mergeMerge video, audio, images into one video100%
🤖/video/ondemandStream videos with on-demand encoding100%
🤖/video/subtitleAdd subtitles to videos100%
🤖/video/thumbsExtract thumbnails from videos10%

Audio encoding

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/audio/artworkExtract or insert audio artwork100%
🤖/audio/concatConcatenate audio25%
🤖/audio/encodeEncode audio25%
🤖/audio/loopLoop audio25%
🤖/audio/mergeMerge audio files into one25%
🤖/audio/waveformGenerate waveform images from audio1 MB100%

Image manipulation

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/image/bgremoveRemove the background from images$0.006100%
🤖/image/mergeMerge several images into one image100%
🤖/image/optimizeOptimize images without quality loss100%
🤖/image/resizeConvert, resize, or watermark images100%

Artificial intelligence

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/document/ocrRecognize text in documents (OCR)
$0.02/page (AWS)
$0.015/page (GCP)
100%
🤖/image/describeRecognize objects in images$0.0013100%
🤖/image/facedetectDetect faces in images$0.0013100%
🤖/image/generateGenerate images from text prompts$0.06100%
🤖/image/ocrRecognize text in images (OCR)$0.0013100%
🤖/speech/transcribeTranscribe speech in audio or video files
$0.024/minute (AWS)
$0.016/minute (GCP)
100%
🤖/text/speakSynthesize speech in documents$0.05100%
🤖/text/translateTranslate text in documents1,250,000%

Document processing

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/document/autorotateAuto-rotate documents2 MB100%
🤖/document/convertConvert documents into different formats1 MB100%
🤖/document/mergeMerge documents into one1 MB100%
🤖/file/readRead file contents0.5 MB20%
🤖/document/splitExtracts pages1 MB100%
🤖/document/thumbsExtract thumbnail images from documents0.5 MB100%
🤖/html/convertTake screenshots of webpages or HTML files1 MB100%

File filtering

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/file/filterFilter files1%
🤖/file/verifyVerify the file type25%
🤖/file/virusscanScan files for viruses1 MB100%

Code evaluation

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/script/runRun scripts in Assemblies10%

Media cataloging

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/file/hashHash files20%
🤖/file/previewGenerate a preview thumbnail1 MB100%
🤖/meta/writeWrite metadata to media100%

File compressing

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/file/compressCompress files100%
🤖/file/decompressDecompress archives80%

File exporting

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/azure/storeExport files to Microsoft Azure15%
🤖/backblaze/storeExport files to Backblaze15%
🤖/cloudfiles/storeExport files to Rackspace Cloud Files15%
🤖/cloudflare/storeExport files to Cloudflare R215%
🤖/digitalocean/storeExport files to DigitalOcean Spaces15%
🤖/dropbox/storeExport files to Dropbox15%
🤖/ftp/storeExport files to FTP servers15%
🤖/google/storeExport files to Google Storage15%
🤖/minio/storeExport files to MinIO15%
🤖/s3/storeExport files to Amazon S310%
🤖/sftp/storeExport files to SFTP servers15%
🤖/supabase/storeExport files to Supabase15%
🤖/swift/storeExport files to OpenStack/Swift15%
🤖/tigris/storeExport files to Tigris15%
🤖/tus/storeExport files to Tus-compatible servers10%
🤖/vimeo/storeExport files to Vimeo15%
🤖/wasabi/storeExport files to Wasabi15%
🤖/youtube/storeExport files to YouTube15%

Smart CDN

RobotFeatureMin. chargeBytes counted
🤖/edgly/deliverCache and deliver files globally0.1 MB5%
🤖/file/serveServe files to web browsers25%
🤖/tlcdn/deliverCache and deliver files globally0.1 MB5%