Billing & Usage
Understand your ARKA-AI billing, track usage metrics, manage your subscription, and view your cost savings.
Transparent Billing
ARKA-AI uses your own API keys, so you only pay for actual API usage. Your ARKA-AI subscription covers platform features, and API costs are billed directly by your provider (OpenAI/OpenRouter).
Billing Overview
Your ARKA-AI costs come from two sources: your platform subscription and your AI provider API usage.
Platform Subscription
Your monthly ARKA-AI plan (Free, Starter, Pro, or Team). Covers platform features, tools, and support.
API Usage
Billed directly by OpenAI or OpenRouter based on tokens used. ARKAbrain helps optimize these costs.
Tracking Usage
Monitor your API usage in the Settings → Usage section. See how many tokens you've used and how much ARKAbrain has saved you.
Token Usage
Track input and output tokens across your conversations.
Model Breakdown
See which models you're using most and their respective costs.
Cost Savings
See how much ARKAbrain saved by routing to optimal models.
Usage History
View historical usage data by day, week, or month.
Cost Savings with ARKAbrain
ARKAbrain's intelligent model routing saves you money by using the most cost-effective model for each task.
Average Savings
Model Selection
Quality Loss
How Savings Are Calculated
Savings compare your actual costs to what you would have paid using GPT-4 for every message. Since most messages don't need GPT-4, ARKAbrain routes them to faster, cheaper models.
Managing Your Subscription
Go to Billing Settings
Navigate to Settings → Billing in the sidebar.
View Current Plan
See your current plan, renewal date, and included features.
Upgrade or Downgrade
Click "Change Plan" to upgrade or downgrade your subscription.
Manage Payment
Update payment methods or view billing history.
Invoices & Receipts
Access your billing history and download invoices for your records.
Invoice History
View all past invoices with dates, amounts, and payment status.
PDF Downloads
Download PDF invoices for expense reports or tax records.
Email Receipts
Receipts are automatically emailed after each payment.
Usage Limits
Different plans have different limits. Here's what each plan includes:
| Feature | Free | Starter | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messages/day | 10 | 100 | Unlimited |
| File uploads | 3/chat | 10/chat | 20/chat |
| Coding Studio | - | - | Full access |
| Support | Community | Priority |