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[docs-agent] Update PAYG pricing to flat $0.525/M CU
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14 changes: 6 additions & 8 deletions content/api-reference/pricing-resources/pricing-faq/pay-as-you-go-pricing-faq.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -13,24 +13,22 @@ We firmly believe that costs shouldn't be a barrier to building innovative apps

This FAQ answers what you need to know about our Pay As You Go plan.

1. **What is Pay As You Go plan?** Pay As You Go is our new pricing plan. You only pay for what you use, with no platform fees. Rates start at $0.45 per million Compute Units and automatically decrease to $0.40 per million Compute Units after you hit 300M Compute Units.
1. **What is Pay As You Go plan?** Pay As You Go is our new pricing plan. You only pay for what you use, with no platform fees. All usage is billed at a flat rate of $0.525 per million Compute Units.

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P1 Badge Qualify the rate as applying to new PAYG subscriptions

For customers whose PAYG subscriptions predate this pricing rollout, this statement incorrectly says that all usage is billed at $0.525/M CU. The change description explicitly limits the new rate to new PAYG subscriptions, while the edited FAQ and pricing table omit that qualification; add the applicable subscription cohort or effective date so existing customers are not given an inaccurate higher billing rate.

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accurate, but for simplicity I think we say this, given the plan is to roll out these changes to all users in the coming weeks


2. **When is Pay As You Go plan available?** The new pricing plan launches on February 1st, 2025.
2. **When is Pay As You Go plan available?** Pay As You Go is available now.

3. **What does Pay As You Go plan include?** Check out [alchemy.com/pricing](http://alchemy.com/pricing) for full details.

4. **How do I calculate my costs under the Pay As You Go plan?** $0.45 per million Compute Units until you hit 300M monthly Compute Units. After 300M, your rate drops to $0.40 per million Compute Units.
4. **How do I calculate my costs under the Pay As You Go plan?** Pay As You Go is billed at a flat $0.525 per million Compute Units across all usage.

```text
For an app using 120M Compute Units / month:

- You pay 120* $0.45 = $54/month
- You pay 120 * $0.525 = $63/month

For an app using 460M Compute Units / month:

- First 300M: 300*$0.45 = $135/month
- After 300M: 160*$0.40 = $64/month
- You pay $135 + $64 = $199/month
- You pay 460 * $0.525 = $241.50/month
```

5. **How do Compute Units work?** Each API request uses Compute Units (CUs) based on its complexity. Check out [this breakdown of Alchemy's compute unit costs](/docs/reference/compute-unit-costs) per method, chain, and product. On average, one API request uses about 25 CUs, though this can vary. For example, 4M requests typically use around 100M CUs.
Expand All @@ -49,4 +47,4 @@ This FAQ answers what you need to know about our Pay As You Go plan.

We offer **the most generous free plan** in the industry. Our free plan gives you **3x the capacity** to build for free compared to competitors, giving you massive computing power and throughput to start building right away.

When you're ready to scale beyond 30M Compute Units per month, Pay As You Go plan provides a seamless path forward with competitive rates that get cheaper when you build more.
When you're ready to scale beyond 30M Compute Units per month, Pay As You Go plan provides a seamless path forward with a competitive flat rate.
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| Feature | Free Tier | PAYG | Enterprise Tier |
| -------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------------- |
| Base Compute Units | 30,000,000 | - | Custom |
| Up to 300M CU rate | - | $0.45/M CU | Custom |
| 300M+ CU rate | - | $0.40/M CU | Custom |
| Compute Unit rate | - | $0.525/M CU | Custom |
| Base Throughput (CUs/second) | 300 | 10,000 | Custom |
| # of apps | 5 | 30 | Unlimited |
| webhooks | 5 | 100 | 500 |
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