Paybond pricing

Authorize the action. Verify the outcome.

Free Sandbox. Metered production. Prepaid Credits when you need a budget line.

Start in Sandbox at no cost. Go live on Pay as you go at about $0.10 per production intent. Buy Credits when you want prepaid spend. Talk to sales for SSO, volume commitments, or procurement.

Path 1 — Sandbox

Start in Sandbox

Scaffold agent middleware for paid tools in a free sandbox. No payment method required.

npx -p @paybond/kit paybond init agent-middleware

Start free Sandbox Agent middleware guide

Path 2 — Production

Go live on Pay as you go

Production intents are billed as you use them. Each intent covers authorize and evidence. Price is about $0.10 per production intent.

About $0.10 per production intent
Evidence and receipt path on every live intent
Payment method on file — $0 until production intents run

Go live with Pay as you go Compare Sandbox, PAYG, and Credits

Path 3 — Credits

Buy Credits for prepaid burn

Purchase prepaid packs and top-ups when finance needs a fixed balance instead of open-ended metering.

Prepaid packs and top-ups — usage draws down Credits first
Same evidence and receipt path as Pay as you go
Predictable prepaid balance you can renew as you burn

Buy Credits — start with PAYG See Credits packs below

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Pricing overview

Sandbox, Pay as you go, and Credits — plus Design-partner pilots and Custom needs.

How you buy Paybond

Three public paths. The meter is the production intent: authorize and evidence on each live call.

Sandbox

Free rehearsal before live rails.

Best for

First integration and DX

sandbox only

Integrate authorize-before and receipt-after with simulator settlement. Sandbox is not production.

Free sandbox workspace
Agent middleware scaffold and smoke path
Simulator settlement — no live rails
Tenant-bound receipt reads in sandbox

Start free Sandbox

Primary live path

Pay as you go

Primary live path. Pay per production intent.

Best for

Production usage

~$0.10

per production intent

Each production intent covers authorize and evidence. No monthly bundle required to go live.

Production intents from the first live call
Proof-gated release or refund on submitted evidence
Portable receipt export on the metered path
Payment method on file — $0 until production intents run

Go live — pay per intent

Credits

Prepaid packs when spend needs a fixed balance.

Best for

Predictable prepaid burn

Prepaid

packs and top-ups

Buy Credits packs and draw them down against production intents. Top up when the balance runs low.

Prepaid intent credit balance
Top-ups and optional auto-recharge (sales-configured)
Same evidence and receipt path as PAYG
Design-partner packs available as Credits balances

Buy Credits — start with PAYG

Use public signup for Sandbox, Pay as you go, and Credits. Design-partner pilots and Custom needs go through talk to sales. Read the signup guide.

Important: Paybond subscriptions and meters are priced for Paybond software and evidence products. Money movement through Stripe Connect or other configured rails is separate from Paybond pricing and remains governed by the relevant rail or provider terms.

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Design-partner pilots and custom terms

Self-serve covers Sandbox, Pay as you go, and Credits. Use these paths for a design-partner pilot or for packaging around SSO, volume, and procurement.

Free 90-day pilot

Limited slots

Design-partner pilots

We recruit a small set of agent-native teams for a free ~90-day pilot. You run governed spend in a live product; we ask for written logo, quote, and reference rights. At the end you convert to Pay as you go or Credits.

Governed spend in a shipping agent product
At least one refund or dispute path exercised
Weekly access to the people building Paybond
Clear convert path to PAYG or Credits at day 90

Apply for a design-partner pilot

Best fit: agent products already moving real spend that need authorize-and-evidence guardrails in production.

Custom needs

Talk to sales for volume, SSO, and procurement

Use this path when self-serve packaging is not enough. We scope SSO and SCIM, committed volume, procurement, invoicing, and security review on a sales call — then send terms that match your buying process.

SSO, SCIM, and tenant-scoped audit exports
Committed volume and negotiated intent pricing
Procurement, invoicing, and security review
Written next steps after a short qualification call

Talk to sales

Best fit: teams with procurement, a security review, or a volume commitment before go-live.