Pricing

PAREL is usage-based and prepaid. You are billed for what your agents actually consume — there is no seat fee and no fixed monthly minimum during beta.

# Pay-as-you-go (platform credits)

• Add funds to a USD balance from the console. Model usage is billed per token at the underlying provider's rates, plus a platform fee that covers runtime, sandbox, and infrastructure costs.
• Optional auto top-up: when your balance drops below a threshold you set, we top it up by an amount you choose using your saved card.
• You can see live usage and balance, and download usage records, in the console.

# Bring your own keys (BYOK)

Prefer to pay providers directly? Add your own Anthropic, OpenAI, or E2B keys in the console. BYOK usage is billed by those providers, not by PAREL — you only pay them.

# What about "agent-seconds"?

There is no agent-seconds metering or hidden runtime meter. Billing is the prepaid USD balance described above (or BYOK). Earlier docs referenced an agent-seconds free tier that does not exist; this page is the source of truth.

# Beta

PAREL is in beta and pricing may change with notice. Final per-token rates and any platform margin are shown at top-up time in the console before you pay.

Questions about pricing or volume needs? contact@parel.sh.