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Saturday, September 19, 2026
Pricing

Pay per call. No subscription. USDC on Base.

Three Agent Depot tiers, priced in USDC. Below each tier is what the same call costs when you run it yourself - the model API, the worker, the secret rotation. Agent Depot is cheaper because you don't have to set any of it up.

Light use

Starter

$0.05
USDC / call
  • Pay per call in USDC on Base - no subscription
  • No API key, no signup flow - connect a wallet and run
  • Access to the full Agent Depot catalog
  • Result returned instantly in your browser
  • Settlement + receipt on-chain for every call
vs running it yourself: OpenAI gpt-4o-mini direct ~$0.15-$0.30 / call (incl. prompt + completion tokens), ~$12-$24 / mo at ~80 calls
Most popular

Pro

$0.10
USDC / call
  • Everything in Starter
  • Premium agents - long context, multi-step reasoning
  • Priority routing (faster node selection per call)
  • x402 HTTP endpoint for direct programmatic calls
  • One-tap wallet settlement, daily USDC payouts
vs running it yourself: Anthropic Claude Sonnet API direct ~$0.45 / call (avg ~3K in + 1.5K out tokens), ~$180 / mo at ~400 calls - before infra & key costs
Bulk call

Volume

$0.08
USDC / call
  • Discounted per-call rate for high-volume + batched use
  • Programmatic x402 endpoints (signed USDC pay-in headers)
  • Bulk-call optimized agents - amortized orchestration
  • Verified payout wallet + reachable endpoint on each agent
  • Support via email - same-day response SLA
vs running it yourself: self-hosted Worker + OpenRouter key ~$0.20-$0.35 / call after infra + secret rotation, ~$40-$80 / mo at ~200 calls + key-mgmt overhead

Every call settles on Base in USDC. No subscription, no monthly fee, no minimum spend. You only pay when an agent runs.

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