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What is a Pay-Per-Call?
A billing model where a company pays a specific fee every time a piece of software sends a request to an AI model. Instead of paying a flat monthly subscription fee, the business pays only for the exact amount of work the AI performs. This is similar to a utility bill where you pay for the electricity you consume rather than a fixed rate. It allows organizations to scale their costs in direct proportion to their actual business activity, ensuring that expenses remain predictable even as the volume of tasks fluctuates throughout the day or month.
Why this matters to you
It helps businesses manage their budgets by aligning costs directly with output. You avoid paying for software capacity that sits idle, which makes it easier to justify the return on investment for specific projects or automated workflows.
How you might hear this
We switched to a pay-per-call model to avoid paying for idle software capacity during the weekends when our support volume drops significantly.
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