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Median runs on a credit-based model. Every dollar you pay becomes a dollar of credits — and you spend them as you use the product. AI usage is charged at cost, and integration events draw a flat per-event price.

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Plans

Paid plans unlock every feature, including the advanced AI model. The only difference between paid plans is the amount of credits granted each cycle.

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Free tier caveats

The Free plan is meant for evaluating Median end-to-end without a card. It has a few hard limits that paid plans don’t:
  • Standard AI model only — feedback extraction and task generation run on the lower-cost model. The advanced model is reserved for paid plans.
  • Hard-capped at $0.50 of credits per month — usage stops cleanly when credits run out; nothing is billed beyond that.
  • No paid overages — the “Hard cap usage at plan credits” toggle is permanently on. To exceed $0.50 in a month, upgrade to a paid plan.

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How credits are spent

Credits are a single shared pool. Both AI and integration events draw from it.

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AI pricing

AI is billed at the underlying model rate — no markup. Median routes most work to a fast, low-cost model and reserves a larger, more capable model for heavier reasoning tasks. Most everyday actions cost a fraction of a cent.

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Overages

On paid plans, usage beyond your monthly credits is auto-charged at the end of the billing cycle at the same per-event and per-token rates. There is no overage premium — $1 of usage costs $1 whether it is inside or outside your included credits. The Free plan does not support paid overages. Once your $0.50 of credits is spent, ingest and AI generation pause until the next cycle or an upgrade.

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Hard-cap mode

You can hard-cap usage at your plan’s credits. With this enabled:
  • AI generation pauses once credits are exhausted
  • Integrations stop ingesting new events
  • The task board stays available — Linear, GitHub, and Discord syncs resume on the next cycle or after an upgrade
Toggle this from Billing → “Hard cap usage at plan credits” in the dashboard.

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Worked examples

A developer signs up to evaluate Median, ingests ~30 Discord messages and runs a handful of AI task generations.
  • Events: 30 × $0.007 = $0.21
  • AI: ~$0.10 (standard model only)
  • Total used: ~$0.31 of $0.50 — well within the free cap.
A solo developer ingests ~300 GitHub events and runs ~50 AI task generations in a month.
  • Events: 300 × $0.007 = $2.10
  • AI: ~$1.20
  • Total used: ~$3.30 of $5 in credits — no overage.
A team ingests ~1,000 events across Discord and Linear, with ~150 AI runs.
  • Events: 1,000 × $0.007 = $7.00
  • AI: ~$3.50
  • Total used: ~$10.50 — $0.50 overage, billed at cycle end.
Heavy GitHub + Linear ingest (~2,500 events) with ~400 AI runs.
  • Events: 2,500 × $0.007 = $17.50
  • AI: ~$2.40
  • Total used: ~$19.90 of $20 — no overage. Priority support included.

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FAQ

No. Credits reset at the start of each billing cycle.
Yes. Upgrades take effect immediately and are pro-rated. Downgrades schedule for the next cycle.
Yes. The free plan has no time limit — it just hard-caps at $0.50 in credits per month and routes AI work to the standard model.
Anything ingested from a connected source — a new Discord message in a feedback channel, a GitHub issue, a Linear ticket, a Slack message in a feedback channel, or a tweet.
The Billing page shows current credits, daily consumption, AI vs event breakdown, and any overages.