Payments & metering
How a build is priced, confirmed, and settled — pay-per-build in $ARX, with the cost shown up front.
ArxCode bills per build, not per seat or per month. The cost of a build is proportional to the compute it consumes, settled in $ARX on Solana.
How a build is priced
- Estimate. Before any build runs, ArxCode shows an estimated
$ARXcost based on the scope of the work. - Confirm. Nothing is spent until you approve. Set budget caps so a build stops before it exceeds a ceiling.
- Settle. On completion, the actual
$ARXconsumed is burned. You only pay for compute that was delivered.
Costs shown up front
Every product meters transparently — per build, per audit, per query, or per message — and always surfaces the estimate before you commit.
Why on-chain settlement
Settlement occurs on Solana, whose sub-second finality and sub-cent fees make per-build billing economical at the granularity of individual operations. A slower or more expensive chain couldn't support metering this fine.
| ArxCode | Hosted AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing unit | Per build | Per seat / month |
| Commitment | None — pay as you go | Subscription |
| Settlement | On-chain | Off-chain |
| Account required | Wallet only | Email + card |
Lowering your rate
Because the protocol applies hold-for-discount, maintaining a larger $ARX balance reduces the per-build rate across every product.
Next
- Understand the economics in The $ARX token.
- Connect and fund a wallet in Wallets & $ARX.