Billing

ClawUp billing is designed for transparent, usage-based pricing with full traceability.

Pricing

All users share the same pricing. New users get a 1-day free trial with a platform-managed API key and one free-trial Agent. After the trial, top up your balance to continue. You can also earn balance by inviting friends.

Pricing Model

ClawUp uses hourly usage-based billing for both compute and storage:

Compute (Running Agents)

Rate: 2.78 cents/hour (~$20 for 30 days continuous)
Billed only while your Agent is Running
Stop your Agent → compute billing stops immediately
Restart → compute billing resumes
Monthly cap: $20/Agent (compute + storage combined)

Storage (All Non-Deleted Agents)

Rate: 0.003 cents per GB per hour (~$0.022/GB/month)
Billed for all Agents that have data on disk — both Running and Stopped
Based on actual backup size (workspace, config, conversation data)
Delete your Agent → storage billing stops, data is removed
Monthly cap: shared with compute ($20 total cap per Agent)

Tokens (LLM API Usage)

Three modes for AI model access:

Bring your own key (BYOK): use your own provider API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.). You create and manage the key; ClawUp adds no token fee.
ClawUp-managed models (managed API keys): ClawUp provisions and manages the provider API keys for you — you never create, paste, or rotate a key. You just buy Token Credits from your USD balance and use any supported model from one balance.
Connect a subscription: use your existing Claude or ChatGPT plan instead of a key or Token Credits. ClawUp adds no token fee (bills only compute + storage), but the provider meters an agent’s programmatic usage on a separate track from interactive chat — see Connect a Subscription → Billing and limits. OpenClaw runtime only.

Token Credits (Managed Mode)

In managed mode, ClawUp holds and manages the upstream provider API keys — you don’t supply or see one. You buy Token Credits and use any supported model from a single balance, with no per-provider key to create or rotate. Pricing. ClawUp-managed models are priced roughly 5% below the official provider list rates — so managed costs less than going direct to the provider. Usage is metered per token at the rates below. Top up Token Credits in presets ($10 / $20 / $50) or any custom amount ($1–$500); credits draw down as your agents run, never expire, and are non-refundable. Rates — USD per 1M tokens (input / output). These track the live catalog and can change, so the in-app Supported Models list (Create Agent → “Use ClawUp-managed models”, or Overview → Buy Token Credits) is always authoritative:

Model	Input	Output
GPT-5 nano	$0.03	$0.24
GPT-4o mini	$0.09	$0.36
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	$0.07	$0.28
Gemini 2.5 Flash	$0.21	$1.75
GPT-5.4 mini	$0.45	$2.70
GPT-5	$0.75	$6.00
Claude Haiku 4.5	$0.90	$4.50
Gemini 2.5 Pro	$0.88	$7.00
Gemini 3.1 Pro	$1.40	$8.40
GPT-5.4	$1.50	$9.00
Claude Sonnet 4.6	$2.70	$13.50
GPT-5.5	$3.00	$18.00
Claude Opus 4.6	$4.50	$22.50
Claude Opus 4.8	$5.00	$25.00

Every supported provider — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google — is available from the same balance, all at the discounted managed rate. Token Credits can be purchased:

During agent creation (select “Use ClawUp-managed models”)
From the Overview dashboard (“Buy Token Credits” button)
From the Billing panel (top-up anytime)

The “Buy Token Credits” modal requires a non-zero USD balance first — if your balance is $0, it prompts you to top up (via one of the Recharge Methods above) before showing the credit-amount presets:

Connect a subscription

Already pay for Claude or ChatGPT? Connect that plan instead of an API key or Token Credits. Pick 🔗 Connect a subscription under Model Usage (OpenClaw runtime only), then:

Claude — paste the sk-ant-oat01-… token from claude setup-token (the value printed in the terminal, not the …#… code shown in the browser).
ChatGPT — paste the contents of ~/.codex/auth.json (created when you sign in with the OpenAI Codex CLI).

ClawUp charges only for compute + storage (no token fee) — but the provider bills an agent’s usage against its own programmatic/extra-usage allotment, not your interactive chat limits. See the full walkthrough and the billing caveat in Connect a Subscription.

Balance Requirements

Action	Minimum Balance
Create an Agent	$20
Start a stopped Agent	$20
Create a Team (SubAgent)	$20 (1 Agent)
Create a Team (MultiAgent)	$20 × N members
Free trial	$0 (no balance needed)

Billing Lifecycle

Daily Billing Tick

The billing system runs every 24 hours and performs:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Phase 0a: Free-Tier Expiry                         │
│  For each Free plan Agent past 1-day trial:          │
│    Balance ≥ \$20 → Upgrade to Basic (keep running)  │
│    Balance < \$20 → Stop Agent                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 0b: Grace Period Cleanup                     │
│  For each Stopped Agent with \$0 balance:             │
│    Stopped > 14 days → Delete runtime + data        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 1: Calculate Charges                         │
│  Running Agents → compute + storage                  │
│    compute: hours × 2.78 cents/hr                   │
│    storage: hours × GB × 0.003 cents/hr             │
│  Stopped Agents → storage only                       │
│    storage: hours × GB × 0.003 cents/hr             │
│  All charges capped at \$20/month per Agent           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 2: Apply Charges                             │
│  Deduct from user balance                           │
│  Update monthly meter state                         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Balance Warning Emails

The system estimates your daily burn rate (compute + storage across all Agents) and sends emails based on remaining days:

Remaining Days	Action
> 7 days	Healthy — no action
3–7 days	Low-balance reminder email (once per day)
1–3 days	Critical warning email (once per day)
≤ 0 days	Auto-stop all running Agents

Daily burn includes:

Running Agents: compute_hourly_rate × 24h + storage_gb_hourly_rate × GB × 24h per Agent
Stopped Agents with data: storage_gb_hourly_rate × GB × 24h per Agent

Auto-Stop on Zero Balance

When your balance reaches zero:

All running Agents are stopped automatically
If the runtime provisioner is unreachable, bots are force-marked Stopped in the database to prevent runaway billing
Storage billing begins based on backup size

Grace Period (14 Days)

After auto-stop with zero balance:

Day	Status
Day 0	Auto-stop: Agents stopped, storage billing active
Day 1–14	Grace period: data preserved, top up to recover
Day 14+	Storage deleted permanently — runtime removed, Agent marked Deleted

During the grace period:

Your workspace, backups, and configuration are preserved
You can top up and restart at any time
Storage fees continue to accrue (deducted when you top up)

Auto-Recovery on Top-Up

When you recharge (via any method):

Balance increases immediately
Free plan Agents with expired trials are automatically upgraded to Basic
You can restart stopped Agents manually
No data is lost during the 14-day grace period

Free Trial

New users get a 1-day free trial:

Platform provisions a managed API key
No balance required, no compute or storage charges during trial
One Agent per user, platform-selected model

When the trial expires:

Balance ≥ $20 → Agent keeps running, starts hourly billing
Balance < $20 → Agent is stopped. Top up and restart anytime.

Team Billing

Team Mode	Billed Agents	Example (4 roles)
SubAgent	1 (leader only)	$20/month
MultiAgent	N (one per member)	$80/month

SubAgent mode is recommended — all team roles run inside one Agent as virtual sub-agents.

Recharge Methods

The Billing page (left sidebar) shows your current balance and three ways to top up:

Billing page: balance and recharge cards

Method	Description
Credit / Debit Card	Stripe checkout
Recharge Card	Redeem a pre-paid card code + password — this is also how Telegram-distributed coupons are claimed
Crypto Pay	On-chain USDC/USDT (multi-chain, via the x402 protocol)

All recharge methods trigger automatic Free → Basic upgrade if applicable.

Billing Events

Event	Description
`usage_charge`	Aggregated usage charge for a billing tick (compute + storage breakdown stored in the note)
`subscription_due_soon`	Low-balance reminder email sent
`balance_exhausted`	Balance reached zero, auto-stop triggered
`bot_auto_stopped_overdue`	Agent force-stopped due to insufficient balance

For team pricing, see Teams

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Pricing

Pricing Model

Compute (Running Agents)

Storage (All Non-Deleted Agents)

Tokens (LLM API Usage)

Token Credits (Managed Mode)

Connect a subscription

Balance Requirements

Billing Lifecycle

Daily Billing Tick

Balance Warning Emails

Auto-Stop on Zero Balance

Grace Period (14 Days)

Auto-Recovery on Top-Up

Free Trial

Team Billing

Recharge Methods

Billing Events

​Pricing

​Pricing Model

​Compute (Running Agents)

​Storage (All Non-Deleted Agents)

​Tokens (LLM API Usage)

​Token Credits (Managed Mode)

​Connect a subscription

​Balance Requirements

​Billing Lifecycle

​Daily Billing Tick

​Balance Warning Emails

​Auto-Stop on Zero Balance

​Grace Period (14 Days)

​Auto-Recovery on Top-Up

​Free Trial

​Team Billing

​Recharge Methods

​Billing Events

​Related Guides

Pricing

Pricing Model

Compute (Running Agents)

Storage (All Non-Deleted Agents)

Tokens (LLM API Usage)

Token Credits (Managed Mode)

Connect a subscription

Balance Requirements

Billing Lifecycle

Daily Billing Tick

Balance Warning Emails

Auto-Stop on Zero Balance

Grace Period (14 Days)

Auto-Recovery on Top-Up

Free Trial

Team Billing

Recharge Methods

Billing Events

Related Guides