Billing
Respectify is billed per API call, in US dollars. You add money to your account balance, and each successful call is charged against it. There are no monthly plans and no subscription: every feature is available on every account, and you pay only for the calls you make.
Manage your balance at respectify.ai/dashboard/billing.
How Pricing Works
Each endpoint has its own price per call, with two rates:
- Up to 1,000 words: the standard rate
- Over 1,000 words: a higher rate for larger requests
The word count covers the text Respectify evaluates in that call: the comment itself plus the other text you send with it, such as the comment being replied to, context comments, or your banned topic and sensitive topic lists. Topic initialization is a flat rate.
At the time of writing, prices per call are:
| Endpoint | Up to 1,000 words | Over 1,000 words |
|---|---|---|
| Perspective compatible scoring | $0.007 | $0.022 |
| Comment health | $0.008 | $0.011 |
| Spam detection | $0.002 | $0.003 |
| Relevance checking | $0.003 | $0.005 |
| Dogwhistle detection | $0.004 | $0.006 |
| Perspective score suggestions* | $0.007 | $0.022 |
| Topic initialization | $0.005 | $0.005 |
* Charged mainly to prevent abuse. We can waive it on request.
The pricing page and the price table on your billing page are authoritative. If they differ from this table, they are correct.
Megacall
A megacall runs several checks in one request. Each check in it is charged at that check's own price, less 10%. You are charged only for the checks that return a result: a check that comes back null is not charged.
What Is Not Charged
- Failed calls. You are charged only when a call succeeds. If a call returns an error, it costs nothing.
- Credential checks. Verifying your email and API key (the
usercheckendpoint, and the Test button in the WordPress plugin) is free.
Adding Balance
From the billing page, choose a quick amount ($10, $50 or $250) or enter a custom amount in whole dollars, then click Open secure checkout. Top-ups can be from $5 to $5,000. Payment is handled by Paddle. After checkout you return to the billing page, which shows your new balance once Paddle confirms the payment, usually within a few seconds.
Until you have made a top-up of $100 or more, any top-up over $100 asks you to confirm the amount before going to checkout.
New accounts start with a balance of $0. Add balance before making API calls.
Automatic Top-Ups
Auto-topup refills your balance when it runs low. You set two values on the billing page:
- Top up when balance falls below: the threshold, from $0 to $5,000
- Top-up amount: how much to add each time, from $5 to $5,000
Auto-topup is on by default for new accounts, set to add $15 when your balance falls below $5. You can change both values, or turn it off, and click Save auto-topup.
Auto-topup charges the payment method saved when you first top up through checkout, so it can only run after your first manual top-up. It is checked after each charged call: when that call takes your balance below the threshold, Respectify asks Paddle to charge the top-up amount, and the balance increases once Paddle confirms the payment. Only one automatic top-up runs at a time; while one is waiting for confirmation, the billing page says so and no further top-up is started.
When Your Balance Runs Out
Before running a call, Respectify checks that your balance covers its cost. If it doesn't, the call is not run and the API returns HTTP 402 Payment Required with an "Insufficient balance" error that includes your current balance. Nothing is charged. The client libraries raise this as PaymentRequiredError (PaymentRequiredException in PHP); see Error Handling.
Add balance, or enable auto-topup, to continue.
Your Balance and Charges
The billing page shows:
- Current balance, Total deposited and Total charged
- Reference API prices for both word-count rates
- Recent deposits: manual top-ups and auto-topups, with amount and time
- Recent charges: the latest charged calls, with endpoint, cost and time (megacall charges are marked)
Usage
View your usage at respectify.ai/dashboard/usage.
The usage page shows the number of checks and their cost for today, the last 7 days, the last 30 days and the current calendar month. Below that, you can choose a billing period (a calendar month) and an API key, or all keys, to see:
- Charts of checks and cost over time
- A breakdown by endpoint, with the number of checks and their cost
- The websites your calls came from, if your integration sends them (the WordPress plugin does)
Deposit History
The Deposits page at respectify.ai/dashboard/deposits lists your most recent 20 deposits, with amount, type (manual top-up or auto-topup) and time.