Layercode pricing is transparent and simple. You only pay for what you use, per minute. The per-minute cost (referring to the duration of audio processed) is determined by the provider and model you choose for a voice pipeline. The specific provider costs are listed in the Models page.

When using your own backend, Layercode charges no fee for this (as your backend will be making requests to any LLM you use to generate responses). When using our Hosted Backend, there is a cost of $0.01 per minute, which covers the LLM calls we make on your behalf.

In addition to these costs, Layercode charges a platform fee of $0.09 per minute. The estimated per minute cost for a specific voice pipeline is displayed in the pipeline’s page in the Dashboard.

The cost of a session is deduced from your account credits at the end of each user session. You can top up your account with credits in the Dashboard. New user sessions will be rejected if your account balance is zero or negative. Credits do not expire and there is no minimum credit purchase.

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Example Costing

if you use a transcription model that costs $0.0077 per minute, with a text-to-speech model that costs $0.05 per minute, and the Hosted Backend, the total cost per minute would be:

$0.0077 (transcription) + $0.01 (hosted backend) + $0.05 (text-to-speech) + $0.09 (platform fee) = $0.1577 per minute.