specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Coconut
providerId: coconut
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Video
- Audio
- Encoding
- Transcoding
- Media
- Plans
description: >-
  Coconut uses a usage-based, per-output-minute pricing model with no minimum
  fees and no long-term commitments. Charges accrue on the number of output
  minutes produced (the duration of each output file, summed across formats),
  with rates that vary by output resolution tier (Audio, SD, HD, UHD). Billing
  is monthly on the 1st for the previous month's volume. New accounts start on
  a free Test Plan (no credit card) limited to media up to one minute with
  sequential processing.
notes: >-
  Rates as published on the Coconut pricing page. Failed jobs, thumbnail
  generation, and API calls are not billed. Verify current rates on the
  pricing page during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.coconut.co/pricing
- https://docs.coconut.co
plans:
- id: coconut-test
  name: Test Plan
  type: free
  description: >-
    Free plan applied automatically to new accounts. Encode video or audio up
    to one minute in length with sequential (non-parallel) processing. No
    credit card required.
  entries:
  - label: Test Encoding
    name: test_encoding
    type: limited
    metric: output_minutes
    limit: 1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (media up to 1 minute, sequential processing)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Jobs
  - name: Metadata
  - name: Webhooks
- id: coconut-pay-as-you-go
  name: Pay-as-you-go
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Usage-based plan billed per output minute by resolution tier, with no
    minimum fee and no commitment. Output minutes equal the duration of each
    output file summed across all formats produced.
  entries:
  - label: Audio
    name: audio
    type: usage
    metric: output_minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.00325 per output minute
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: SD
    name: sd
    type: usage
    metric: output_minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.00750 per output minute
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: HD
    name: hd
    type: usage
    metric: output_minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.01500 per output minute
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: UHD
    name: uhd
    type: usage
    metric: output_minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.03000 per output minute
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Video Transcoding
  - name: Audio Transcoding
  - name: HLS / MPEG-DASH Packaging
  - name: Thumbnails (not billed)
  - name: GIF Animation
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com