finops: currency: USD billingModel: credit-based creditDefinition: description: One credit corresponds to processing a bucket of up to 500 words with any MeaningCloud API. Credits are deducted per request based on word count rounded up to the nearest 500-word bucket. wordsPerCredit: 500 plans: - name: Free monthlyPrice: 0.00 includedCredits: 20000 overageCredits: false pricePerExtraCredit: null notes: No credit card required. Suitable for evaluation and small personal projects. - name: Start-Up monthlyPrice: 99.00 includedCredits: 120000 overageCredits: true pricePerExtraCredit: null notes: Overage consumption is charged at the end of the billing period. Contact MeaningCloud for per-credit overage rates. - name: Professional monthlyPrice: 399.00 includedCredits: 700000 overageCredits: true pricePerExtraCredit: null notes: Overage consumption is charged at the end of the billing period. Includes access to premium APIs such as Deep Categorization. - name: Business monthlyPrice: 999.00 includedCredits: 4200000 overageCredits: true pricePerExtraCredit: null notes: Overage consumption is charged at the end of the billing period. Includes priority support and all premium APIs. - name: Enterprise monthlyPrice: null includedCredits: null overageCredits: true pricePerExtraCredit: null notes: Custom pricing negotiated directly with MeaningCloud. Supports on-premises deployment and custom SLA agreements. costVisibility: - feature: Remaining Credits in Response description: Every API response includes the status.remaining_credits field showing how many credits remain for the current billing period, enabling real-time consumption monitoring. field: status.remaining_credits - feature: Credits Consumed Per Request description: Every API response includes the status.credits field showing how many credits were consumed by the specific request. field: status.credits costOptimizationTips: - tip: Batch short texts together to maximize the 500-word credit bucket utilization. - tip: Use the Language Identification API only when the input language is unknown to avoid unnecessary credit consumption. - tip: Monitor status.remaining_credits in responses to track usage and avoid unexpected overages on paid plans. - tip: Use the Free plan (20,000 credits/month) for development and testing before committing to a paid plan. - tip: The Summarization API can reduce downstream processing costs by condensing long documents before feeding them to other APIs.