> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pyannote.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Billing

> Understand how pyannoteAI billing works for diarization, identification, voiceprint jobs, and streaming.

Use the billing and usage page of the [dashboard](https://dashboard.pyannote.ai) to check your current pricing, available credits or subscription status, recent usage, and monthly budget.

## Included usage

The Developer and Starter plans have included monthly usage that can be spent on any endpoint. Once your included usage is consumed, additional usage is billed at the same per-unit rate (pay-as-you-go).

## How billing works

Only jobs that reach the `succeeded` status are billed. Rejected job submissions, failed jobs, and canceled jobs are not billed.

`/diarize` and `/identify` jobs are billed based on the audio duration in seconds that is sent for processing.

`/voiceprint` jobs are billed per voiceprint created rather than by audio duration.

Streaming sessions created via `POST /live` are billed based on the audio duration in seconds sent over the WebSocket connection and processed successfully. A stream is billed for the duration processed, regardless of how it ends.

If transcription is enabled on `/diarize`, the job is billed at the transcription price shown as `STT Orchestration` in our plans. You still receive diarization segments as part of the output at no additional cost.

### Minimum charge

<Note>
  There is a 20-second minimum charge for all successful jobs to `/diarize`, `/identify`, and `/live`. If a job or stream processes an audio duration that is less than 20 seconds, it is billed as 20 seconds.
</Note>

Example charges:

* An 8-second `/diarize` job is billed as 20 seconds
* A 20-second `/identify` job is billed as 20 seconds
* A 182-second `/diarize` job is billed as 182 seconds
* A `/voiceprint` job is billed per created voiceprint
* A 5-second stream is billed as 20 seconds
* A 3-minute stream is billed as 180 seconds

## What can affect cost

* The endpoint you use
* The model that was selected
* The audio duration in seconds for `/diarize`, `/identify`, and `/live` streams
* Whether you requested transcription with a `/diarize` job

For your current per-unit rates (diarization, STT Orchestration, identification, voiceprint), use the plan page in the [dashboard](https://dashboard.pyannote.ai) as the source of truth.

## Setting a monthly budget

Use the **Monthly budget** setting on the billing page to manage your spend by configuring a monthly spend limit. You can also set thresholds to receive email alerts when your team reaches specific usage levels. You can update or remove these limits and alerts at any time.

<Warning>
  There may be a delay in enforcing this limit, and you remain responsible for any overage incurred.
</Warning>

If your team exceeds the monthly budget during a billing period, subsequent API requests will be rejected.