Metering and billing
What a Case is, what is free, model-token costs for vision, how usage reaches your Google Cloud invoice, caps.
Units
| Work | Units |
|---|---|
| One diagnostic session for one machine (any turns within 24 h, up to 3 photos, incl. work-order summary) | 1 case |
| Each photo or alarm screenshot beyond the first three | +0.1 case |
| Parts, torque or procedure lookup inside a session | included |
| Follow-up photo request to identify a unit | 0.1 case |
| Indexing manuals, bulletins, catalogues; re-index after revision | free |
| Work-order history structuring | 1 case per 100 work orders (one-off) |
| Users, workspaces, reports | free |
Model tokens
A separate meter, model_access_usd, at the provider's list price; zero with your own key. Vision requests (photos) consume more tokens than text; the ledger shows tokens per case so you can see the split.
Google Cloud Marketplace
Annual plans bill once at purchase. Included monthly cases are netted in the workspace; overage is reported hourly as cases, model access as model_access_usd in cents. Both appear as separate line items on your Google Cloud invoice; usage reported before 06:00 US Pacific on the 1st lands on the previous month's invoice.
Usage ledger
Every case carries a request id, the unit, the user (and dealer), and a timestamp, visible before it is reported. Export as CSV.
Caps
Monthly case cap and model-spend cap per workspace; at the cap new cases queue and the owner is notified.
Direct billing
Carnegie Intelligent Technology Limited invoices in USD with the same meters where Marketplace is not an option.