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AI Companies Need a Different Kind of Billing

Traditional payment platforms were built for fixed-price subscriptions. AI products do not work that way. Your customers consume varying amounts of tokens, compute, and API calls. Some users spend 5/month.Othersspend5/month. Others spend 5,000. You need billing infrastructure that handles this variance without requiring you to build a metering system from scratch. Macropay is the Merchant of Record built for AI companies. We handle payments, tax compliance, and usage-based billing so you can focus on your models and your product.

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The Token Metering Challenge

Every AI company faces the same set of billing problems:
LLM usage is inherently variable. A single customer might use 1,000 tokens one day and 100,000 the next. Your billing system needs to handle this granularity without losing events or miscounting.
Most AI products use multiple models (GPT-4o for complex tasks, GPT-4o-mini for simple ones, embeddings models for search). Each has different per-token costs. Your billing needs to track and price each correctly.
You need to know what each customer costs you, not just what they pay you. Without upstream cost tracking, you cannot identify unprofitable customers or optimize model selection.
Many AI products sell credits or included tokens with subscription tiers, plus overage billing. This hybrid model requires both subscription management and usage-based billing in one system.

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How Macropay Solves It

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1. Drop-In LLM Usage Tracking

The @macropay/ingestion SDK wraps your LLM calls and automatically captures token usage, model information, and cost data. No custom metering pipeline required. 
import { Ingestion } from "@macropay/ingestion";
import { LLMStrategy } from "@macropay/ingestion/strategies/LLM";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";

const ingestion = Ingestion({
  accessToken: process.env.MACROPAY_ACCESS_TOKEN,
})
  .strategy(new LLMStrategy(openai("gpt-4o")))
  .cost((ctx) => ({
    amount: ctx.metadata.totalTokens * 0.25,
    currency: "usd",
  }))
  .ingest("ai-usage");
Works with the Vercel AI SDK (TypeScript) and PydanticAI (Python). Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and any provider compatible with these frameworks.

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2. Flexible Metering and Pricing

Create meters that aggregate your usage events into billable quantities. Configure pricing directly in the dashboard:
  • Per-token pricing: Charge per 1,000 or 1,000,000 tokens
  • Tiered pricing: Lower per-token rates at higher volumes
  • Credit bundles: Include X tokens with each subscription tier
  • Overage billing: Automatic billing when credits are exhausted

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3. Cost Insights

Track your upstream LLM costs alongside customer revenue in real time. Macropay’s Cost Insights dashboard shows:
  • Gross margin per customer
  • Cost trends over time
  • Per-model cost breakdowns
  • Profitability alerts

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4. Complete MOR Coverage

As your Merchant of Record, Macropay handles everything beyond usage tracking:
  • Tax compliance in all major jurisdictions (EU VAT, UK VAT, US sales tax)
  • Automated tax filing and remittance — you never file a return
  • Chargeback protection — we manage disputes on your behalf
  • Compliant invoicing with correct tax information globally

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AI Companies Using Macropay

AI Writing Tools

Subscription plans with included tokens per month. Overage billing for heavy users. Cost tracking per model to optimize prompt engineering ROI.

AI API Platforms

Pure usage-based pricing with per-token or per-request billing. Tiered pricing for high-volume customers. Real-time usage dashboards for API consumers.

AI-Powered SaaS

Hybrid pricing: fixed subscription fee plus metered AI features. Credit-based models where AI features consume credits from a monthly allowance.

AI Agents and Assistants

Complex usage tracking across multiple models and tools. Hierarchical event tracking for multi-step agent workflows. Per-customer cost attribution.

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Pricing

4.5% + $0.50

Per successful transactionIncludes tax compliance, filing, remittance, and all billing infrastructure.

$0 Monthly

No setup fees, no monthly minimumsPay only when your customers pay you.

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Get Started in 10 Minutes

1

Create your Macropay account

Sign up at macropay.com. No credit card required.
2

Create a meter for token usage

In the dashboard, create a meter that filters your LLM usage events and sums token counts.
3

Create a product with metered pricing

Set up a subscription product with included credits and an overage rate, or a pure usage-based product with per-token pricing.
4

Integrate the ingestion SDK

Add 6 lines of code to wrap your LLM calls. Every request is automatically tracked and billed.
5

Ship it

Macropay handles billing, invoicing, tax compliance, and customer portal. You focus on your AI product.

Start Building

Create your account and start billing for AI inference today.

Read the Guide

Complete guide to billing for LLM inference, including margin strategies.