# Pricing > You pay for the AI’s work in roubles. The plan determines what it runs on and what the price is made of. Pricing # Pay for work done — *not for licences and seats* In the cloud, you pay for completed work, in roubles, deducted from your balance: the plan determines what the AI runs on, and the price is per token. On your own side, there is the free Community Edition or Enterprise on-premise with a licence per organisation. [Connect a repository](https://buff.systems/app) [See the demo](https://buff.systems/en/demo) [Choose a plan](https://buff.systems/en/pricing#plans) Only what you have paid in is charged; work already started can take the balance slightly below zero, and the next top-up covers the difference **₽** payment and balance in roubles, no VAT (simplified tax system, Article 145 of the Russian Tax Code): by card or bank transfer, with closing documents **0 ₽** for adding people: pay for work done, not for seats **At once** a new plan applies from the moment you switch; charges already made stay at the old price **Stop** a task can be stopped and resumed later: finished parts are not charged again, and the interrupted part runs again Two plans in the cloud and two editions on your own side ## You choose what the AI runs on Plan 01 ### OpenRouter (Balanced models) We choose the models: balanced for quality and price. Nothing to set up. Requests and the material read for an answer go through OpenRouter to third-party model providers outside Russia. - **Input**: 28 ₽ / 1M tokens - **Output**: 56 ₽ / 1M tokens Plan 02 ### OpenRouter (your choice of model) You choose the model — separately for development, questions and research. Requests and the material read for an answer go through OpenRouter to third-party model providers outside Russia. The price depends on the model you choose and is shown when you choose it in the app. Edition CE ### Community Edition **0 ₽** free, on your own machine One organisation, three users, up to 15 developments at once, your model. Installed with one command on Linux, macOS or Windows; it registers with buff.systems and runs indefinitely. [Download from GitHub](https://github.com/buffsystems/buff-community) [More in the documentation](https://buff.systems/en/docs/self-hosted/community) Edition EE ### Enterprise on-premise **250,000 ₽** per month, licence per organisation Installed on your side: no limits on people or runners, single sign-on, audit, several organisations, an air-gapped network, support. The model is yours. The one limit is the licence per organisation. Send a request [More in the documentation](https://buff.systems/en/docs/self-hosted/enterprise) The plan applies to the whole organisation. The owner can change it in the app when nothing is running. How it’s counted 01 ## What the price is made of One item of spending, visible before you start: model tokens, input and output priced separately. ### Tokens — in roubles per million, input and output priced separately On plan 01 the price is fixed and does not depend on the model — we choose it. On plan 02 the price depends on the model you choose and is shown when you choose it in the app. Editions on your own side do not count tokens: the model and its key are yours. #### A question about documents The AI agent reads the pages and files it needs and writes an answer; the price of the question — what was read plus what was written — is shown in the conversation right after the answer. #### Research Costs more than a question: the analyst reads more and writes a document, and the reviewer rereads the sources. Spending is shown as the work goes, and research can be stopped. #### Knowledge base Entries the AI agent makes after questions and research are separate spending lines with the “knowledge” type of work. #### Who pays One balance and one plan per organisation; the organisation owner sees spending for every space and project in the billing history. #### For reference Department questions in the demo workspace cost from 0.3 to 4 ₽ on the balanced plan, usually 1–2 ₽; research costs more — spending is shown as the work goes, and there is no estimate before the start. How it’s counted 02 ## You can see where the money went An open-ended meter is only frightening when you cannot see it. Here every rouble is visible. ### Spending by task and stage, with export to a file Each charge shows the task, type of work, phase, amount and the plan it was charged under. A plan change appears in the history as a separate line, and charges already made are not recalculated after the fact. [Pricing in the documentation](https://buff.systems/en/docs/tariffs) **Spending by task and stage** with export to a file ← scroll the frame → **Audit, research, questions, preparation** — for every task and operation, with the amount and repository. **Plan change** when nothing is running ← scroll the frame → **The current plan is shown for comparison** and cannot be chosen. Offers on request sit in the same list, with a request button instead of a choice. How it’s counted 03 ## A department without code pays by the same rules A question about documents and a piece of research are the same AI agent work as a development task: what is read and what is written. ### A question, research, a knowledge base entry — by the volume of what is read and written There is one plan per organisation: support, sales and legal ask questions from the same balance as development. Tokens are the volume of text the AI agent has read and written; each question in a conversation shows its price in roubles, and each piece of research shows spending as it goes. Adding staff costs nothing: you pay for the work, not for seats. #### A question about documents The AI agent reads the pages and files it needs and writes an answer; the price of the question — what was read plus what was written — is shown in the conversation right after the answer. #### Research Costs more than a question: the analyst reads more and writes a document, and the reviewer rereads the sources. Spending is shown as the work goes, and research can be stopped. #### Knowledge base Entries the AI agent makes after questions and research are separate spending lines with the “knowledge” type of work. #### Who pays One balance and one plan per organisation; the organisation owner sees spending for every space and project in the billing history. #### For reference Department questions in the demo workspace cost from 0.3 to 4 ₽ on the balanced plan, usually 1–2 ₽; research costs more — spending is shown as the work goes, and there is no estimate before the start. [Knowledge space for departments](https://buff.systems/en/business) Questions about payment ## What people ask next ### Can I change plan in the middle of work? The organisation owner can change the plan when nothing is running: while tasks, conversations or research are in progress, the window shows exactly what is in the way. The new plan applies at once, and charges already made stay at the old price. ### Why does the “your choice of model” plan have no price? The price depends on the model you choose and is shown right when you choose it — in roubles per million tokens, input and output separately. Giving a price for a model nobody has chosen would mean giving the wrong one. ### What happens when the balance runs out? No new work starts on a zero balance. Work already started can take the balance slightly below zero — the difference is covered by the next top-up, and we do not collect it separately. Dedicated capacity is switched off in advance, before zero; task execution stops and continues after a top-up: finished parts are not charged again. ### Is a request for a plan already a connection? No. A request starts a conversation: we reply by email, discuss the terms, and only then is the plan assigned. A submitted form does not by itself change the price for the organisation. ### Is there a starter balance? Yes, to get to know the product: you can ask questions about code or documents before your first payment. ### How is spending broken down by task? In the billing history, each operation shows the task, type of work, phase, amount and the plan it was charged under; you can export it to a file. ### Is the mobile app paid for separately? No. The iPhone and Android app is free and needs no separate plan: a question, research or task started from a phone is billed under the organisation’s plan, just as from the workspace. Connecting phones and viewing are free. The first step changes nothing in your code or your documents ## Start with the starter balance Connect a repository and ask how your code works — or create a knowledge space and ask about your documents: the AI agent reads and answers in minutes without changing anything. You will see the price of your very first question in the conversation. [Connect a repository](https://buff.systems/app) [Create a knowledge space](https://buff.systems/app) [Write to us](mailto:info@buff.systems) Companies and sole traders can pay by bank transfer and receive closing documents