Pricing

Simple pricing for governed AI actions.

Start with 500 credits in HELM Policy Lab. No signup. No credit card. Developer, Team, Scale, and Enterprise plans meter governed-action credits; paid checkout status is listed separately.

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Publication state

Visibility: Public pricing may be shown when every plan declares availability, CTA target, checkout status, and source-owned terms.
Checkout: Paid checkout stays inactive until backend self-serve mode, onboarding, support, legal, and Stripe smoke pass.
Enterprise: HELM Enterprise remains reviewed access; legal hold, SSO/SCIM, long retention, private deployment, SLAs, and invoicing belong there.

Free path

Policy Lab starts with 500 hosted credits, no signup, and no credit card.

Credit rule

One credit includes the boundary evaluation, verdict, and signed receipt.

Paid checkout

Paid checkout stays gated until self-serve billing and readiness checks pass.

Credits

One credit covers the governed action.

One governed-action credit is one HELM boundary evaluation, including the ALLOW, DENY, or ESCALATE verdict and signed receipt. Receipt verification is free.

Event	Meter	Use	Boundary
Action evaluation, including receipt	1 credit / action	Boundary evaluation with ALLOW, DENY, or ESCALATE verdict and signed receipt.	Not a model token, seat, or generic task count.
Counterfactual simulation	1 credit / case	Would-have-allowed or would-have-denied cases before enforcement.	Simulation is evidence, not authority to execute.
Approval ceremony record	1 credit / approval	Human approval, escalation, or activation record bound to policy and receipt context.	A record does not bypass the Kernel boundary.
MCP tool call	1 credit / action	MCP call routed through HELM quarantine and policy checks.	Ungoverned MCP calls are outside HELM Cloud metering.
OpenAI-compatible tool request	1 credit / action	Tool or action request routed through an OpenAI-compatible HELM boundary.	Model tokens remain billed by the model provider.
Claude or Codex governed action	1 credit / action	IDE or coding-agent side effect checked through HELM before dispatch.	HELM meters authority decisions, not coding minutes.
Receipt verification	0 credits	Offline or hosted verification of signed receipts.	Verification stays free.
EvidencePack export	5 credits	Export receipts, policy refs, approvals, and source evidence for review.	An EvidencePack is scoped evidence, not a compliance certificate.
Replay bundle	10 credits	Replay bundle for a governed action or policy path.	Replay proves the recorded path; it does not alter history.
Template run	1 credit	Run a public Policy Lab template against a proposed action or tool surface.	Templates are starting points, not legal advice.
Preset generation	5 credits	Generate a policy preset from a selected tool or workflow shape.	Generated presets remain drafts until reviewed.
MCP scan	10 credits	Scan an MCP tool surface and identify policy/quarantine posture.	Large scans may require review before execution.
OpenAPI policy generation	10 credits	Generate a first-pass policy from an OpenAPI surface.	Generated policy remains draft until reviewed.
Repository scan	10 credits	Inspect a repo surface for agent/tool policy generation.	Large repositories may carry a quoted surcharge before run.

Try before signup

Policy Lab shows the path before you buy.

Choose a template

Start from a public Policy Lab template for MCP, OpenAPI, repo, or common agent-action flows.

Scan the tool surface

Inspect tools, routes, or actions and see what would need policy before execution.

Generate policy

Compile a least-authority draft that is explicit about allowed, denied, and escalated actions.

Simulate and verify

Run counterfactual cases, inspect the verdicts, and verify the receipt path before signup.

Plans

Free, Developer, Team, Scale, Enterprise.

Live

Builders trying HELM Policy Lab before signup.

Free

$0 Policy Lab trial

Start in HELM Policy Lab with scan, policy generation, simulation, templates, and receipt verification.

Included: 500 hosted credits
Limit: 10 actions/min demo
Overage: No overage

Try Policy Lab Start with Kernel

HELM Kernel local execution boundary
Local Console path where source-backed
Offline receipt verification
Templates and demo simulations

Checkout: No signup and no credit card.
Boundary: Local Kernel and receipt verification do not consume hosted credits.
Terms: Free trial policydocs/ai/helm-cloud-pricing-market-strategy.md

Preview

Individual builders saving Policy Lab work and using API keys.

Developer

$49 per month

Hosted HELM Cloud for saved projects, API keys, dev deployments, templates, and governed-action receipts.

Included: 30k credits / month
Limit: 120 actions/min
Overage: $12 / 10k credits

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Saved Policy Lab projects
API keys
Dev and preview deployments
Email support

Checkout: Public price is visible; paid checkout is gated.
Boundary: Checkout opens only after billing, onboarding, legal, and support readiness pass.
Terms: Publication and checkout policydocs/ai/helm-cloud-pricing-market-strategy.md

Preview Featured

Teams sharing policy libraries, approvals, receipts, and workspaces.

Team

$149 per month

Shared HELM Cloud workspace for approvals, policy libraries, receipt retention, and team review loops.

Included: 200k credits / month
Limit: 300 actions/min
Overage: $9 / 10k credits

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Shared workspace
Approvals and policy library
Receipt retention
Email and Slack support

Checkout: Public price is visible; paid checkout is gated.
Boundary: Team adds collaboration and retention, not legal hold.
Terms: Publication and checkout policydocs/ai/helm-cloud-pricing-market-strategy.md

Preview

Organizations running higher-volume simulations and governed actions.

Scale

$949 per month

Higher-volume HELM Cloud with multiple workspaces, higher limits, extended retention, and advanced simulations.

Included: 2.5M credits / month
Limit: 1200 actions/min
Overage: $6 / 10k credits

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Multiple workspaces
Higher rate limits
Extended retention
Advanced simulations and priority support

Checkout: Public price is visible; paid checkout is gated.
Boundary: Enterprise-only legal hold is not included here.
Terms: Publication and checkout policydocs/ai/helm-cloud-pricing-market-strategy.md

Preview

Companies needing private deployment, legal hold, compliance, and custom support.

Enterprise

Custom annual contract

Custom HELM Enterprise for Company AI OS workflows, reviewed connector workflows, private deployment, and compliance evidence.

Included: Custom volume
Limit: Custom limits
Overage: Contracted

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SSO/SCIM
Long retention and legal hold
Reviewed connector workflows and private deployment
SLAs, invoicing, and compliance workflows

Checkout: Reviewed commercial conversation. No self-serve checkout.
Boundary: Enterprise is custom reviewed access, not self-serve paid checkout.
Terms: Enterprise anchor policydocs/ai/helm-cloud-pricing-market-strategy.md

FAQ

What is free, metered, or reviewed.

What is free?

HELM Kernel is free to run locally, receipt verification is free, and HELM Policy Lab starts with 500 hosted credits without signup or a credit card.

Can I buy Developer, Team, or Scale today?

The public price anchors are source-owned, but paid checkout is gated until self-serve billing, onboarding, legal, support, and Stripe smoke checks pass. Access is reviewed through the contact flow.

What does one governed-action credit include?

One credit covers one HELM boundary evaluation, including the ALLOW, DENY, or ESCALATE verdict and the signed receipt. Receipt verification consumes zero credits.

Where does legal hold fit?

Legal hold belongs in Enterprise with long retention, SSO/SCIM, private deployment, invoicing, SLAs, and reviewed connector workflows. It is not included in Scale.

Why publish prices before checkout?

Price visibility, signup CTAs, and paid checkout are separate. The website can show source-owned terms while the backend stays gated.