Plans are sold as a service for publishers and agencies. No accounts, no card processors: you order by email, we confirm, you pay in USDC (Base). Your API key arrives the same day.
| Package | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance audit (one-time) | $99 | Manual review of your labeling situation + written recommendations, PDF |
| 10 AI-labeled articles | $49 | We detect, certify and badge your 10 articles |
| 25 AI-labeled articles | $99 | Detection + certificates + badge for 25 articles |
| 100 AI-labeled articles | $199 | Detection + certificates + badge for 100 articles |
| Endpoint | Price / call | Returns |
|---|---|---|
| POST /api/detect | $0.02 | ai_likelihood 0–100 + verdict + signals |
| POST /api/cert | $0.10 | public certificate at /c/<id> + verify JSON + badge snippet |
| GET /api/verify/<id> | free | verification JSON for any certificate |
Payment: x402 protocol (USDC on Base). Your agent receives a 402, pays via EIP-3009 through the facilitator, retries — done. See x402.org. Volume tiers save money: 100 certificates in a plan cost 90% less than per-call.
1. Email admin@updatesbyai.com with the plan name and your site.
2. You receive a USDC (Base) address + amount.
3. After payment you get your API key (sent by email) and, for Pro/Business, your badge setup.
Crypto payments are final. Service is delivered instantly after payment confirmation.