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Concurrency, rate limits, and per-browser resources for each plan are on concurrency and limits.Other ways to pay
Agents can buy a single browser without a KERNEL account or API key through the machine payments protocol (MPP). One stealth, headful browser for 30 minutes costs $0.50, paid with a Link payment. See buy a browser with MPP for the payment flow.FAQ
How does billing work across a browser's lifecycle? Am I charged for the full timeout_seconds, or only while it's actively in use?
How does billing work across a browser's lifecycle? Am I charged for the full timeout_seconds, or only while it's actively in use?
Only for active runtime.
timeout_seconds sets an idle auto-delete ceiling, not a billing window. Once a browser goes idle — 5 seconds after the last CDP or Live View activity — it enters Standby Mode and stops accruing usage cost, even if it stays alive until the timeout is reached. Deleting a browser early doesn’t lower cost any further (idle time is already free), but it does free up your concurrency slot sooner.How can I control my team's usage spending?
How can I control my team's usage spending?
Set an organization or project spending cap.
How are browser pools charged?
How are browser pools charged?
you pay the standard usage-based price per GB-second while browsers are running. Idle browsers in a pool incur no disk charges—you only pay when a browser is actively in use.Note: A browser pool counts toward your concurrency limit whether or not its browsers are currently acquired — a browser pool sized to 40 browsers uses 40 of your limit.
How is Managed Auth charged?
How is Managed Auth charged?
Managed Auth is included on all plans with no per-connection fees. It uses browser sessions for login, health checks, and eligible automatic reauthentication. These count toward your browser usage and concurrency like any other browser session.Auth sessions are fast, typically 5-30 seconds each, and most website sessions remain valid for days. For example, monitoring 100 auth connections typically costs less than $5/month in browser usage.
Does it cost money to use Vaults and Agentic Payments?
Does it cost money to use Vaults and Agentic Payments?
Free users can create up to three vaults. Unlimited vaults are included in paid plans. There are no surcharges to use Kernel’s agentic payments products.
What do regional browsers cost?
What do regional browsers cost?
Regional browsers are charged at the same usage rates as our default, US-based browsers.
How are app invocations charged?
How are app invocations charged?
App invocations are billed for active compute time, not per API call. The invocation rate in Usage Rates is based on the current 4 GB memory allocation at $0.0000166667 per GB-second.Billing starts when your code begins executing and stops when it finishes. You aren’t charged for queued time, deploying an app, or leaving a deployed app idle. Failed and canceled invocations still accrue charges for the time they ran.Browsers created by an invocation are billed separately for their active runtime at the browser rates above. Services your code calls, such as an LLM API, also bill you independently.The app invocation limits are concurrency limits, not a number of invocations included with your plan.