Metered Usage and Billing

Ardor’s pricing is based on a metered usage model for active compute resources, with persistent storage billed while data remains allocated.

How Metered Usage Works

Ardor tracks AI Agent resource consumption in real-time and charges only for the duration in which an agent is actively running. This applies to:

• vCPU Usage
• RAM Usage
• vRAM Usage
• Storage Usage

If an agentic solution is idle or turned off, it does not consume CPU, RAM, or vRAM, and therefore incurs no charges for compute resources. However, persistent storage costs still apply as long as data remains allocated.

Billing Breakdown

Compute Resources (CPU, RAM, vRAM) – Pay Only for Active Use

Resource	Billing Method	Charge Applies When…
vCPU	Per second per vCPU	The AI Agent is actively running tasks or processing data.
RAM	Per second per GB	Memory is allocated while the agentic solution is in use.
vRAM	Per second per GB	Video (GPU) memory is used for processing AI workloads.

Storage – Persistent and Billed Monthly

Resource	Billing Method	Charge Applies When…
Storage	Per GB per month	Data, models, or logs remain stored on the platform.

Storage is billed regardless of whether an AI Agent is active or inactive, as long as the data is allocated.

Ardor’s metered billing model separates active compute usage from persistent storage, making resource consumption easier to understand and optimize.