Pricing & Subscriptions
DAEMON Light stays useful and free. Hosted DAEMON AI, premium workflows, and larger model lanes are tiered.
Plans#
| Plan | Price | Best for | Positioning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Free | Local builders | Local workbench, BYOK agents, editor, terminal, git, wallet, and core tools |
| Pro | $20/month | Individual builders | DAEMON AI, Pro Skills, Arena, standard hosted usage, and advanced workflows |
| Operator | $60/month | Daily agent users | Higher AI limits, larger context, cloud agents, and advanced ship/deploy flows |
| Ultra | $200/month | Power users | Maximum individual usage, priority model access, early features, and automation |
| Teams | $49/user/month | Studios and teams | Shared workspaces, pooled usage, billing, admin controls, and collaboration |
| Enterprise | Custom | Larger orgs | Private deployments, custom limits, support, compliance, and invoicing |
Launch State#
- Pro, Operator, and Ultra are live USDC subscription lanes backed by wallet-persisted entitlements.
- Paid subscriptions issue DAEMON AI cloud JWTs with plan, lane, allowed lane, feature, and monthly credit claims.
- Teams and Enterprise should remain roadmap or contact-sales until shared workspace and billing controls are implemented.
- Avoid promising unlimited DAEMON AI usage. Hosted model calls have real provider cost.
Subscription Surface#
The desktop Subscriptions panel is the operational place users check plan status, monthly credits, hosted lane locks, holder eligibility, and the plan ladder.
Payment Rails#
| Phase | Rail | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | USDC subscription rail | Server-built Solana payments create intents, verify treasury receipt, reserve signatures, and persist entitlements |
| Phase 1 | DAEMON AI JWTs | Active paid subscriptions can request short-lived cloud entitlement tokens with Pro, Operator, or Ultra lane claims |
| Phase 1 | USDC credit bundles | Same payment rail can top up AI and automation credits |
| Phase 1 | USDC Forge installs | Paid Forge items use intent-based checkout instead of direct grants |
| Phase 1 | Holder claim | Wallet signs a message. No token transfer is required |
| Phase 1 | Manual/admin grants | Useful for early users and live testing |
| Phase 2 | Stripe/card | Annual plans, wider onboarding, and team billing |
| Phase 3 | Usage overages | Credit packs, pooled team usage, and enterprise metering |