# Billing

<h2 align="center"><sub>This page means</sub></h2>

<table><thead><tr><th width="293">Expect separate bills from</th><th>Do not expect</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><sub>Each vendor whose console you touched</sub></td><td><sub>One consolidated “ARIA only” line that replaces vendor economics</sub></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2 align="center"><sub>Three habits</sub></h2>

{% stepper %}
{% step %} <sub>**First**</sub>

<sub>Put vendors that actually charge vs the ones that provide free usage in a sheet for example</sub>

<sub>Free: Serper, Firecrawl, Notion, E2B, Telegram, Vercel, Github, Stripe and Resend</sub>

<sub>Paid: Claude (Anthropic API)</sub>
{% endstep %}

{% step %} <sub>**Second**</sub>

<sub>Watch for</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**test versus live**</sub> <sub></sub><sub>toggles before month-end surprises</sub>
{% endstep %}

{% step %} <sub>**Third**</sub>

<sub>Model keys as</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**ongoing cost**</sub><sub>, not one-time setup trivia</sub>
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

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<h2 align="center"><sub>Ask a question</sub></h2>

<p align="center"><sub><strong>Which vendor will spike first if your traffic doubles?</strong></sub><br><sub>Name it in your next planning doc once.</sub></p>


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