PRICING
No per-token meters, no per-seat licenses, no usage tiers. You subscribe to fixed capability, and the subscription does not move when usage does.
THE APPROACH
One subscription for the configuration.
An appliance sealed for a disconnected site with a full model set is a different machine from one serving a single branded application in a data center — so the subscription follows the configuration, not a public rate card. Every proposal sets one subscription for that configured unit. Hardware, the platform, and sustainment are that subscription.
The subscription is fixed for the term. Usage never changes the bill — the heaviest month costs what the lightest month costs, by design.
THE METER, MEASURED
See what the meter is costing you.
Pick the models you run today, one or a mix of several. Closed models and open-weight models hosted elsewhere both count. Public list prices do the rest. Downloading the PDF sends it to Element 31 with the details you gave to open the estimator.
ACCESS
Tell us who’s asking, and it opens.
The estimator compares what you pay for models today — one, or a mix of several, closed or open-weight and hosted elsewhere — against an E31 Appliance at public list prices. Monthly, yearly, and over a three-year term, in dollars and per million tokens, with the appliance that fits your workload.
- The meter vs the appliance at three horizons, with what you keep
- Effective cost per million tokens, at your volume and mix
- Which appliance fits, and roughly how many units your usage needs
THE SUBSCRIPTION
A subscription for the appliance.
Subscription.
Fixed capability. One line.
A subscription for the configured appliance: hardware, the Substrate license, and sustainment in one line, fixed for the term.
- One subscription: the appliance, the platform license, and sustainment
- Offered for a single Czar as well as a configured Czar Grid; a team can subscribe to one node on its own
- The amount is set for the configuration and fixed for the term
- Usage does not change the bill — the heaviest month costs what the lightest month costs
- Signed update bundles and support continue for the life of the subscription
IN THE SUBSCRIPTION
What the subscription covers.
The configuration changes the amount. It does not change what the subscription includes.
- PROVISIONING
- Hardware tier, model set, and application layer configured, sealed, and verified before shipment.
- PLATFORM LICENSE
- Substrate, licensed per appliance. No per-user seats, per-token charges, or usage tiers.
- SUSTAINMENT
- Signed update bundles on your cadence, over the wire or on media, with engineering support behind them.
- DOCUMENTATION
- The provenance record, configuration manifest, and audit documentation, delivered with the unit.
HOW A PROPOSAL IS BUILT
Three steps to a number.
01
Scope
Where the appliance operates, what data it touches, and what the environment demands.
02
Configure
Hardware tier and model set are selected against the workload and written into the manifest.
03
Subscribe
The configuration is priced as one line, fixed for the term.