Provisional fares. Beta pricing. Your fare is fixed when you submit a batch. View pricing details

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Y-PAD / Field notesVol. 001 — November 2026

The work
behind the API.

Real outputs. A few lines of code.
Ideas for turning a folder of files into something useful.

Make a plan. Know the cost. ↓

Stories and guides

Examples use real cached worker outputs. The archive samples use public-domain sources; the product samples start with AI-generated photos. Each guide includes its settings and limitations. Exploring them runs no GPU jobs.

02 / Before you build

Run the numbers.
Then run the batch.

Change the model, file count, and input size. See how sharing a submission minimum changes the cost.

See the full fare table

$0.0075 minimum per submission. At that minimum, a lone job here costs more than on Replicate. Expect a 10 to 30 s cold start, occasionally minutes.

List-fare estimate / USD

Images up to 1 MP bill as 1 image; larger inputs bill pro rata.

One batch$1.00Sent separately$7.50

1,000 billed units, with one shared submission minimum.

Assumes every file succeeds. List fares only; eligible launch fares may differ. Actual charges use measured units. Provisional pricing. No API call is made.

03 / Keep building

Your next batch
starts here.

Use the first-run guide for upload, dry run, submission, polling, and download.

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