Stripe token billing for AI apps: how the markup works, what it costs, and what to use while it's in preview

Stripe will now keep your model price list and add your markup to every token, but it runs on Metronome, it's in public preview, and your app still… Aliteq Ledger · Payments & Deals Editor

Stripe's token billing keeps a synced list of model prices and adds a markup you choose, so a provider price change flows straight into what your users pay. It now runs on Metronome, Stripe's…

Price sync is the feature: Stripe tracks 224 models across 32 providers and updates your rates when they change

Markup is not margin: a 20% markup keeps 16.7% of what the user pays, before fees

Cheap models need a bigger markup: on gpt-6-luna the per-event fee alone needs about 12% to cover

It won't stop a user at zero: your app gates each call; billing only counts and invoices

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