Pricing

Pricing that scales with how much AI you use, not how many people you hire.

Unlimited users on the platform. AI seats are paid because AI is paid. Self-host the open source core for free, or let us host it for you — same plans, same billing.

Annual saves 20%. Cancel anytime, no questions.

How seats work

Platform users are unlimited. AI seats are paid.

Add as many human teammates to your workspace as you want — we don’t charge for users. AI seats are different: every AI seat is a slot of real AI compute, and AI compute costs real money. That’s why AI lives only on paid plans.

Why this split: human users on a CMS cost us nothing. AI agents cost us provider compute on every run. We charge where the cost actually is.

  • Unlimited platform users on every plan, free or paid.
  • AI seats = AI capacity. Each seat is a slot of agent + credit usage.
  • AI agents are not available on Cloud Free / Demo or Open Source.
  • Cheapest plan with AI access: Starter at $49/mo (3 AI seats, $10 credits).

Free

Self-host the open source platform, or try the live demo. Both at $0.

$0free
Open source + live demo
  • Open source platform — self-host the full admin framework, free forever
  • Live demo on sample content — every screen, no signup
  • Editor with diff-approval review UI
  • Schema builder + content API
  • Connect any way — REST + GraphQL, webhooks, SDKs, direct DB / SSH, Git sync
  • Try the main agent + 30+ sub-agents inside the demo
  • Brand Hub, article scoring, auto help center / docs — explore in the demo
  • Community support + GitHub
  • No AI on self-host — a paid plan unlocks AI on either deployment
  • Demo is sandboxed — nothing saved between sessions
  • No real connections to your GitHub, Drive, or live site
  • No Pilotiq Credits, SSO, audit log, or multiple installations

Want to self-host? View the open source core on GitHub. Want to use AI on your real content? Start a 14-day Starter trial.

Starter

Cheapest AI plan. For solo operators and small sites.

$39/mo
3 AI seats included
  • Everything in Open Source
  • Self-host or hosted by us — same price
  • 14-day free trial
  • $10 Pilotiq Credits / mo included
  • Connect your own AI keys (Claude, Gemini, OpenAI) — unlimited usage, no credits needed
  • Pilotiq (auto) — one model entry that auto-routes each prompt to the best provider (Claude, GPT, etc.), billed through credits
  • Main agent + 30+ sub-agents (content, SEO, GEO, readability, grammar, schema…)
  • Article score — every article rated across every agent
  • Real-time editing with roles
  • Auto-updating help center
  • Auto documentation
  • GitHub connection
  • Google Drive connection
  • Brand Hub — single source of truth every agent and teammate aligns to (even your VS Code agents)
  • AI Media Library
  • Auto upload (Word, Drive, Notion → blocks)
  • Recurring agent schedules (daily / weekly / monthly auto-runs)
  • Live chat + email support
Most popular

Growth

The plan most teams pick. For growing content teams.

$119/mo
6 AI seats included
  • Everything in Starter
  • 14-day free trial
  • 6 AI seats
  • $40 Pilotiq Credits / mo
  • Connect your own AI keys (Claude, Gemini, OpenAI) — unlimited usage, no credits needed
  • Pilotiq (auto) — one model entry that auto-routes each prompt to the best provider (Claude, GPT, etc.), billed through credits
  • Site chatbot — embed on your site, answers visitors from your live help center + docs
  • Up to 3 Pilotiq installations (self-host or hosted by us)

Business

For larger content + SEO ops teams. SSO, audit log, dedicated onboarding.

$319/mo
20 AI seats included
  • Everything in Growth
  • 14-day free trial
  • 20 AI seats
  • $120 Pilotiq Credits / mo
  • Connect your own AI keys (Claude, Gemini, OpenAI) — unlimited usage, no credits needed
  • Pilotiq (auto) — one model entry that auto-routes each prompt to the best provider (Claude, GPT, etc.), billed through credits
  • SSO (Google, Okta, SAML)
  • Custom roles + audit log
  • Unlimited Pilotiq installations (self-host or hosted by us)
  • API rate limit lifted
  • Priority agent execution queue
  • Onboarding session with founder
  • Dedicated Slack channel

How AI usage is billed: Each paid plan includes monthly Pilotiq Credits that reset each month (don’t roll over). When credits run out, top up anytime — or connect your own AI provider key (Claude, Gemini, OpenAI) for unlimited usage at provider cost.

Deployment

Self-host or we host. Same plans, same prices.

Every paid plan (Starter, Growth, Business) runs both ways. Pick what fits your team. The platform, the agents, the credits, and the support are identical — only the box changes.

  • Same plan, same price either way — no self-host surcharge
  • All AI agents available on both deployments
  • Pilotiq Credits or BYO API key on both
  • Move between hosted and self-hosted any time
  • Air-gapped, on-prem, and regulated-industry deployments welcome
  • Live chat + email support on both
Talk to us about self-hostingFree Open Source platform stays free — just no AI agents on it. Add a paid plan to unlock AI on either deployment.
How it works
  1. 01
    Pick a plan

    Start with Starter, Growth, or Business. Same monthly price whether you self-host or we host. 14-day free trial either way.

  2. 02
    Choose where it runs

    Hosted: we provision a workspace for you in minutes. Self-hosted: deploy the open source platform on your infra and drop in your license key to activate AI agents.

  3. 03
    Plug in your AI keys (optional)

    Use the included Pilotiq Credits, or bring your own OpenAI / Anthropic / other provider key. On self-host, calls go direct — we never see traffic.

Add-ons

Scale without rewriting your plan.

Two simple add-ons cover almost every scaling need: more AI capacity, or more AI usage running through it.

Extra AI seats

$15
per AI seat / mo

Add AI capacity as you grow. Same flat price across every paid plan.

  • Same role + permission system as included AI seats
  • Prorated when added or removed mid-cycle
  • Volume discount kicks in at 50+ AI seats

Credits top-up

Pay-as-you-go
no expiry

Pilotiq Credits for AI usage when you don’t want to manage your own provider key.

  • One bill, one invoice — no separate AI vendor accounts
  • Cost passthrough at provider rates + small margin
  • Auto-recharge or one-time top-up
Custom

For scale, regulated industries, or when off-the-shelf isn’t the right fit.

Talk to us when you need 50+ AI seats, custom agents trained on your data, regulated-industry deployments, or pricing tied to outcomes instead of seats.

Talk to sales
  • Volume AI seat pricing
  • Dedicated infra or VPC peering
  • Custom agents tuned to your domain
  • SLA, security review, MSA
  • Outcome-based commercial terms
AI credits

AI usage is metered separately. Two ways to pay.

AI calls cost real money at the provider. We don’t hide that in your plan price. Pick the option that fits how you already buy AI.

Bring your own key

Drop in your OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or other provider API key. Pilotiq routes calls through your account. You pay your provider directly. We never mark it up.

Pilotiq Credits

Don’t want to manage another vendor account? Use Pilotiq Credits. Provider rates with a small margin to cover routing, retries, and observability. One invoice from us.

How much will I use?

A typical article cycle (refresh, SEO, GEO, schema, FAQ) costs $0.10–$0.40 in AI. A team running 200 articles/month with full agent coverage usually lands between $40–$120/mo in AI on top of their plan.

No surprise bills

Set monthly caps per agent. Get notified at 50%, 80%, 100%. Hard-stop at your cap unless you opt-in to overage.

Included credits on Starter / Growth / Business count toward this. Once you exceed them, switch to BYO key or top up.

Compare

Everything in every plan.

A line-by-line look at what’s in each tier. AI agents are paid only — no exceptions.

Core platform
  • Admin framework (Tables, Forms, Infolists, Notifications, Dashboard widgets, Action modals, Globals)
  • Editor + diff-approval review
  • Schema builder + content API
  • Connection methods (REST, GraphQL, webhooks, SDKs, direct DB / SSH, Git sync)
  • Brand Hub
  • GitHub connection
  • Self-host
  • Hosted by Pilotiq
  • Custom domain
  • 14-day free trial
Installations & users
  • Pilotiq installations
    Unlimited
  • Platform users
    Unlimited
  • Connected data sources
  • Articles
    Unlimited
AI layer
  • AI seats
    Available on Self-Hosted Pro for OSS installs
  • Pilotiq Credits / month
  • SEO Agent
  • Help Center Agent
  • Documentation Agent
  • AI Media Library
  • Brand Hub voices
  • Pilotiq Score
  • Recurring agents / jobs
AI billing
  • BYO API key
  • Pilotiq Credits
  • Pilotiq (auto) — meta-model routing
  • Per-agent caps
Collaboration
  • Roles + permissions
    Basic
  • Slack + email notifications
  • Audit log
  • SSO (Google, Okta, SAML)
Support
  • Community / GitHub
  • Email support
  • Live chat
  • Dedicated onboarding + Slack channel

AI agents are closed source. Every paid plan can be self-hosted or hosted by us — same plan, same price either way. No exceptions on the free side: every agent run uses real AI compute.

FAQ

Pricing questions, answered.

Straight answers about plans, AI seats, free vs paid, and self-hosting.

  • No. Cloud Free is a sandboxed demo of Pilotiq’s interface. You can click through every screen and see how the platform works, but nothing is saved and there are no AI agents. To use Pilotiq for real, start a 14-day trial of Starter.

Pick the path that fits.

Click through the demo, deploy the open source core, or start a 14-day Starter trial with real AI on real data.