Mental Edge API Pricing
Two simple ways to buy: pay-as-you-go for variable usage, or a monthly subscription with included video minutes for steady volume. Start building for free in the sandbox and only pay for successful production usage.
Free Sandbox
Every account includes a free sandbox: 60 requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day, with no billing and no credit card required.
Pay-as-you-go Rates
- Face Detection — $0.0012 per request
- Face Recognition (gallery search/compare) — $0.002 per request
- Face Storage — $0.01 per 1,000 faces stored
- Image Analysis (emotion analysis) — $0.002 per image
- Video Analysis — $0.08 per minute (rounded up to next full minute)
Subscription Plans
- Developer — $99/mo, 1,000 video minutes included, $0.10/min overage. For testing, pilots, and light use.
- Pro — $299/mo, 5,000 video minutes included, $0.07/min overage. For regular production with steady volume.
- Enterprise — $999+/mo, 20,000+ video minutes included, overage from $0.05/min. For high-volume accounts needing support, custom terms, or an SLA.
Billing Rules
Only successful jobs are billed — failed requests are never charged. Video is billed by the ceiling of actual duration: a 2.5-minute video costs $0.08 × 3 = $0.24.
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