L402 API Pricing Calculator for Robot Customers
Estimate per-request pricing, gross margin, paid robot-customer demand, and Lightning sats per request before you expose paid API access to autonomous agents.
Model paid agent/API demand
Pricing is only safe with request-path control
Robot-customer pricing cannot be just a billing table. Autonomous agents need a challenge, proof, budget, scope, and audit decision before each protected resource unlocks.
Identify the agent
Know which agent, tenant, route, resource, and workflow is asking to spend.
Price the resource
Attach a per-request price or pricing tier to the protected API route.
Verify proof
Accept L402 Lightning payment proof before forwarding the paid API request.
Respect budget
Check remaining budget and policy so an agent cannot spend beyond its allowed task.
Unlock instantly
Let software customers pay and proceed without account setup or invoice friction.
Audit economics
Record route, price, payment proof, budget, and outcome for analysis.
Charge robot customers with L402 Lightning.
SatGate Charge lets protected APIs challenge, verify, and unlock paid access for autonomous agents in the request path. Observe demand, control spend, then charge when access should be monetized.