Cost control

Predictable Audio Analysis Pricing

Use Pulse when a builder or team needs audio-analysis costs that can be estimated before work starts.

Who this is for

What Pulse returns

  • free estimates before analysis
  • one-track trial path for first-time users
  • tool-level token breakdowns
  • cache-hit pricing behavior
  • job status for completed, partial, failed, and expired jobs

Example workflow

Call estimate first with the selected tools and audio URL. Show the returned price, confirm rights, then use a one-track trial, run API-key analysis, or create a one-time Checkout link.

Pricing and estimates

Estimates are free before paid analysis, and first-time users can try one short URL analysis before account setup. Pulse prices selected tools by audio duration using the same tool multipliers exposed by /tools: waveform 0.3 tokens/second, BPM 0.5 tokens/second, and key 0.5 tokens/second. The current token price is $0.005.

60 second bpm, key, waveform example78 tokens$0.39
3 minute full v1.0 suite234 tokens$1.17
Cached resultMay cost less$0.001 current cache-hit price

Examples are illustrative. The final estimate is shown before payment or API-key analysis and may account for selected tools, measured duration, cached analysis, failed tools, and checkout-path constraints.

Rights-aware analysis boundary

Pulse is designed for audio the user has rights, permission, lawful access, or another legal basis to submit. Agents and apps should confirm that before analysis. Pulse does not provide transcription, stem separation, mastering, loudness correction, chord transcription, or track structure segmentation in v1.0.

Pulse is designed to make audio analysis auditable. Each analysis flow should make clear which URL was submitted, which tools were selected, what the estimate was, when rights confirmation was given, and whether the job completed, partially completed, failed, or expired.

Related Pulse resources

Tool metadata · API docs · Agent playbook · MCP setup · Terms