What You Pay For
How the per-run price is built, what the creator earns, and what Edgaze keeps.
Overview#
Every per-run listing charges one displayed price. That price is the sum of the creator's margin and the estimated compute at the workflow's maximum allowed input. Within that input envelope, the price is fixed. Edgaze handles small compute variance inside the envelope.
Example: a $0.05 margin plus $0.012 compute yields a $0.062 per-run price. The creator earns $0.04 on that run (80% of the margin, rounded down to the nearest cent).
The two parts of your price#
Creator margin is set by the creator at publish. For workflows, the range is $5 to $150 per run. Compute is Edgaze's estimate of hosted processing at the largest input the workflow accepts. Buyers see the total, not the split.
Compute covers platform cost. It is not creator revenue. The creator never earns a share of compute.
What the creator earns#
On a successful run, the creator receives 80% of their margin, rounded down to the nearest cent. Edgaze retains the remainder of the margin as a platform fee on that run.
This applies per workflow in composed runs. Each called workflow earns on its own margin when it executes.
Fixed price within the envelope#
The displayed price does not change with smaller inputs inside the envelope. Edgaze absorbs within-envelope compute variance. Inputs above the envelope are rejected before any charge.
BYOK and failover#
BYOK (Plus). If you bring your own API key, compute in the displayed price is replaced by a $0.002 orchestration fee. Provider token cost is billed to your key, not Edgaze. See BYOK.
Failover. If a model fails over to a more expensive provider, your displayed price stays the same. Edgaze absorbs the cost difference. Creators can disable failover so the run fails instead. See Failover.
Special cases#
- Composed workflow: The root price sums sealed child prices plus root margin and compute. Each child creator earns on their own margin.
- Version pin: You pay the margin and compute for the version you run, not necessarily the latest published price.
- Failed run: No margin charge. See When Runs Fail.
- Killed run: Partial compute may still be charged. The creator's margin is not charged. This is the one exception to "failed runs are free."
What you see in Edgaze#
- Product and run UI: a single dollar amount per run
- Publish preview (creators): margin input, compute estimate at max input, displayed buyer price, and "you earn" preview at 80% of margin
- Wallet history after a successful run: charge lines for the run, not raw token counts
Related policies#
Related documentation
How workflow runs are priced, funded, settled, and refunded. Step-by-step guides for buyers, creators, and developers.
How to open a workflow, fund a run, and what happens when it completes.
Wallet, prepaid bundles, and API funding. How Edgaze chooses what to charge when you run a workflow.