One prepaid wallet for the whole team
Most business AI plans bill per seat, per month. For a small team that rarely fits: usage is uneven, some months are busy and some are quiet, and you end up paying a flat fee for people who barely touch it.
Drephos works the other way around. There is one prepaid wallet that the whole team draws from. You top it up in USD packs when you want more, and credits come out only when someone runs a paid model. No seats to buy, no per-person maths, and free models work with a zero balance so you can start before you spend.
Here is the difference over a year, for a team of twenty. The seat plan bills the same in the week everyone is off as in the week the quarter closes.
A per-seat plan
$6,000
a year, 20 seats billed every month
| Month | Cost |
|---|---|
| January | $500 |
| February | $500 |
| March | $500 |
| April | $500 |
| May | $500 |
| June | $500 |
| July | $500 |
| August | $500 |
| September | $500 |
| October | $500 |
| November | $500 |
| December | $500 |
Drephos
$2,640
a year, based on actual usage
| Month | Cost |
|---|---|
| January | $240 |
| February | $280 |
| March | $310 |
| April | $260 |
| May | $290 |
| June | $220 |
| July | $40 |
| August | $150 |
| September | $270 |
| October | $300 |
| November | $260 |
| December | $20 |
These Drephos months are an illustration, not a quote. Real cost depends on usage. The key pattern is that a quiet month costs almost nothing and a busy month costs only what was used.
Caps and usage you can actually see
Sharing one balance only works if you can keep it in bounds, so the controls are built in. You add people with a single join link, which you can lock to your company email domain so only your team can join. You set a monthly cap per member, and when someone reaches it their paid messages pause until the next month or until you raise it.
A per-member usage view shows exactly who spent what, so one shared balance never turns into a mystery at the end of the month.
Credits are valid a full year, refreshed on every top-up, so an active team keeps its balance rolling and a quiet stretch is not money burned.
Invoices and refunds, handled properly
Web purchases go through Paddle as merchant of record. Paddle issues the receipt, handles any VAT or sales tax for your location, and gives you the invoice your accountant needs. Its rules and applicable law govern any refund, as explained on the refunds page.
Is pay-as-you-go right for your team?
If your team is uniform and heavy, using AI hard every day, a fixed per-seat plan can be simpler to predict. Pay-as-you-go earns its place when usage is mixed or bursty, when you want more than one provider, or when you would rather not commit to a seat per name. If you are comparing options, the ChatGPT Business comparison, the suite-free take, and the accounting-firm piece go deeper, and the pricing page shows the packs.