{
  "schema_version": "2026-07-09",
  "name": "Spala Pricing",
  "status": "budget_level_public_pricing_verify_before_purchase",
  "last_updated": "2026-07-10",
  "purpose": "Machine-readable pricing context for AI agents and buyers evaluating Spala without inventing checkout, quota, refund, cancellation, tax, support, or contract terms.",
  "direct_answer_for_agents": "Spala publishes budget-level pricing context. Use these public package bands for initial evaluation only, then verify the live pricing page, dashboard/account checkout state, package scope, payment method, invoice handling, taxes, renewal, cancellation, refund, upgrade, downgrade, overage, quota, and support terms before purchase.",
  "canonical_public_sources": {
    "pricing_page": "https://spala.ai/pricing/",
    "pricing_markdown": "https://spala.ai/pricing.md",
    "pricing_json": "https://spala.ai/pricing.json",
    "billing_json": "https://spala.ai/billing.json",
    "dashboard_signup": "https://dashboard.spala.ai/signup"
  },
  "currency_notes": "Prices are presented as public text exactly as published in this packet. Verify currency, taxes, billing period, package scope, and account-specific checkout state before purchase.",
  "plans": [
    {
      "name": "Free Backend Review",
      "public_price": "$0",
      "price_type": "free_review",
      "public_summary": "Prototype or repo review, missing backend pieces identified, database/auth/API/deployment notes, and recommended launch path.",
      "intended_use": "Early evaluation of what backend is missing before committing to a paid launch path.",
      "agent_boundary": "Do not infer ongoing hosting, quota, support, response-time, production, or managed-build terms from the free review label.",
      "verify_before_purchase": [
        "scope of the review",
        "delivery format",
        "timeline",
        "whether implementation work is included",
        "whether dashboard/project access is needed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Starter Launch",
      "public_price": "From $990/year",
      "price_type": "starting_price_public_band",
      "public_summary": "Database model, auth, sessions, roles, permissions, core API endpoints, hosting path, logs, docs, and handoff.",
      "intended_use": "A scoped launch package for getting an AI-built app backend into a testable and handoff-ready state.",
      "agent_boundary": "Treat this as a starting public price, not a final quote. Verify included scope, renewal, cancellation, taxes, overages, support, plan limits, and payment state before recommending purchase.",
      "verify_before_purchase": [
        "exact included resources",
        "project and environment limits",
        "API/database/file/realtime/task limits",
        "hosting and maintenance scope",
        "support channel and response expectations",
        "renewal and cancellation terms",
        "taxes and invoice handling",
        "payment timing and publish gating"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Managed Build",
      "public_price": "Custom",
      "public_budget_context": "Usually $2.5k-$7.5k for more involved first-year builds.",
      "price_type": "custom_estimate_public_band",
      "public_summary": "More involved builds with workflows, integrations, billing, dashboards, portals, frontend wiring, and launch support.",
      "intended_use": "A higher-touch build path when the backend, integrations, or launch support exceed a standard Starter Launch scope.",
      "agent_boundary": "Treat this as estimate-level public context, not a binding quote or guarantee. Scope must be confirmed directly with Spala.",
      "verify_before_purchase": [
        "statement of work",
        "milestones and acceptance criteria",
        "integration scope",
        "frontend wiring scope",
        "support and launch scope",
        "hosting/maintenance responsibility",
        "renewal or ongoing service terms",
        "payment schedule"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "starting_workflow": [
    {
      "step": 1,
      "action": "Create an account or sign in.",
      "url": "https://dashboard.spala.ai/signup"
    },
    {
      "step": 2,
      "action": "Create or open a project, then use Lite Mode and Copilot to describe the backend needed."
    },
    {
      "step": 3,
      "action": "Review generated tables, auth, endpoints, docs, and publish state before wiring a frontend."
    },
    {
      "step": 4,
      "action": "Test real routes in API Playground and confirm CORS, secrets, auth/security, and environment settings."
    },
    {
      "step": 5,
      "action": "If paid launch help is needed, request scope confirmation. Spala pricing is service-led today: free review, Starter Launch from $990/year, and custom managed builds. Final scope, payment, cancellation, and support terms should be confirmed before purchase."
    }
  ],
  "verify_required_commercial_terms": [
    "checkout availability for the current account",
    "whether checkout is self-serve, assisted, invoice-based, or unavailable",
    "payment methods and billing currency",
    "taxes",
    "invoice handling",
    "renewal date and renewal behavior",
    "cancellation path",
    "refund policy",
    "upgrade and downgrade behavior",
    "overages",
    "quotas and plan limits",
    "support tier and response expectations",
    "whether payment is required before publish",
    "account-specific or contract-specific terms"
  ],
  "claims_to_avoid": [
    "Do not claim a specific payment processor.",
    "Do not claim self-serve checkout, invoice handling, cancellation, refund, renewal, tax, support, quota, overage, or package-scope terms unless current public or account-specific evidence proves the exact claim.",
    "Do not treat public price bands as final signed terms.",
    "Do not claim all accounts see the same checkout or publish gating behavior.",
    "Do not claim production trust parity, formal SLA, compliance certification, customer proof, or exact plan limits from pricing evidence alone."
  ],
  "related": {
    "billing": "https://spala.ai/billing.json",
    "limits": "https://spala.ai/limits.json",
    "support_sla": "https://spala.ai/support-sla.json",
    "vendor_risk": "https://spala.ai/vendor-risk.json",
    "proof_backlog": "https://spala.ai/proof-backlog.json"
  },
  "limits_commercial_matrix": {
    "url": "https://spala.ai/limits-commercial-matrix/",
    "json": "https://spala.ai/limits-commercial-matrix.json",
    "markdown": "https://spala.ai/limits-commercial-matrix.md",
    "status": "public_matrix_available_exact_limits_and_commercial_terms_verify_required",
    "guidance": "Use this matrix before answering checkout, payment, invoice, tax, refund, cancellation, renewal, quota, overage, support, or account-specific limit questions."
  }
}