Lava Monetize — Usage-Based Billing

What is Lava Monetize?

Lava Monetize is a complete usage-based billing platform for AI services. It lets you turn AI API usage into revenue with flexible pricing, automated payouts, and embedded checkout — no billing infrastructure to build.

Pricing and Billing Features

  • Prepaid credits and wallet — Customers fund their wallet before using services, eliminating payment risk
  • Flexible fee models — Choose fixed per-unit fees or percentage markups
  • Tiered pricing — Set up volume discounts with automatic tier progression
  • Configurable billing units — Bill by tokens, characters, API calls, or time
  • Subscription plans — Offer monthly plans with optional credit rollover

Embedded Checkout

Lava provides a drop-in checkout experience you can embed directly in your application. Customers can:

  • Load their wallet with any amount
  • Save payment methods for quick top-ups
  • Enable autopay to automatically reload when balance is low
  • Subscribe to monthly plans

The checkout is fully branded and PCI-compliant, powered by Stripe.

Automated Payouts

Revenue from customer usage is tracked automatically. Lava calculates your earnings based on your pricing configuration and sends payouts to your bank account via Stripe Connect on a regular schedule.

Revenue Analytics

The Lava dashboard gives you real-time visibility into:

  • Total revenue and usage volume
  • Customer-by-customer usage breakdowns
  • Payout history and settlement details
  • Connection health and engagement metrics

Who is Monetize for?

Lava Monetize is designed for business owners, product managers, and operations teams who want to monetize AI-powered features without months of billing infrastructure development. If you're building an AI SaaS product and need usage-based billing, Monetize handles it end-to-end.

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