Monetize
Monetization
Set up subscriptions, pay-per-usage, and other pricing models to monetize your AI agents.
Pickaxe is the first platform that lets you truly monetize your AI agents — putting them out into the world and building real, agent-powered businesses.
Monetization models
Pickaxe supports several ways to charge for access to your tools:
Subscription
Gate different agents with different usage levels based on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription. Great for recurring revenue and tiered product offerings.
Pay-per-usage
Sell credits or uses to your users. When they run out, they can upgrade and buy more. This model works well for tools with variable usage patterns.
One-time payment
Charge a single upfront fee for access. This often works best paired with a pay-per-usage option to help cover ongoing AI usage costs.
External payments
Link users to an external site to complete payments if you prefer to use a third-party payment provider, then manage access manually.
How to set it up
- Go to the Access section and enable access control.
- Create a member access group.
- Inside that group, head to the Monetization and Upgrade tab.
- Toggle on "Charge for upgrade to this Access Group".
- Select either a one-time payment or subscription and set your price.
- Connect your Stripe account by clicking the Connect to Stripe button, which will take you to the Settings page. If you don't have a Stripe account yet, click Set Up Stripe Account in Settings and follow the on-screen instructions.
What happens when users hit their limit
You can configure what happens when a user reaches the usage limit of their access group:
- Buy more uses or credits — Let them purchase additional usage within their current group.
- Upgrade to another access group — Prompt them to move to a higher tier with more access.
- External link — Send them to a third-party payment page.
Offers
If you want to sell one-off access to specific tools rather than managing full access group tiers, you can use Offers. Offers let you sell ad hoc access to individual agents, pages, or folders of content — great for creators with a variety of products who don't want to create separate portals or access groups for each one.
You configure offers from the Lock tab in the portal editor. See the full Offers page for details.
Processing fees
Pickaxe charges a processing fee on all payments processed through the platform. The fee depends on your plan:
| Plan | Processing fee |
|---|---|
| Free | 25% |
| Gold | 10% |
| Pro | 8% |