docs: add PostHog Code pricing page by annikaschmid · Pull Request #18457 · PostHog/posthog.com

annikaschmid · 2026-07-14T13:03:19Z

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Adds a PostHog Code pricing page at /docs/posthog-code/pricing, modeled on the PostHog AI pricing page, plus a "Pricing" nav entry under the PostHog Code docs section.

What the page covers

Billing model — usage-based AI credits, 100 credits = $1, no markup (unlike PostHog AI)
$20 monthly free tier
Model pricing table — input/output cost per 1M tokens, in AI credits, for all currently available models
What consumes credits — every interaction (writing code, querying PostHog data, ad-hoc questions)
How usage works — token-based, pick any model/harness
Tracking — in-app Plan & usage tab (real-time, by day and model) with screenshots, plus billing pages (24h delay)
Controls — $50 default billing limit (extendable), custom limits, usage alerts, behavior when the limit is hit

Model prices

The per-1M-token prices are filled in and shown in AI credits (100 credits = $1), consistent with how usage is billed. The values are the pass-through provider rates the LLM gateway bills against — MODEL_COST_OVERRIDES in services/llm-gateway plus LiteLLM's live cost map (and the Cloudflare resold rate for glm-5.2) — so they match what customers are actually charged. Since these track the underlying providers, they may drift over time and should be re-checked against the gateway if provider rates change.

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Add a pricing page for PostHog Code modeled on the PostHog AI pricing page, plus a nav entry under the PostHog Code section. Covers: AI credit billing (100 credits = $1, no markup), $20 monthly free tier, $50 default billing limit, what consumes credits, in-app Plan & usage tracking, and billing controls. Per-1M-token model prices in the table are still TBD (cells left empty). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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cleo-pleurodon · 2026-07-14T13:27:54Z

+- Simple, short tasks use very few tokens, and therefore very few credits.
+- More complex tasks that span many files or multiple iterations use more tokens and consume more credits.
+- Because we charge no markup, your credits reflect exactly what the underlying model costs.
+- You can pick [any model and any harness](/docs/posthog-code/use-any-model-and-harness), so you're free to choose a cheaper model for simpler tasks.


+1 confidence for smart model routing as a future feature so this decision burden is not so much on the user.

cleo-pleurodon · 2026-07-14T13:29:40Z

+- **Default & custom billing limit:** PostHog sets a default **$50 billing limit** so you don't accidentally rack up costs without a ceiling. You can customize your billing limit at any time.
+- **Usage alerts:** Get notified when you hit key thresholds
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+When you reach your billing limit, you won't be able to send messages until you raise it. Increase your billing limit to continue using PostHog Code.


What happens if you reach your limit mid-turn?
Will it complete the original prompt (and therefore allow a bit of overage), or will it fail (and thus I need to restart the query after adjusting billing?)

It would fail right now. The billing limit logic is not real time for now since it's sitting in billing and only updated once a day, so this is a real edge case.

I asked for details on Slack.

cleo-pleurodon · 2026-07-14T13:30:25Z

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+- **Real-time tracking:** See costs as you go
+- **Default & custom billing limit:** PostHog sets a default **$50 billing limit** so you don't accidentally rack up costs without a ceiling. You can customize your billing limit at any time.
+- **Usage alerts:** Get notified when you hit key thresholds


Is this set by the user? Or do we have preset "key thresholds"?

These are the automatic billing emails. We email users when 80% and 100% of their free tier limit, and 80% and 100% of their billing limit, if one is set.

Since the usage-based pricing product will be set up like any other usage-based product, this would work. (At least Joe and I think that).

Nice! maybe just adjust that for clarity for the reader – that they're automated emails.

cleo-pleurodon · 2026-07-14T13:34:47Z

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+## Model pricing
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+For reference, the table below shows model costs **per 1M tokens**:


We say credits above, it's a bit unclear how that maps to tokens

good point. Once I have the values, I can do something like

| gpt-5.6-sol | 1,000 credits ($10) | — |

Populate the per-1M-token input/output prices for all models in the PostHog Code pricing table, replacing the "—" placeholders. Numbers are the pass-through provider rates the LLM gateway bills against (MODEL_COST_OVERRIDES plus LiteLLM's cost map / Cloudflare resold rate for glm-5.2), so they match what customers are actually charged. Generated-By: PostHog Code Task-Id: 67ede8c6-9e4f-404a-b5c7-a597e3d3f401

github-actions · 2026-07-14T15:45:49Z

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cleo-pleurodon · 2026-07-14T16:05:38Z

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+- **Real-time tracking:** See costs as you go
+- **Default & custom billing limit:** PostHog sets a default **$50 billing limit** so you don't accidentally rack up costs without a ceiling. You can customize your billing limit at any time.
+- **Usage alerts:** Get notified when you hit key thresholds


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- **Usage alerts:** Get notified when you hit key thresholds

- **Usage alerts:** You'll receive automatic emails to let you know when you use 80% and 100% of the free tier, and 80% and 100% of the billing limit (if one is set).

Drop the parenthetical USD amounts from the model pricing table so it reads in AI credits only, consistent with how usage is billed. Generated-By: PostHog Code Task-Id: 67ede8c6-9e4f-404a-b5c7-a597e3d3f401

annikaschmid and others added 2 commits July 14, 2026 14:02

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Drop the parenthetical USD amounts from the model pricing table so it reads in AI credits only, consistent with how usage is billed. Generated-By: PostHog Code Task-Id: 67ede8c6-9e4f-404a-b5c7-a597e3d3f401

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		## Model pricing

		For reference, the table below shows model costs per 1M tokens:

	- Usage alerts: Get notified when you hit key thresholds
	- Usage alerts: You'll receive automatic emails to let you know when you use 80% and 100% of the free tier, and 80% and 100% of the billing limit (if one is set).

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