Two tiers designed around compute needs. Light for individuals and power users; Heavy for teams and automation-heavy workflows.
Best for individuals, freelancers, and power users who want a personal AI assistant that learns their workflow and automates routine tasks.
Best for teams, founders, and automation-heavy users running complex multi-step workflows, parallel tasks, and high-volume integrations.
Infrastructure partner: JustAVPS by Kortix. Starter VM = $14/mo. All costs below are per-user per-month at steady state.
| Cost Item | Provider | Unit | $/mo (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VM — Starter (2 vCPU / 4GB / 40GB) | JustAVPS | 1 VM | $14.00 |
| LLM API — Claude Haiku (2M tokens) | Anthropic | 2M tokens | $5.00 |
| Composio MCP bridge | Composio | per user | $2.00 |
| Messaging relay (Telegram/Discord/Slack) | Internal | shared infra | $1.00 |
| Monitoring + logging (Prometheus/Loki) | Internal | shared infra | $0.50 |
| Stripe fees (2.9% + $0.30) | Stripe | per transaction | $1.72 |
| Total COGS | $24.22 | ||
| Gross Margin | $24.78 (50.6%) |
Infrastructure partner: JustAVPS by Kortix. Basic VM = $28/mo. Heavy users consume significantly more LLM tokens — modeled at 6M/mo.
| Cost Item | Provider | Unit | $/mo (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VM — Basic (4 vCPU / 8GB / 80GB) | JustAVPS | 1 VM | $28.00 |
| LLM API — Claude Haiku (6M tokens) | Anthropic | 6M tokens | $15.00 |
| Composio MCP bridge | Composio | per user | $4.00 |
| Messaging relay | Internal | shared infra | $1.50 |
| Monitoring + logging | Internal | shared infra | $1.00 |
| Stripe fees (2.9% + $0.30) | Stripe | per transaction | $3.78 |
| Total COGS | $53.28 | ||
| Gross Margin | $66.72 (55.6%) |
| Users | Mix (L/H) | MRR | COGS | Gross Profit | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 Light / 3 Heavy | $703 | $329 | $374 | 53.2% |
| 50 | 35 Light / 15 Heavy | $3,515 | $1,645 | $1,870 | 53.2% |
| 100 | 70 Light / 30 Heavy | $7,030 | $3,290 | $3,740 | 53.2% |
| 500 | 350 Light / 150 Heavy | $35,150 | $15,700 | $19,450 | 55.3% |
| 1,000 | 700 Light / 300 Heavy | $70,300 | $30,200 | $40,100 | 57.0% |
Margin improves at scale due to JustAVPS volume discounts and shared infrastructure amortization. Target: >30% gross margin at 100 users (well exceeded at 53%+).
Shared Stripe account with main Helium platform. Same customer object, same payment method. Hermes Max appears as a separate line item on the invoice.
POST /api/hermes/subscribe
Create Stripe subscription, provision VM, return instance_id
POST /api/hermes/upgrade
Upgrade Light → Heavy: resize VM, update subscription, migrate data
POST /api/hermes/cancel
Cancel subscription, schedule VM termination at period end, export data
GET /api/hermes/usage
Token consumption, tool calls, uptime stats for current billing period
POST /webhooks/stripe/hermes
Handle payment_failed → suspend VM; invoice_paid → resume; subscription_deleted → terminate