Launch plan
Credits
What a background and a vector cost you, and a proposed price list for selling them as credits.
What credits are for
Only two things: Photoroom backgrounds and Arrow 2 vectors. These are the calls that cost you money each time.
They move from the customer's machine to your backend. The backend holds your Photoroom and QuiverAI keys, checks the balance, makes the call and deducts credits. A ledger records every purchase and every deduction, so any balance can be explained.
What each action costs you
| Action | Your cost | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Photoroom background | $0.10 | Published price for the API the app calls |
| Arrow 2 vector | About $0.05 to $0.30, likely near $0.20 | Estimate |
| Arrow 2 Telos vector | About $0.08 to $0.45 | Estimate |
Photoroom is a monthly plan
You buy a block of images each month and unused ones do not roll over. Secondary sources put the smallest block at $100 for 1,000 images. Photoroom's own page confirms the $0.10 rate but does not list the tiers.
So there is a fixed cost from launch day, and the real cost per background is above $0.10 until customers use most of the block.
The Arrow 2 cost has not been measured
QuiverAI bills Arrow 2 by tokens and publishes no per-vector figure. The "near $0.20" guess comes from its older flat price for Arrow 1.1, as reported by a secondary source. A dense illustration can cost far more. One third-party estimate puts the ceiling near $1.31.
Proposed price list
Settled Approved 14 Nov 2026. Revisit the vector prices once the real Arrow 2 cost is measured.
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Photoroom background | 1 |
| Arrow 2 vector, generated or vectorized from an image | 2 |
| Arrow 2 Telos vector | 3 |
| Pack | Price | Per credit |
|---|---|---|
| 50 credits | $15 | $0.30 |
| 200 credits | $50 | $0.25 |
| 500 credits | $100 | $0.20 |
What that earns
| Action | Costs you | Sells for |
|---|---|---|
| Background | $0.10 | $0.20 to $0.30 |
| Arrow 2 vector | about $0.20 | $0.40 to $0.60 |
| Telos vector | about $0.30 | $0.60 to $0.90 |
- Stripe takes 2.9% plus $0.30 per purchase. That is about 5% of the $15 pack and 3% of the $100 pack.
- With the $100 Photoroom block as a fixed cost, backgrounds break even at about 330 to 500 paid backgrounds a month.
Proposed rules
Open The price list above is approved. These rules still need a yes.
- 50 credits a month come with the $99 plan. They do not roll over. This costs you about $5 to $8 per customer if fully used, and most customers will not meet a paywall in a normal month.
- Purchased credits expire after 12 months. QuiverAI's own prepaid balance expires after a year, so this keeps you from owing credits you can no longer fund.
- Every generation costs credits, including a regenerate. Only a failed call is refunded, and that refund is automatic.
- If the measured Arrow 2 cost averages under $0.10, drop it to 1 credit and Telos to 2.
Updated 2026-11-14. Built 2026-11-15.