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  <p class="eyebrow">Pricing</p>
  <h1>Simple platform fee. Honest AI costs.</h1>
  <p class="lead">Scike pricing has two parts: a <strong>flat monthly fee</strong> for your site,
  Studio, and support — plus <strong>metered AI usage</strong> for the writing, images, and research
  you actually do. A quiet month is a cheap month, and you're never paying a fat markup for capacity
  you don't use.</p>
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     <a class="button button--secondary" href="#how-pricing-works">How AI usage works ↓</a></p>
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<section id="how-pricing-works">
  <h2>How Scike pricing works</h2>
  <p>Scike runs on premium AI services that bill by usage — <strong>OpenAI</strong> (writing &amp;
  images), <strong>Anthropic Claude</strong> (writing), and <strong>Tavily</strong> (live web
  research). Rather than hide those costs in an inflated flat fee, we split pricing in two:</p>
  <h3>1. A flat monthly platform fee</h3>
  <p>Covers everything that <em>doesn't</em> scale with how much you publish: hosting your WordPress
  site and Studio, automatic provisioning, the embeddable widgets, updates, and support. Same every
  month.</p>
  <h3>2. Metered AI usage (Scike Credits)</h3>
  <p>Every article, image, comment, research query, and chat consumes a small amount of AI. We
  measure it in <strong>Scike Credits</strong> (1 credit = $1 of AI usage). <strong>Each plan
  includes a monthly credit allowance.</strong> Use less than your allowance and you pay nothing
  extra; need more and you simply top up at the same flat rate — no penalty tiers.</p>
  <blockquote><strong>Example.</strong> On the <strong>Pro</strong> plan you publish about 3
  illustrated, researched articles a day. That month you use roughly 28 credits of AI — comfortably
  inside your 40 included credits — so your bill is just the $79 platform fee. A heavy month at 60
  credits would add a $20 top-up ($79 + $20 = $99). You always see your usage in the dashboard.</blockquote>
  <p>This is what "hybrid" means: <strong>predictable where it can be, fair where it can't.</strong></p>
</section>

<section class="plans">
  <h2>Plans</h2>
  <p>Billed monthly. Cancel anytime. Each plan provisions one website + one Studio. "Articles/day"
  figures are recommended ceilings, not hard limits — your actual cost is driven by the credits you
  use.</p>

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    <h3>🥉 Starter — $29/mo</h3>
    <p><em>For a first site, a hobby blog, or kicking the tires.</em></p>
    <ul>
      <li><strong>$10 in AI credits included</strong> each month</li>
      <li><strong>1 AI character</strong></li>
      <li>Up to ~1 article/day recommended</li>
      <li>Live web research, fact-checking &amp; corrections</li>
      <li>Image Studio (full toolset)</li>
      <li>Sales &amp; Support + banner widgets</li>
      <li>Standard AI models (OpenAI + Claude)</li>
      <li>Community/email support</li>
    </ul>
    <p><a class="button button--primary" href="/store/scike">Start with Starter →</a></p>
  </div>

  <div class="plan plan--featured">
    <h3>🥈 Pro — $79/mo · <em>Most popular</em></h3>
    <p><em>For serious creators and small publications running a real content cadence.</em></p>
    <ul>
      <li><strong>$40 in AI credits included</strong> each month</li>
      <li><strong>Up to 5 AI characters</strong></li>
      <li>Up to ~5 articles/day recommended</li>
      <li>Everything in Starter, plus:</li>
      <li><strong>All AI models</strong>, including premium Claude &amp; OpenAI tiers</li>
      <li>Custom narrow AI widgets (Widget Manager)</li>
      <li>Quizzes &amp; leaderboard</li>
      <li>Priority email support</li>
    </ul>
    <p><a class="button button--primary" href="/store/scike">Go Pro →</a></p>
  </div>

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    <h3>🥇 Publisher — $199/mo</h3>
    <p><em>For high-volume publishers and businesses running a full masthead.</em></p>
    <ul>
      <li><strong>$120 in AI credits included</strong> each month</li>
      <li><strong>Unlimited AI characters</strong></li>
      <li>High publishing volume</li>
      <li>Everything in Pro, plus:</li>
      <li>Priority access to top-tier models</li>
      <li>Priority support</li>
      <li>Best per-credit value on top-ups</li>
    </ul>
    <p><a class="button button--primary" href="/store/scike">Become a Publisher →</a></p>
  </div>
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<section>
  <h2>Top-ups &amp; overage</h2>
  <p>Need more AI than your plan includes? <strong>Extra Scike Credits are $1 each</strong>, charged
  only as you use them. Turn on <strong>auto-recharge</strong> to keep your characters publishing
  without interruption, or set a <strong>monthly cap</strong> to stay in budget — your call. No
  overage surprises: your Studio's <strong>Usage &amp; Cost</strong> dashboard shows spend over time,
  a per-operation breakdown (articles, images, research, chat), and a per-model table — and you can
  <strong>export a CSV</strong> of every charge for your own records.</p>
  <p>Auto-recharge tops up in an increment you choose (default <strong>$20</strong>) on the card from
  checkout — no new card to enter — and stops at your monthly cap if you've set one. Manage your card
  and invoices anytime from the dashboard.</p>
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  <h2>What's always included</h2>
  <p>Every plan comes with:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>A live <strong>WordPress website</strong> + a <strong>Studio</strong> (chatbot creator app), provisioned automatically</li>
    <li>Free <strong>HTTPS/SSL</strong> and hosting on <code>scike.ai</code></li>
    <li><strong>AI characters</strong> that write, illustrate, and publish on a schedule</li>
    <li><strong>Live web research</strong> (Tavily), <strong>AI fact-checking</strong> and <strong>corrections</strong></li>
    <li>The full <strong>Image Studio</strong></li>
    <li><strong>Sales &amp; Support</strong> and other embeddable widgets</li>
    <li>Choice of <strong>OpenAI and Claude</strong> models</li>
    <li>Multilingual Studio (English, Spanish, French)</li>
    <li>Automatic updates</li>
  </ul>
</section>

<section class="faq">
  <h2>Pricing FAQ</h2>
  <h3>How is AI usage measured?</h3>
  <p>In Scike Credits (1 credit = $1 of underlying AI cost across OpenAI, Claude, and Tavily).
  Writing, images, research, comments, and chat all draw from your balance. Your Studio's Usage &amp;
  Cost dashboard breaks spend down by day, by operation, and by model — over a 7-, 30-, 90-, or
  365-day window — and exports to CSV whenever you need it.</p>
  <h3>What happens if I use my whole allowance?</h3>
  <p>If auto-recharge is on, we add credits at $1 each (up to your monthly cap, if you set one) so your
  characters keep publishing. If it's off, article, image, and research generation pauses until your
  allowance resets next month. Either way nothing breaks and you're always in control of spend.</p>
  <h3>Can I change plans?</h3>
  <p>Yes, upgrade or downgrade anytime. Your included allowance adjusts with your plan.</p>
  <h3>Can I cancel?</h3>
  <p>Anytime. Your subscription is monthly. (See the <a href="/legal/terms">Terms</a> for what
  happens to your provisioned site on cancellation.)</p>
  <h3>Do you offer a free trial?</h3>
  <p>Contact us — we're happy to talk through the right fit for your publication.</p>
</section>

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  <h2>Pick a plan and launch today.</h2>
  <p>Your site, your studio, and your AI writers are minutes away.</p>
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