Pricing for Every Stage of Your AI Journey
From open-source prototype to enterprise-scale production
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Pipe
Open-source foundation for AI pipeline orchestration. Build, fork, and contribute under AGPL-3.0.
Pipeline
Free closed-source commercial license for companies below $1M/year revenue. Keep your source closed in production, internal use, or distribution. FOSS projects using TPipe as a dependency pay nothing.
Manifold
Required when your company exceeds $1M/year revenue. Commercial license for closed-source use with priority support.
Substrate
Custom SLA, dedicated success engineer, private fork option, DPA/MSA, and executive reviews for enterprise teams.
| Feature | Pipe (Community) | Pipeline (Indie) | Manifold (Commercial) | Substrate (Enterprise) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License & Use Rights | ||||
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Commercial | Commercial | Enterprise |
| Use case | Open source only | Internal, production, and distribution — below $1M/yr revenue | Closed source above $1M/yr revenue | Enterprise |
| FOSS exception | N/A (already open-source) | 90%+ FOSS projects using TPipe as dependency — no royalties | — | N/A (commercial) |
| Fork rights | AGPL forks allowed | No public forks. Private forks for internal use and testing permitted. | No standalone release | Private fork available |
| Attribution required | Yes | Yes | Yes | Negotiable |
| Distribution | AGPL compatible | No source-available distribution. Closed-source products and services permitted below $1M/yr. | Closed source only | Closed source + custom |
| Core Infrastructure | ||||
| ContextBank (persistent memory) | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Reasoning Pipes | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Chain-of-Draft (75% token reduction) | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Token Budgeting & Governance | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| TraceServer (local) | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Orchestration | ||||
| Pipeline (sequential chaining) | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Manifold (multi-agent hierarchy) | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Junction (voting/handoff) | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| DistributionGrid (P2P routing) | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| PCP multi-language tool calling | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Safety & Reliability | ||||
| KillSwitch | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Loop Limits | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| DITL Hooks (7 points) | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Configurable Timeout/Retry | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Snapshot state restoration | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Integrations | ||||
| AWS Bedrock | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Ollama | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| OpenRouter | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Stdio/HTTP executors | Full access | Full access | Full access | Full access |
| Support & Rights | ||||
| Support | Community | Community | Priority email (48hr SLA) | Dedicated CSE |
| SLA response | — | — | — | 4hr response, 1hr P1 |
| Custom dev hours | — | — | — | 20hrs/quarter |
| Private fork | — | — | — | Yes |
| DPA/MSA | — | — | — | Yes |
| Roadmap votes | — | — | — | Unlimited |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Indie tier?
A free commercial license for organizations with $1M or less in annual revenue. You can use TPipe for any purpose, including closed-source production, internal tools, and distributing a product that uses TPipe. You cannot use TPipe to build a competing product (see Noncompete). Attribution required. Open-source projects that use TPipe as a dependency may qualify for the FOSS exception (no revenue cap) — see the license for the full criteria.
How is the $1M revenue threshold measured?
Annual revenue of the legal entity, per GAAP. Measured per organization. If you exceed $1M, you have 30 days to either enter a Commercial Agreement with Ten Trillion Triangles LLC or switch to AGPL-3.0 by releasing your TPipe modifications under AGPL terms.
What are the Indie tier restrictions?
You can't use TPipe to build a competing product. Per the Noncompete clause, you cannot offer a product or service that provides LLM orchestration, multi-agent pipeline orchestration, or any functionality that overlaps with TPipe's core purpose — regardless of interface, language, platform, or whether it's free or paid. Using TPipe internally to build or operate your own product is fine. You also cannot redistribute TPipe as a standalone product under a different name.
When do I need to upgrade from Indie to Commercial?
Within 30 days of your organization's revenue exceeding $1M. You have two options: (a) enter a Commercial Agreement with Ten Trillion Triangles LLC, or (b) switch to AGPL-3.0 by releasing your TPipe modifications under AGPL terms. Failure to do either within 30 days converts your license to AGPL-3.0 retroactively, back-dated to the date you exceeded $1M.
What if I'm already above $1M revenue?
You need a Commercial Agreement, or you can release your TPipe modifications under AGPL-3.0. Contact us to arrange a Commercial Agreement, or stop using TPipe except under AGPL-3.0 terms.
What's the difference between AGPL and the Indie tier?
AGPL requires all derivative works to be open-source; Indie allows closed-source use below $1M revenue. The Community tier covers open-source projects. The Indie tier covers internal tools and commercial applications for smaller companies without requiring you to open-source your application.
Can I use TPipe for internal tools at my company?
Yes — AGPL covers open-source projects; Indie covers internal commercial tools below $1M revenue. Above $1M revenue, the Commercial or Enterprise license is required for any closed-source use.
Does TPipe offer support for the free tiers?
Community and Indie tiers receive community support via GitHub Discussions. Commercial and Enterprise tiers include priority email and dedicated engineer support respectively.
What are the TPipe pricing tiers and what do I get?
Four tiers: Pipe (AGPL, free), Pipeline (Indie, free below $1M), Manifold (Commercial, $7,500/yr), Substrate (Enterprise, from $35,000/yr). All tiers include the full TPipe feature set — no features are gated by tier.
What's included in the free Community tier?
Full TPipe core: all features including Reasoning Pipes, ContextBank, Pipeline, Manifold, Junction, DistributionGrid, DITL hooks, KillSwitch, Token Governance, and TraceServer. AWS Bedrock, Ollama, OpenRouter integrations. AGPL-3.0 license.
When is a commercial license required?
When you want to keep using TPipe closed-source after your organization exceeds $1M in annual revenue. The alternative is to release your TPipe modifications under AGPL-3.0. The Startup license's revenue cap applies to closed-source deployments; if you're already AGPL-3.0 compliant, you can keep going.
Are there volume discounts?
Commercial and Enterprise tiers are per-organization, not per-user. Annual billing is standard. Teams of 15+ or multi-team deployments may find Substrate more cost-effective.
What payment methods?
Commercial: credit card via Stripe (annual). Enterprise: invoice, wire transfer, or PO. Enterprise tier agreements can include NDA and custom MSA.
Does TPipe charge per user or API call?
No per-user and no per-API-call charges. Commercial and Enterprise tiers are flat per-organization. Your LLM inference costs (Bedrock, Ollama, OpenRouter) are billed separately by your LLM provider.
What does Substrate include?
Everything in Manifold plus: custom SLA (4hr response, 1hr P1), dedicated CSE, 20hrs/quarter custom dev, private fork, DPA/MSA, and annual executive review. SSO/SAML planned for future release, priority access for Substrate customers.
Minimum Substrate contract?
Annual minimum, starting at $35,000/year. Custom pricing is scoped based on team size, deployment scale, and SLA requirements.
For general product questions, see our homepage FAQ.