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Overview

AppPrimary MetricUnique InnovationDodo Feature
OpenAITokens (fiat-denominated)Prepaid fiat credits with never-expiring balanceCredit-Based Billing (Fiat Credits)
CursorPremium RequestsModel-weighted credit depletion (different costs per model)Credit-Based Billing (Custom Unit)
ElevenLabsCharactersCharacter quotas with rollover + tiered overage pricingCredit-Based Billing (Rollover + Overage)
MidjourneyGPU Time”Relax Mode” unlimited fallback after quotaSubscription + Usage Meters
ReplicateExecution SecondsPer-second hardware-specific pure meteringPure Usage-Based Billing
LovableMessages (credits)Daily bonus drip + team-wide shared credit poolCredit-Based Billing (Custom Unit) + Subscription
Each deconstruction breaks down the billing model of a real company and shows you how to replicate it with Dodo Payments. Pick the app closest to what you are building:
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OpenAI

Replicate the token-based prepaid credit model.
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Cursor

Build model-weighted usage limits.
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ElevenLabs

Implement character quotas with rollover and overages.
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Midjourney

Combine subscriptions with usage-based fallback.
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Replicate

Set up pure per-second consumption metering.
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Lovable

Replicate message-credit subscriptions with daily bonus drip.

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Dodo Features

Credit-Based Billing

Manage prepaid credits and virtual units.

Usage-Based Billing

Meter consumption in real-time.

Subscriptions

Handle recurring billing and plan management.

Hybrid Billing

Combine multiple billing models for maximum flexibility.

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Ingestion Blueprints

Each deconstruction includes integration with Dodo’s Ingestion Blueprints, pre-built SDKs that handle event tracking automatically. Instead of manually constructing usage events, use a blueprint to get production-ready metering in minutes.

LLM Blueprint

Automatic token tracking for OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, and more.

Stream Blueprint

Track audio and video streaming bandwidth.

Time Range Blueprint

Bill by compute duration down to the millisecond.