Paid Pilot Package

Date: 2026-05-18 Status: quotable protected-preview package Linear: TIN-1392

This page defines the first quotable TubeBrain paid pilot package. It is meant to let an operator quote a design-partner pilot without making new product decisions during the sales call.

This is not public self-serve SaaS pricing. The first paid pilot sells setup, workflow design, proof artifacts, and support around the local MCP core plus the protected hosted preview. It does not sell public accounts, unmanaged source scraping, raw-audio archives, or public managed PoToken minting.

Package

SKU: TB-RPP-001

Name: TubeBrain Research Packet Pilot

Price range: $1,500-$5,000

Default payment path: Tinyland Services LLC manual paid-discovery invoice with a deposit before scheduled delivery. A payment link may be used as the payment rail after the quote is approved, but the quote and invoice remain the source of truth for scope, limits, and acceptance.

Default term: 1-2 weeks from kickoff to closeout.

Buyer outcome:

The buyer can decide whether TubeBrain should stay local MCP only, use the
protected hosted preview, or become a follow-on custom integration.

Quote Bands

Use one of these bands unless the work clearly needs a custom statement of work:

Band Price Turnaround Included sources Hosted preview hours Managed fallback cap Support limit Fit
Starter $1,500 1 week 3 sources 5 hours 0 hours by default; up to 10 buyer-approved hours 1 kickoff, 1 closeout, 2 async support hours First proof for a narrow workflow
Standard $3,000 1-2 weeks 5 sources 15 hours 0 hours by default; up to 25 buyer-approved hours 1 kickoff, 1 working session, 1 closeout, 4 async support hours Default design-partner pilot
Expanded $5,000 2 weeks 10 sources 50 hours 0 hours by default; up to 50 buyer-approved hours 1 kickoff, 2 working sessions, 1 closeout, 6 async support hours More source variety or reliability proof

Managed fallback is disabled unless explicitly approved. The cap is a hard maximum, not a promise to use a managed provider. Self-hosted Whisper remains the default STT posture. Additional managed fallback hours, source count, or support time requires a written change order or a new quote.

Before sending a quote, run the repeatable worksheet in Paid Pilot COGS And Margin Model. If the quote misses a margin gate, reduce scope, raise price, or move the work to a custom follow-on statement of work.

Included Deliverables

Every band includes:

  • a kickoff call to choose sources, success criteria, and acceptance boundaries
  • one reproducible local MCP workflow using the packaged tubebrain binary
  • one hosted-preview workflow using the protected tubebrain-hosted API when preview credentials are available
  • one deterministic YouTube section research packet using the GStack demo URL
  • one stream proof packet when source reliability and STT posture are good enough for the selected source
  • one operator evidence directory following Paid Pilot Operator Runbook
  • one final recommendation: local MCP only, hosted preview, or follow-on custom integration

Explicit Exclusions

The first paid pilot excludes:

  • public self-serve accounts or public subscription billing
  • unmanaged source scraping or a promise that every source is available
  • raw-audio retention or a customer archive by default
  • public managed PoToken minting
  • public access to the internal tubebrain-stt service
  • browser automation outside the buyer-approved caller harness
  • durable multi-replica stream-session storage
  • database-backed billing storage or self-serve usage dashboards
  • Twitch, Kick, microphone, or audio fingerprinting work unless quoted as a custom follow-on

Payment And Approval

Use manual invoicing for the first pilots:

  1. Select Starter, Standard, or Expanded.
  2. Fill in the quote worksheet below.
  3. Send a Tinyland Services LLC paid-discovery invoice.
  4. Require the agreed deposit before scheduled delivery.
  5. Treat any payment link as a collection mechanism only, not as the scope authority.

Do not create public checkout pages or subscription plans for this package yet. That belongs after database-backed billing, self-serve account management, and retention deletion paths exist.

Do not attach a public SaaS SLA to this package. The reliability language for quotes and closeout notes lives in Paid Pilot SLO And Non-SLA Posture.

Quote Worksheet

Copy this block into the customer note or invoice prep:

SKU: TB-RPP-001
Package band:
Price:
Deposit:
Pilot dates:
Buyer/contact:
Accepted sources:
Hosted preview hours:
Managed fallback mode: disabled / opt-in / forced
Managed fallback cap:
Support limit:
Primary demo URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzi7oFTzjac&t=2449s
Primary acceptance path: local MCP / hosted preview / both
Retention: raw audio not persisted by default
Exclusions acknowledged:
Evidence directory:
Closeout recommendation due:

Billing Evidence

The first paid pilot can be manually invoiced from the quote plus the operator evidence directory. Usage events support auditability; they are not a complete billing database.

Required evidence:

Billing question Evidence source Current status
Which account/key used the preview? account_id, api_key_id, optional key_label in usage events and GET /v1/admin/usage Implemented
Which endpoint was used? endpoint in usage events Implemented
Did the request succeed? outcome, status_code, and error_code Implemented
How long did hosted work take? duration_ms and operator timestamps Implemented
How much stream time was active? stream_active_ms on stream events Implemented for stream responses/events where available
How much audio was decoded or sent to STT? audio_decoded_ms and stt_processed_ms Implemented where the stream pipeline reports it
Was managed fallback used? stt_fallback_mode, stt_provider, estimated_cost_micro_usd, and stt_processed_ms Implemented in the managed fallback boundary
Was the account rate limited? rate_limited outcome, 429, and rate-limit headers Implemented
Which sources were in scope? Quote worksheet and operator evidence, not raw usage events Manual evidence
How much support was used? Operator notes outside TubeBrain usage events Manual evidence

Usage events must not store raw API keys, bearer tokens, cookies, signed media URL values, PoTokens, BotGuard internals, raw audio, or raw source URLs. Source lists belong in the quote and operator evidence, not in the usage-event sink.

Usage Event Requirements

This package relies on the durable hosted usage-event sink from TIN-1389 for restart-safe manual pilot audit in one hosted process.

Before a paid pilot call, configure:

TUBEBRAIN_USAGE_EVENT_LOG=/var/lib/tubebrain/usage-events.jsonl
TUBEBRAIN_USAGE_WINDOW_SECS=86400

The protected preview can rebuild the active quota window from the JSONL sink after one hosted-process restart. This is enough for manual paid-discovery audit when combined with the quote worksheet and operator runbook evidence.

It is not enough for broad public SaaS or automated recurring billing. Those need durable account storage, database-backed usage aggregation, self-serve key management, retention deletion, and cross-replica quota enforcement.

Pilot Acceptance

A paid pilot is complete when these artifacts exist:

Artifact Required for payment acceptance
Approved quote or invoice Yes
Operator runbook evidence directory Yes
Local MCP GStack packet Yes
Hosted preview packet Yes, unless hosted preview was explicitly out of scope
Stream proof packet or documented source exception Yes
Admin usage snapshot before or after the call Yes
Redaction/retention review Yes
Final recommendation Yes

Customer-facing acceptance statements should stay within the boundaries in Paid Pilot Operator Runbook. Do not claim public SaaS, universal source availability, durable stream sessions, managed PoToken access, or raw-audio archival.