> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.famulor.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Cost Overview

> Understand the main components of Famulor.io pricing, including call minutes, number rentals, and optional fees

## Costs

> Famulor is a pay-as-you-go platform: you only pay for what you use.

Costs are calculated based on your usage, and you have a wallet where 1 credit equals 1 minute of call time.

## Types of costs

There are two types of costs:

* **Famulor costs**: These are the costs associated with the AI assistant handling the call.
* **Carrier costs**: These are the costs associated with the carrier (telephone network) used to make the call.

## 1. Main Components

1. **AI Cost**

   * **Minimum charge of 30 seconds (0.5 min)** per call. Any call under 30 seconds is billed as 30 seconds - e.g., a 10-second call deducts 0.5 min from your balance.
   * Beyond 30 seconds, billing is **per second**. For example, a 35-second call deducts exactly 35 seconds (\~0.58 min) from your balance.
   * Fixed reference price: **EUR 0.20/call minute**.

2. **Carrier Cost**

   * These costs are rounded up to the next minute and depend on the country you are calling.
   * We do not add markups; we use the same rates as the carriers.
   * Example: for a 30-second call to a US number, you are billed 1 minute x USD 0.01 = USD 0.01.

3. **Number Rental**

   * If you rent a phone number, there is a monthly fee (e.g., EUR 3.99 for a standard US number).
   * If your region is not listed, we can custom-provision a number after document verification.
   * Each number's cost is billed monthly until released.

4. **Extra Fees (Optional)**

   * **SMS**: If your number is SMS-capable, standard per-message fees apply.
   * **Voicemail detection**: Billed as 1 minute per call.
   * **High-volume usage**: Potential bulk discounts for very large monthly volumes.

For a deeper breakdown of minute conversion logic, see [Pricing Breakdown](/en/pricing/usage-based).