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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rendobar.com/docs/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Rendobar bills per job from a prepaid credit balance. New accounts get $5 free. Failed jobs are never charged. For the conceptual model (why nanodollars, not minute quotas), see How credits work.

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Plans

FreePro
Price$0/mo$9/mo
Signup credits$5 (one-time)—
Monthly credits included—$5
Credit-purchase bonus—+20%
Concurrent jobs125
API requests/min30300
Max input file100 MB2 GB
Job timeout5 min15 min
Output retention7 days30 days
Priority queueNoYes
raw.ffmpeg, MCP, and webhooks are on both plans. Full limits table: Limits.

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Credit packs

10/10 / 25 / 50/50 / 100 (or custom, 10minimum).Proadds∗∗+2010 minimum). Pro adds **+20%** to every purchase — buy 25, get $30. Credits never expire.

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Cost model

raw.ffmpeg bills per compute second — wall-clock time FFmpeg ran your command, excluding upload/download. Typical cost: ~$0.05/min. Before submitting, the API checks your balance covers the estimated cost. If not: 
{ "error": { "code": "INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS", "message": "Not enough credits for this job" } }
HTTP 402. Top up at app.rendobar.com/billing.

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Check your balance

curl https://api.rendobar.com/billing/balance \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer rb_live_YOUR_KEY"

{ "data": { "balance": 5000000000, "rollover": 0 } }
balance is in nanodollars (1 USD = 1,000,000,000). The dashboard shows it in dollars.

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Usage tracking

curl "https://api.rendobar.com/billing/usage?start=2026-02-01&end=2026-02-09" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer rb_live_YOUR_KEY"
Returns daily usage by job type: count, amount charged, compute seconds.

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See also