Governance lanes
Pricing tied to enforceable outcomes, not seats
You pay for validated actions, dashboards, and audit readiness — not per-user licenses. Exact commercial terms are scoped to your sector and volume after intake. For why AI discovery and citations now behave like an economy, see The Citation Economy.
Compare Baseline Presence, Regulated Control, and Forensic Authority below — then open vault intake (no payment on that step) to scope sector, entity band, and integration class.
What each tier includes
Compare enforcement posture and audit readiness first. Dollar amounts and quotes are finalized after vault intake.
| Capability | Baseline Presence | Regulated Control | Forensic Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enforcement | Passive monitoring | Active fail-closed | Defensible enforcement at the gate |
| Response latency | T+1 day (reports) | <24ms (runtime) | Deterministic (gate) |
| Admissibility proof | Standard logs | Verified receipts | Tamper-evident audit trail; freshness targets disclosed with your quote |
| Regulatory fit | Marketing & brand | Risk management | Board & audit defense |
| Primary goal | Stop invisibility | Stop execution drift | Institutional sovereignty |
| Audit protocol (14-day) | 14-day log review | 14-day verified export | Completeness review where Merkle receipts are sealed for your engagement |
| Integrity coverage signals | Best effort | Manual reconciliation | SLO evaluation (staleness, backlog) |
How billing works (after qualification)
| Pricing | Baseline Presence | Regulated Control | Forensic Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly base (after qualification) | Quoted after intake | Quoted after intake | Quoted after intake |
| Metered enforcement (documented gate receipts) | $0 | $0 | $0.05 each |
| Ideal for | I just want to know what's out there | I need to survive EU AI Act / SEC | I am the standard |
| Support | Priority | Trustee / architect | |
| Request access | Schedule compliance scoping | Contact trustee team |
After you submit intake, we reply with next steps and a non-binding scope questionnaire. Typical first response is within a few business days (not a guarantee — heavy procurement queues may take longer).
Forensic Authority (metered): documented gate outcomes bill at $0.05 each. Stripe invoices commonly show a line like Deterministic enforcement actions (quantity × $0.05). The meter covers receipted enforcement, not raw model token spend. Internal event keys (for example ifq_validation_event) may appear in exports for operators — not required reading for procurement.
Technical depth (deterministic gateway, Merkle receipts, patent posture) lives on How it works, the Machine handshake primer, and the Trustee SLA summary— kept off this page so procurement can scan tiers first.
Common questions
- What does “quoted after intake” mean?
- We use vault intake to understand sector, integration class, and volume before issuing a written quote. The intake form is the qualification step — see vault intake for what we collect and what happens next.
- Is there a free trial?
- Governance tiers here are quote-based after qualification, not self-checkout seat SKUs. For paid subscriptions where applicable, see our Terms — subscription and billing (including the 30-day satisfaction policy on eligible first paid subscriptions).
- Can we start with a single project?
- Yes. Sovereign Audit Services below are explicitly project-scoped. Subscription-style tier scope for a single initiative is discussed during qualification.
| Sovereign Audit Services (project-based) | Next step |
|---|---|
Standard Integrity Verification (up to 5 AI vectors) Vector mapping, board-level integrity readout, and a 12-month roadmap — aligned with commit-boundary and receipt patterns where BiDigest has sealed material for your engagement. | Scoped quote after intake Start scoped qualification → |
Institutional Integrity Reconstruction (6–20 AI vectors) Deeper trajectory export and reconstruction where Merkle-sealed Trustee batches apply — not a narrative-only PDF. | Scoped quote after intake Start institutional qualification → |
Qualification first: fee structure is issued after scope validation and procurement context.
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Commercial SLAs are finalized with counsel and procurement. The printable summary covers execution latency targets, hard-token behavior, and availability commitments.
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