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Tell us how many stories you want shipped each month. We'll price it from our own measured cost per story and work out how many agents that takes, then show which plan fits. Always on your key: we never bill you for tokens. Add your own day rate to compare it with ours. Copy the link to share your estimate.

Your numbers

Stories shipped / month

the backlog you want the herd to clear

Cost per shipped story

Median clean run $7.57¹All-in, incl. rework $11.93²Reasoning-heavy config $18.85³

Half of stories that clear every gate on the first pass cost less than this. Anatomy of an $8 feature →
Mean cost across every shipped story that week, rework included. Anatomy of an $8 feature →
Median cost once the plan → review → verify stages moved to a stronger reasoning model. The most expensive line in your agent config is the model name →

Active hours / day

Working days / month

Advanced: adjust the measured constants

Agent-minutes per story

median wall clock across all five stages, from the receipt post

Peak headroom multiplier

busiest day ÷ average day, measured from CodeHerder's own build history

Recommended plan

Free$0/mo

3 agents included

Concurrent agents you'll needderived from your stories, not asked for

200 stories × 34.1 agent-min ÷ (8h × 20d) × 3.49 peak headroom

3at peak · 0.7 average

CodeHerder platform cost

Plan base: $0/mo

Monthly platform: $0/mo

Estimated model spendon your provider key · CodeHerder never bills tokens

200 stories × $11.93/story

$2,387/moest.

Where that spend goes

Plan 38.7%: $924/mo
Code 26.2%: $625/mo
Review 14.7%: $351/mo
Merge 6.6%: $158/mo
Verify 13.8%: $329/mo

In our own data, planning costs more than writing the code. Budget for comprehension, not generation. Read the full receipt →

Your predictable monthly ceiling

$2,387/mo

platform + model spend · Pro tier adds budget caps & spend alerts

Compare with today

Working days one story takes you today

Your fully loaded cost for one working day

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This comparison counts money only. It leaves out the review and approval time that stays with your people.
Model spend runs on your own provider key. CodeHerder never bills for it.
Neither column includes one-time device setup.
We measure the per-story rate on CodeHerder's own codebase.

Methodology

Every rate above comes from CodeHerder's own production history, not a guess: 944 stories shipped in the window 20–26 July 2026, and 3,723 stories shipped across 29 June–4 August 2026. These are CodeHerder's own medians on CodeHerder's own codebase. Yours will differ, which is why every field above stays editable.

Anatomy of an $8 feature →The most expensive line in your agent config is the model name →

Estimates only. Model spend goes directly to your provider on your own key — CodeHerder never sees your tokens or bills for them. CodeHerder platform pricing is indicative and not yet billed. See full pricing →

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