# Texel.ai

Official pricing: https://texel.ai  
Category: gpu-cloud · Isolation: not published

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Native product; see regime notes** (resource) [alt]

## Features

Yes: ≥24 h sessions, GPU, webhooks

No: snapshots, memory snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, idle auto-stop, start from your own snapshot, your own Docker/OCI image, Docker inside, nested virtualization, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, preinstalled agents, SSH, public IPv4, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, SSO, arm64, Windows, macOS, Python, Node.js, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, MCP server, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API, extra volumes, shared volumes

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/texel-ai.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Current public API focuses on AI media creation/editing. YC describes GPU pipeline deployment. No current arbitrary-code CPU/GPU rate verified, so keep marginal rather than assert a general sandbox product.
- Null values mean unknown, not free/unlimited. No model-token cost, tax or unverified ancillary charge included.
- Native browser/device/task/credit prices with unknown CPU/RAM are deliberately non-priceable. Check regime before interpreting any partial resource estimate.
- No public price list as of 2026-09-29: texel.ai/pricing returns 404 and the homepage says only 'Straightforward pricing / Pay only for what you use'. Billing is per-job, per media minute (rate_per_minute, minimum_seconds) via GET /v1/billing/usage. A credit-based pricing page (100 credits/prompt image gen, 1000 credits/model training, 5,000 free credits on sign-up, Enterprise by contact) existed Dec 2023 to at least Sep 2024 (Wayback) but is withdrawn and the credit-to-USD rate was never published.

## How this provider charges


YC: Winter 2023; directory status **Active**. Research scope: public-product-researched. Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/texel-ai

Media AI pipelines

## Regime table

| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native product; see regime notes | Incomplete or non-resource economics: rates remain null, never interpreted as free. | resource; CPU alloc, memory alloc | Unknown or native-unit billing; see facts below | https://texel.ai |
| Current applicable tariff unverified | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=None; included usage=$None; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://texel.ai |
| Retained disk / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://texel.ai |
| Snapshots / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://texel.ai |
| Egress / GiB | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://texel.ai |
| IPv4 / month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://texel.ai |

## Verified billing facts and gotchas

1. Current public API focuses on AI media creation/editing. YC describes GPU pipeline deployment. No current arbitrary-code CPU/GPU rate verified, so keep marginal rather than assert a general sandbox product.

## Worked example

Requested: 4 vCPU/8 GiB, 50 simultaneous × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 30% CPU; 50 GiB snapshots and 100 GiB egress. A month is 730 hours only when explicitly used in rate conversion.

**Total: unknown.** This product does not publish a verified complete 4-vCPU/8-GiB tariff and/or the service bills a different unit. Fifty concurrent instances and eight-hour sessions are not automatically supported. Neither 30% utilization nor retained snapshots can be converted into free resources. Use the native plan terms above and request the missing CPU/RAM, retention, egress and concurrency quote.

## Sources and coverage

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/texel-ai
- https://texel.ai/

Page captures and documentation indexes/bundles are in `raw/`; provider JSON lists the evidence paths. HN query results were captured separately as `<id>--hn.txt`; they are discovery leads, not current tariff authority. Downloaded docs do not imply every feature was verified; unsupported assertions remain null.