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IRCCloud

Approaching Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · irccloud.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 62 / 100
Business Instant Messaging

IRCCloud scores 62/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.

See IRCCloud pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
IRCCloud pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.irccloud.com/pricing
Free
Free
forever
Unlimited history access
Unlimited IRC connections
Free apps for iOS and Android
Solo
Contact sales
Unlimited history access
Unlimited IRC connections
Stay connected permanently while inactive
Team
Contact sales
Unlimited history access
Unlimited IRC connections
Stay connected permanently while inactive
100MB drag and drop file sharing
Full history export
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How IRCCloud scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

13 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
62 / 100
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Human-assisted
LLM score: 70/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

partial

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

Yes

Cancellation policy visible

Yes

Refund policy visible

Yes

Invoice payment available

Unknown

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown

Trial

30 days (no card)

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem

Buyer persona

smb
developer

Integrations mentioned
Slack
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from IRCCloud?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

✗

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How IRCCloud could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

IRCCloud — Login Forgotten your password?

tier_count

1

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

true

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

null

api_docs_auth_walled

null

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

false

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":false,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: IRCCloud
CTAs (21): IRCCloud · Login · Forgotten your password? · Private hosted IRC server · About · Pricing · Blog · Changelog · FAQ · Jobs · API · Terms of Service
IRCCloud Login Forgotten your password? Pricing Free … Solo … per month / … per year Team … per user / per month Unlimited history access Unlimited history access Unlimited history access Free apps for iOS and Android Free apps for iOS and Android Free apps for iOS and Android 2 IRC connections(other than irc.irccloud.com) Unlimited IRC connections Unlimited IRC connections Stay connected for 2 hours while inactive(permanent for first 7 days) Stay connected permanently while inactive Stay connected permanently while inactive 100MB drag and drop file sharing Unlimited drag and drop file sharing Unlimited drag and drop file sharing Full history export Full history export Full history export Fast, personal support Priority support Priority support Connect to Slack workspaces Connect to Slack workspaces Use other clients to connect (BNC) Use other clients to connect (BNC) Access passworded servers Access passworded servers Annual or monthly billing Unified monthly billing Private hosted IRC server Team members joined to your channels with no configuration No charge up front for the first 30 days (you can cancel at no cost during this period) About Pricing Blog Changelog FAQ Jobs API Terms of Service Privacy Policy IP Addresses Report Abuse @irccloud Bluesky Mastodon team@irccloud.com © 2026 IRCCloud Ltd. Enter your email to request a password reset Request reset Done We’ve sent you a password reset link. Check your email and follow the instructions to sign in.
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Agent-Ready Spec
IRCCloud
Approaching Agent-Ready

62

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Business Instant Messaging

Pricing model

IRCCloud — Login Forgotten your password?

Tier count

1

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 0

Public API docs

Auth-walled

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.irccloud.com/pricing
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Human-assisted
70/100 · v2.1
Cheapest entry

Free plan (Free)

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Approaching Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.irccloud.com/pricing.
Agent-friendly features0 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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