Shaped
Shaped scores 83/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; checkout requires assistance; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
Shaped pricing
Sign up, get an API key, pay per call
Self-serve checkout with public pricing — an autonomous agent can complete the purchase without a sales call.
1 SKU priced per answer
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
Agent answer Pricing for agent answer generation | $0.03 / answer | — |
How Shaped scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
13 / 15
Public API + docs
16 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
0 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
5 / 10
Total
83 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
100 answers per month
$3/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Unknown
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
MSA required
Unknown
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Trial
Available, no card
Startup credits
$100 free credit at signup
API & developer surface
API-first product
Sandbox present
Webhooks
MCP mentioned
Trust & compliance
Certifications
SSO / SAML
Unknown
RBAC
Unknown
Audit logs
Unknown
Positioning & ecosystem
“The only vector database with a feedback loop”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Shaped?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
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.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
- 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.
How Shaped 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 | The only vector database with a feedback loop — Connect your data. Train your models. Query text, user or session context and retrieve relevant results in milliseconds. |
| tier_count | 2 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | null |
| free_tier | true |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | null |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| 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 | true |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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83
/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Personalization
Not advertised
2
Yes
Sales-led
0 / 1
Auth-walled
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Pay-as-you-go API
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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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