What is per-task pricing?
Per-task pricing charges a fixed price per finished unit of work — per processed invoice, per written quote, per posted reply — instead of a monthly fee or a per-seat subscription. No work, no charge: a month with nothing to do costs nothing. The price is set per task and per market, and only completed units are billed.
The model flips the risk onto the service. With a subscription you pay for access whether or not work gets done; with per-task pricing the service only earns when it finishes something. Nika charges $0.40 per processed invoice — 100 invoices cost the price of 100 units, and zero invoices cost zero. The full price list is on the pricing page.
Per-task pricing is not always the cheapest — at very high volume a subscription can look cheaper on paper. The honest comparison is on the Cost of Work Index, which prices the same task done by a person, and the AI employee vs human cost guide works the numbers.
Related questions
Is per-task pricing cheaper than a subscription?
It depends on volume. At low volume per-task pricing wins because you pay nothing when nothing happens; at very high volume a flat subscription can look cheaper per unit. The Cost of Work Index compares both honestly.
What counts as a finished unit?
A unit is a completed piece of work — an invoice entered and filed, a quote written, a review reply posted. Anything the employee stops and sends back to you for clarification is not charged until it is finished.