Cost Analysis — Magicdoor vs Stacked Subscriptions

TL;DR

• Magicdoor: low monthly fee + usage‑based costs. You pay for what you use.
• Stacked subs: fixed monthly fees for separate tools, even on light weeks.
• For most day‑to‑day chats, Magicdoor costs just a few cents per exchange.

Why usage‑based wins

• You get one place to use the best models: Claude, GPT‑5/Mini, Gemini 2.5, Perplexity, plus top image models.
• Switch models per message. Keep a single memory across chats.
• Don’t pay for separate pro plans when you only need a few targeted tasks.

See our Quick Start for a simple pricing walkthrough and examples.

Typical cost snapshots

Magicdoor calculates cost from each model’s token rates. A few real examples from our guides:

• Short Perplexity answer (~363 tokens): about $0.0068 total (plus request fee if applicable). See model comparison.
• Longer coding help with Claude 4.5 Sonnet (~3,000 tokens): often just a few cents. See Quick Start.
• One image with a modern model (e.g., ChatGPT Image, Imagen 4, Flux 1.1 Pro): typically a few cents per image. See Image Model Comparison.

Because pricing scales with usage, light weeks stay cheap. Heavy weeks are still predictable because you always see token and image usage.

When stacked subscriptions make sense

• You live in your IDE and rely on an in‑editor assistant daily.
• You need vendor‑specific features locked behind a subscription.

Magicdoor can still complement those workflows with multi‑model research, architecture planning, test writing, and image generation.

Recommendations by use case

• General productivity: Magicdoor only
• Developers: Magicdoor + your editor of choice; compare with Magicdoor vs Cursor Pro
• Design and content teams: Magicdoor for prompt‑enhanced images + multi‑model writing

FAQs

Is there a monthly fee?
Yes, a low monthly fee that includes a small usage credit. You then pay only for the extra usage you actually need.

Do credits expire?
Your included monthly credit renews; any additional balance you add does not expire. See Usage‑based pricing.

Can I estimate costs before I start?
Yes. Our guides show token counts and per‑model rates so you can estimate per chat.