For MCP Providers

MCP Monetisation

Turn your MCP into a revenue-generating service in minutes. Tally runs the billing, the ledger, and the consumer portal. You set your rates. You keep 90%.

90%
of credit purchases go directly to you
$0
monthly fee — we only earn when you earn
0
receivables — consumers always prepay
consumers per MCP — no per-seat limits
Dead simple

Up and running in four steps.

No billing infrastructure to build. No Stripe integration. No metering pipelines. Tally handles everything.

1

Register your MCP

Add your MCP to the Tally registry. Takes two minutes. No code changes required.

2

Set your credit rate

Define how many platform credits each invocation costs. You embed your margin directly into the rate.

3

Consumers buy credits

Your consumers purchase credit packages through the Tally consumer portal. Stripe handles the payment.

4

Credits burn per call

Every invocation redeems credits deterministically. Tally enforces the balance — your service is protected.

The mechanics

Platform Credits:
how the prepaid model works

Credits are the economic layer of Tally's MCP monetisation service. Simple. Deterministic. No surprises. Here's exactly how they work.

Credit packages
$50
Starter credits
Good for small MCPs and evaluation
Starter
$1,000
Scale credits
Bulk discount — exact ratio set by your MCP
Best rate

Auto-replenish — never go dark unexpectedly

1
Consumer sets a replenish threshold — e.g. 500 credits remaining
2
Tally detects balance ≤ threshold after any redemption
3
Stored payment method is charged for the selected package
4
Credits added immediately to ledger — service continues uninterrupted
5
If payment fails: consumer is notified; service pauses when credits hit zero
Credit burn — deterministic formula
platform_units consumed per invocation
platform_units =
base_invocation_cost
+ tokens_used × token_factor
+ bandwidth_mb × bandwidth_factor
× optimization_factor // if routing enabled
Example: typical MCP invocation
base_invocation_cost10 credits
2,400 tokens × factor24 credits
0.2 MB bandwidth × factor4 credits
optimization_factor1.0×
Total redeemed38 credits
Balance before2,000
Balance after1,962
Ledger design — append-only
purchase +5,000 credits stripe_pi_xxx
redemption −38 credits batch_abc
redemption −22 credits batch_abd
auto_replenish +5,000 credits stripe_pi_yyy
no UPDATE. no DELETE. ever.
Balance is always SUM(delta_credits) over the ledger. Never manually set. Never negative. Never a lie.
You're in control

Set your own economics.

Your MCP, your rates. Tally enforces the mechanics — you own the margin.

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Base invocation cost

Set a flat credit cost per call, regardless of payload size. Your floor rate for every invocation.

base_invocation_cost: 10
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Token factor

Charge per token consumed. Set higher for compute-intensive tools, lower for simple lookups.

token_factor: 0.01
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Bandwidth factor

Charge per MB transferred. Covers egress costs for data-heavy MCPs like file servers or media tools.

bandwidth_factor: 20
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Package credit ratios

Define how many credits each package tier delivers. Offer bulk discounts on the $1,000 package to reward high-volume consumers.

scale_multiplier: 1.25×
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Balance enforcement

Tally rejects invocations when a consumer's balance hits zero. You are never exposed to negative balances.

enforce_balance: true
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Consumer visibility

Each consumer sees their real-time balance, full credit history, and a breakdown of what's burning credits — all through the Tally portal.

portal_access: included
Revenue share

You keep 90%.
Always.

Tally takes 10% of gross consumer credit purchases — and nothing else. No monthly fee. No setup cost. No per-seat charge. No invoice at the end of the month.

90%
goes to you, the provider
10%
Tally fee

Positive cash flow from day one

Credits are prepaid. Your consumers pay before they consume. No invoice chasing. No receivables risk.

Billing included at no extra charge

Stripe integration, consumer portal, receipts, balance notifications — all managed by Tally. Free.

We only earn when you earn

If your MCP generates zero credit purchases, you pay zero. Tally's incentives are perfectly aligned with yours.

Non-negotiable

Five things we will never do.

Hard architectural constraints — not preferences. They protect your consumers and they protect you.

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No negative balances

When credits hit zero, invocations are rejected. No debt. No bill arrives later.

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No invoicing

All usage is prepaid. There is no arrears mode. No invoice ever arrives for services already consumed.

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No surprise charges

Balance is visible at all times. Auto-replenish is opt-in. Nothing happens behind your consumer's back.

✏️

No manual balance edits

Balances are derived from the append-only ledger. No one can type a number into a field.

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No billing in the execution path

A billing service outage cannot fail your invocations. Credits and execution are architecturally separate.

Your MCP. Your rates. Tally handles the rest.

Register your MCP and turn on monetisation in minutes.