Owner seat
from $20/mo
capped at $100/mo
- ✓Storage tier sets the owner floor.
- ✓Monthly allowance matches the floor.
- ✓Great fit for solo users and small operators starting light.
Dynamic pricing with monthly caps
Pricing that lets light users start cheap and heavy users hit a ceiling.
Stairkey includes monthly usage allowance with every seat. If a team gets busy, overage can rise only to the monthly cap. Beyond that, the platform absorbs it.
What a month looks like
See the bill before you read the meter.
Three real months. The floor, allowance, pool, and caps below explain how each number is reached.
Light solo month
$20
Owner on the base storage tier with usage inside the included allowance.
Busy owner month
max $100
Owner usage can rise with activity, but billable usage stops at the $100 owner cap — before any add-ons.
Member month
$10-$30
Each member starts with included allowance and cannot exceed the member cap.
Member seat
$10/mo floor
capped at $30/mo
- ✓$10 monthly allowance included.
- ✓Only pays overage after allowance and shared pool are used.
- ✓Simple economics for admins, estimators, assistants, and crew leads.
Shared add-ons
adds allowance
fees prorate when active
- ✓Accounting contributes $20 to the tenant allowance pool.
- ✓Website contributes $10 to the tenant allowance pool.
- ✓The shared pool helps busy teams absorb portal and system activity.
A solo owner with every add-on active (Accounting + Website) tops out at $130/mo before tax. Add-on fees, storage tiers, taxes, and payment processing fees may vary, and all prices are in Canadian dollars (CAD). The key billing promise is simple: allowance is consumed first, caps are enforced, and partial-month changes are prorated.
How billing works
The meter is designed to be auditable.
Every bill can be rebuilt from the event log. Activity is allocated in chronological order so the first work that happens gets the first available allowance.
1
Seat allowance
Seat activity first uses that person's included monthly allowance.
2
Shared pool
If add-ons are active, their shared allowance is used next.
3
Monthly cap
Overage is billed only until the seat reaches its cap.
4
Beyond cap
Anything beyond the cap is not billed to the customer.
Does Stairkey have a free trial?
Yes. Start free, use the product, and only move into paid usage as the workspace becomes active.
Can a heavy month create a runaway bill?
No. Owner seats and member seats both have monthly caps. Beyond-cap usage is recorded for audit, but not billed.
What happens when seats or add-ons change mid-month?
They prorate from the active date, including the allowance that comes with them.
Why does storage affect owner pricing?
Storage drives platform cost, so the owner floor follows the peak storage tier for the month. That prevents day-end deletion games and keeps billing predictable.
Ready to try Stairkey?
Start with the core workspace and let the capped usage model scale with the business.