Pricing that meters what you actually generate
Two honest parts: a small platform fee per staff login, and AI credits deducted only when questions generate. No paper generated, no credits spent — a full exam paper runs about ₹40.
Platform access for each teacher account: your paper library, saved blueprints, editing, formatting and print-ready exports. This is the only recurring fee.
Generation is metered in credits, deducted only when the AI generates questions. Browsing, editing and printing cost nothing; a short quiz costs a fraction of a full paper.
What generation costs, per paper
Rupee figures shown at the Starter rate (₹1.99/credit); larger packs bring every paper's cost down.
| Question type | Typical size | Credits / paper | ≈ Cost / paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz | 10–15 questions — concept checks, quick assessments | 5 credits | ₹9.95 |
| Standard question paper | 20–40 questions — subjective / objective / mixed | 10 credits | ₹19.90 |
| Full exam paper | 40–80 questions — unit tests, term exams | 20 credits | ₹39.80 |
| Bloom's taxonomy + answer key (optional) | Detailed key with Bloom's-level mapping | +5 credits | +₹9.95 |
Top-up credit packs
Credits are metered on actual usage — deducted only when AI generates questions. Bigger packs simply lower the per-credit rate.
What a real month looks like
A tutor running four batches sets, say, four full exam papers and six quizzes a month, each with the Bloom's answer key: (4 × 20 + 6 × 5 + 10 × 5) credits = 160 credits — about ₹288 from a Growth pack, plus ₹100 for the login. Under ₹400 a month for a term's worth of exam-ready papers with keys; the same output authored by hand is measured in evenings, and hiring it out is measured in thousands.
A school department with five paper-setting teachers runs five logins (₹500/month) against a shared School pack — 1,000 credits covering roughly 40 full papers with keys at ₹1.60 a credit. The metering keeps the economics honest at any scale: quiet months cost almost nothing, exam season costs exactly what it generates, and nobody pays for capacity they didn't use.
Two notes from the rate card, stated as plainly here as it states them: the ₹100 login fee covers platform access and is separate from generation charges; and because AI generation costs track the underlying model providers, credit pricing may see minor variations as provider costs change — the rate at the moment you top up is the rate you get.
Comparing against the free alternatives first? Read our honest head-to-heads — vs ChatGPT and vs Google Forms — both of which tell you when the free tool is genuinely enough. And if your school runs SchoolDeck, the same generation engine lives inside its exam module as the PaperDeck AI add-on, priced with your SchoolDeck plan — this page is the standalone pricing for individual teachers, tutors and departments.
Pricing questions, answered
How does the pricing work?
₹100 per staff login per month for platform access, plus AI credits deducted only when questions generate: quiz 5 credits, standard paper 10, full exam paper 20, optional Bloom's answer key +5.
What does one paper cost?
At the Starter rate: a quiz ≈ ₹10, a standard paper ≈ ₹20, a full exam paper ≈ ₹40, the Bloom's key ≈ ₹10 more. Larger packs cut the per-credit rate to as low as ₹1.40.
When are credits deducted?
Only on actual AI generation. Editing, reusing your library and printing consume nothing.
What packs exist?
Starter 100/₹199 · Growth 500/₹899 · School 1,000/₹1,599 · Enterprise 5,000/₹6,999. The pack size only changes the per-credit rate.
Can prices change?
Credit pricing may see minor variations as underlying AI-provider costs change — the rate card says so plainly. The rate at top-up time is the rate you get.
Questions about invoicing or larger deployments?
Write to office@databus.co or call +91 72002 32085 — the Databus support team handles pack invoicing and multi-department setups.
Your first paper is the real pricing page
Generate one from your own syllabus and judge the ₹40 against the evening it replaces.
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