BrainBox Pricing Model: Complete Transparency for Professionals

In the artificial intelligence universe, pricing models can often seem like a black box. At BrainBox, we believe in total transparency and giving you control. You're not just a user; you're a professional who needs powerful and predictable tools to solve complex problems.

That's why your plan isn't measured in vague "questions," but in clear resources you can manage. Imagine BrainBox as your high-performance workshop. You have:

1. Intelligence Units (IU): High-tech fuel for the engine.

2. Indexed Pages: Your workbench capacity each month.

3. Storage (GB): Your permanent file warehouse.

Let's break down each one so you become an efficiency expert.

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1. Intelligence Units (IU): The AI Fuel

This is the most important and dynamic quota. Intelligence Units are literally the computational currency that powers BrainBox's most advanced operations.

Their consumption is divided into two major moments: when processing your files and when answering your questions.

A. Consumption When Processing Files

When you upload a document, BrainBox analyzes it to make it "intelligent." This is where the first IU consumption occurs, but only if the file requires extra effort:

• PDFs with OCR: 1 IU per 10 pages.

  • What is OCR? It's Optical Character Recognition technology. BrainBox applies it automatically when a PDF is an image (like a scanned document) and text cannot be extracted directly. It's the process of "digitizing the view" of the document.

• Regular PDFs: 0 IU.

  • If your PDF already has selectable and copyable text, good news! Processing doesn't consume units.

• Other Files (DOCX, PPTX, etc.): 1 IU per 5 pages.

  • Formats like Word or PowerPoint require conversion and therefore consume a small amount of IU.

Key Detail: How are "pages" counted?

The counting method varies by file type to be as fair as possible:

• PDF, PPTX, TIFF: Native pages or slides in the file are counted.

• DOCX (Word): The page counter from the document's own metadata is used.

• Other Formats: For files without a clear "page" concept, it's calculated by dividing the total file size by 100 KB.

B. Consumption When Asking Questions (Query Intelligence Units)

This is where the magic really happens. When you ask a question, BrainBox doesn't just search for a keyword; it reasons about the content. IU consumption at this stage is dynamic and depends on your request's complexity:

• Question complexity: It's not the same to ask "On which page is clause X mentioned?" as requesting "Analyze the implications of clause X in relation to annex Y."

• Amount of context needed: To respond, the AI may need to "read" and correlate information from multiple sections or complete documents.

• Number of files analyzed: A question covering a single document will consume less than one searching an entire "Box" with dozens of files.

• Analysis depth: A simple search consumes less than one requiring inference, summarization, and synthesis of multiple points.

💡 Optimization Tip: BrainBox gives you control over the power you use. You have several AI models at your disposal:

• Default and Precise: Perfect for most daily tasks and optimized for efficiency.

• Pro: This model offers superior precision and reasoning, ideal for critical analysis. However, it can consume up to 10 times more Intelligence Units per question.

The strategy is simple: Use Default or Precise as your workhorses and reserve the Pro model for those crucial questions where every nuance counts.

Additionally, to optimize Intelligence Unit consumption, try to keep conversations with BrainBox concise. If you're changing topics or starting a new project, create a new chat to avoid accumulated history, which can reach hundreds of thousands of tokens, unnecessarily increasing Intelligence Unit consumption.

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2. Indexed Pages: Your Monthly Processing Capacity

Indexed pages measure how many new pages BrainBox can "read" and prepare for you each month.

• What is it?: The total number of pages the AI processes and makes searchable in your account.

• How does it work?: Unlike storage, this quota resets each month with your subscription. It's consumed only when uploading and processing new documents.

• Its purpose?: Helps maintain optimal platform performance, ensuring your searches are always fast and accurate.

💡 Optimization Tip: You don't need to upload everything at once. Plan your monthly uploads to stay within your renewable quota and process documents as you need them.

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3. Storage (GB): Your Permanent Digital Library

This is the simplest quota to understand. It works exactly like Google Drive or Dropbox.

• What is it?: The total space your files occupy in the system.

• How does it work?: It's a persistent quota. It doesn't reset each month. It increases when you upload files and decreases when you delete them.

💡 Optimization Tip: Keep your workspace organized. When you finish a project, delete documents you no longer need to free up GB and make room for new files.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

"I've seen other AIs that are 'unlimited' for $20/month. Why is BrainBox different?"

This is the most important question, and the answer reveals BrainBox's true power. You're not comparing the same thing.

1. Context Window is EVERYTHING: General-purpose chatbots are like a person with very short-term memory. They have a very small "context window," meaning they can only "remember" a few paragraphs at a time. This is fine for casual conversation, but totally inadequate for analyzing a 200-page contract, a tender document, or a legal file. BrainBox is designed from its core to understand the complete context of your documents. It doesn't see fragments; it sees the big picture. This allows it to find connections, identify inconsistencies, and give you answers with precision that generalist AIs simply cannot achieve.

2. The "Unlimited" Myth: Many "unlimited" platforms hide restrictions, like a maximum number of messages per hour. If you're in the middle of urgent work and reach that limit, your productivity stops dead. BrainBox prioritizes your workflow. Although we operate with quotas, you always have the option to acquire more resources instantly to never be stuck.

In summary, with BrainBox you don't pay for unlimited chats. You invest in a surgical precision tool designed for professionals who value their time and cannot afford mistakes.

"Do my quotas accumulate if I don't use them?"

Intelligence Units and Indexed Pages reset each month to guarantee maximum platform performance. The only quota that is persistent and accumulates is your Storage (GB).

"What file types can I upload to BrainBox?"

BrainBox supports a wide variety of file types so you can work with your documents without complications.

• PDF with Basic OCR (.pdf)

• Word Documents (.doc, .docx)

• Excel Spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx)

• Images (.jpg, .png, .tiff)

• PowerPoint Presentations (.ppt, .pptx)

• CSV Files (.csv)

• Text Files (.txt, .md)

• Code Files: JavaScript (.js), TypeScript (.ts), Python (.py), CSS (.css), HTML (.html), JSON (.json), XML (.xml)

Practical Tips

• Transform Word documents into PDFs to save intelligence units.

• If working with mixed PDFs, consider separating them into two files: one with pages that already have digital text and another with scanned pages to ensure OCR works correctly.

• For very large documents, break them into smaller parts to avoid errors and optimize Intelligence Unit consumption.

For more information and updates on compatible formats, visit:
https://app.brainbox.com.co/en/reference/file-types

"How can I check how many Intelligence Units (IU) I've consumed?"

You can verify your Intelligence Unit consumption in your BrainBox account dashboard. There you'll see a breakdown of units used and how many are still available in your plan.

"What happens if I run out of Indexed Pages mid-month?"

If you reach your Indexed Pages or Intelligence Units limit before your monthly quota resets, you can choose to:

• Purchase an additional package of Indexed Pages and Intelligence Units to continue processing documents without interruptions.

• Wait for your monthly quota to reset.

To acquire more units or pages, click on the upper right part of the interface where you can see the intelligence unit counter you still have available and then on "Get More"

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Now you have the keys to understand and optimize your BrainBox plan. Remember, Intelligence Units are the AI fuel, Indexed Pages are your monthly reading capacity, and Storage is your permanent digital library.