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Customer Billed for Partial Runs and Failed Attempts

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Key Facts

What does Replicate bill customers for?
Replicate bills customers for partial runs and failed attempts depending on the exact point of failure as logged by Replicate's systems.
Does Replicate bill customers for partial runs?
Replicate bills customers for partial runs and failed attempts depending on the exact point of failure as logged by Replicate's systems.
Does Replicate bill customers for failed attempts?
Replicate bills customers for partial runs and failed attempts depending on the exact point of failure as logged by Replicate's systems.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Customers incur charges even when a run does not complete successfully, and the amount depends on Replicate's own system logs rather than customer-observable outcomes.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

You may be charged for usage that produced no usable result, with the charge amount determined by Replicate's internal logging of the failure point.

How other platforms handle this

Perplexity AI Medium

You also authorize us to retry any failed authorizations. We may use data provided to us by our partners to determine when to schedule such retries.

Calendly Medium

Calendly will bill the Fees in advance. Customers who qualify for invoice-billing are billed immediately at the start of the Initial Subscription Term...payment of which is due thirty (30) days from the first day of the then-current Subscription Term.

Google Cloud Medium

If Customer selects this option, Customer will not be committed to purchase the Services for a pre-defined term, but will pay Fees based on its daily usage of the Services, billed monthly in arrears.

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You will be billed for partial runs and failed attempts depending on the exact point of failure as logged by our systems.

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Replicate Acceptable Use Policy
Entity
Replicate
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 12, 2026
Last verified
July 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-070717
Document ID
CA-D-00841
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
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Content hash (SHA-256)
6e158ac59e25bd27831c685c36128d67672522379cd78ffb80e77cda5b85e968
Analysis generated
July 12, 2026 16:39 UTC
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Citation Record
Entity: Replicate
Document: Replicate Acceptable Use Policy
Record ID: CA-P-070717
Captured: 2026-07-12 16:39:46 UTC
SHA-256: 6e158ac59e25bd27…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/replicate/replicate-acceptable-use-policy/provision/CA-P-070717/customer-billed-for-partial-runs-and-failed-attempts/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Replicate's Customer Billed for Partial Runs and Failed Attempts clause do?

Customers incur charges even when a run does not complete successfully, and the amount depends on Replicate's own system logs rather than customer-observable outcomes.

How does this clause affect you?

You may be charged for usage that produced no usable result, with the charge amount determined by Replicate's internal logging of the failure point.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 231 platforms. See the full comparison.

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