# Subscribing to a Takumi Plan {#subscribing}

Aside from a handful of free features — such as using Takumi Guard from GitHub Actions — Takumi features are only available in organizations with an active Takumi subscription. This page covers the overall pricing model and the steps to subscribe.

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The [Takumi pricing page](https://flatt.tech/takumi/pricing) is the authoritative source for the latest plan structure, unit prices, and included quotas. The breakdown on this page is for orientation; specifics may change over time.
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## Pricing Overview {#pricing-overview}

Takumi pricing is built in two layers:

1. **Base subscription** — a monthly fixed fee that is the prerequisite for using the Takumi feature set in an organization. Each plan includes a monthly credit allowance and a free quota of Guard tokens.
2. **Usage-based add-ons** — anything beyond what the base subscription includes, plus per-minute features such as Takumi Runner.

### What the base subscription includes

Once an organization has an active base subscription, it gets the following resources and quotas:

| Item            | Included quota        | Used for                                                          |
| --------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Console         | Access granted        | Operating and viewing Takumi features in the Shisho Cloud console |
| Monthly credits | 250 credits / month   | Every AI capability in Assessment                                 |
| Guard quota     | 15 org tokens         | `tg_org_` tokens                                                  |
| Runner quota    | 3,000 minutes / month | Takumi Runner job execution time                                  |

### Usage-based add-ons

Anything beyond the quotas in the base subscription, and any per-minute feature such as Takumi Runner, is billed as follows.

| Item                       | Billing model                                         | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Additional credits         | Pre-purchased                                         | Once the monthly allowance is exhausted. See [Assessment > Pricing](/docs/t/assessment/billing/pricing.md) for consumption guidance.                                                                          |
| Paid Guard org user tokens | Usage during the period, summed and billed afterwards | `tg_org_` tokens issued beyond the free quota (15 tokens) are counted per token and billed monthly. See [Takumi Guard > Pricing](/docs/t/guard/billing/pricing.md).                                           |
| Takumi Runner runtime      | Usage during the period, summed and billed afterwards | Per-minute job-execution time beyond the free quota (3,000 min / month) is summed monthly. SKU prices and the billed interval are documented in [Takumi Runner > Pricing](/docs/t/runner/billing/pricing.md). |

## Steps {#steps}

Follow the steps below to subscribe.

1. Open [**Settings > Takumi**](https://cloud.shisho.dev/*/settings/takumi) in the Shisho Cloud console.
2. Click **Purchase Plan** and proceed to the checkout screen.
3. Enter your credit card details and complete the payment.

Once payment completes, the following screen appears:

![Takumi plan purchase complete screen](/docs/_md-assets/0831e8629b-takumi-purchased.png)

To run your first assessment, see the [Takumi Pentesting Quickstart](/docs/t/assessment/quickstart.md).

## Tips: Estimating Cost {#estimation}

To estimate a monthly bill, project the following volumes and combine them with the unit prices on the [Takumi pricing page](https://flatt.tech/takumi/pricing):

- **Assessment volume**: How many whitebox / blackbox assessments per month, and at what scale.
- **Guard tokens**: Typically "number of developer machines with Guard enabled" + "number of CI tokens".
- **Runner minutes**: Monthly minutes of CI jobs you plan to migrate onto Takumi Runner.

If you would like us to put numbers to those volumes, reach out via [Support](/docs/contact/index.md) and we will return a quote.

## Tips: Changing the Payment Method {#change-payment}

Updating the payment method works differently depending on where you are going.

### Updating credit-card details

Update them yourself in the Stripe customer portal. Open the portal from **Settings > Takumi** in the Shisho Cloud console. Card-number changes and expiry updates also go through here.

### Switching to invoice or bank transfer

Requires our sales team. Reach out via [Support](/docs/contact/index.md).

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Invoice and bank-transfer payments are, in principle, a **prepaid model**: only the volumes contracted in advance are covered, and certain usage-based features (such as automatically billed additional credits and per-minute Takumi Runner usage) are not available under this model. Contact sales for the details.
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