valmi.io

What valmi.io does

Valmi.io, operated by Regaltusk Private Limited (Hyderabad, India), is a billing and payments infrastructure platform purpose-built for AI agents. The product, branded Valmi Value, addresses a gap that legacy billing systems (Stripe Billing, Zuora) were not designed to handle: metering tokens, LLM activity, API calls, and business outcomes, and pricing AI services accordingly. The platform comprises three components: (1) an open-source Python SDK (value-python, distributed via PyPI and GitHub) built on OpenTelemetry for non-blocking usage collection, with auto-instrumentation for LangGraph, LangChain, and Google Gemini; (2) a SaaS Control Plane dashboard at cloud.valmi.io for pricing configuration, invoicing, and analytics; and (3) valext, an open-source extension protocol for connecting to payment processors, accounting software, and CRMs.

The company serves AI platforms, agent developers, and revenue/product teams that need to monetize AI agents through outcome-based, usage-based, tiered, per-action, or hybrid pricing models. Its differentiation centers on outcome-based billing (charging for business results rather than raw usage), AI-native metering, automatic cost attribution across LLM providers, and real-time profitability tracking per agent and customer.

Valmi employs a hybrid GTM motion: a product-led free tier at value.valmi.io drives developer adoption, while Pro and Enterprise tiers are sold via direct sales with custom pricing, including dedicated account management and self-hosted deployment. Named reference customers include Dhruva Fund (investment management), NielsenIQ (market research), and CMU Biometrics Lab (research). The company has not disclosed funding rounds and operates with 1-10 employees, with SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 certifications in progress to unlock enterprise adoption.

Name

valmi.io

Legal name

Regaltusk Private Limited

Website

https://valmi.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Valmi.io is a billing and payments infrastructure platform for AI agents, offering open-source Python SDK metering, a SaaS control plane, and outcome-based pricing support for AI platforms and developers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Agent Billing Infrastructure

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Observability, Monitoring & Evaluation Platforms (Drift, Quality, Safety) (HDAEANAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regulatory Readiness & Audit Automation (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) (HDAAAMAE), Revenue Management Consulting Tools & Managed RM Services (THALAOAN)

Keywords

• AI agent billing
• Outcome-based pricing
• Usage metering platform
• AI cost attribution
• Developer billing SDK

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyderabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription & Usage: Freemium model with Free tier (no cost, 100K monthly API requests, community support), Pro tier (custom pricing, unlimited requests, priority support, automated invoice generation), and Enterprise tier (custom pricing flexibility, dedicated account manager, 99.9% availability guarantee, advanced compliance, self-hosted deployment). Revenue is generated through a combination of subscription fees and usage-based charges for AI agent billing and cost monitoring.
2. Usage-Based API Requests: Free tier includes up to 100K monthly API requests. Pro and Enterprise tiers offer unlimited request volume, suggesting consumption-based scaling beyond base subscription fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

valmi.io provides outcome-based billing and payments infrastructure for AI agents. The offering comprises an open-source Python SDK for instrumenting agent usage and outcomes, a SaaS Control Plane (value.valmi.io) for configuring pricing models, billing rules, and analytics, and the valext extension protocol that connects the platform to payment processors, accounting systems, and AI gateways. It is sold to AI platform teams, product teams, and revenue teams building agentic applications.

Product overview

Valmi Value is an outcome-billing and payments infrastructure platform for AI agents, comprising three integrated components: (1) the open-source Python SDK for usage data collection and instrumentation, (2) the SaaS Control Plane Dashboard for pricing, billing, invoicing, and analytics management, and (3) the valext extension protocol for connecting to payment processors, accounting systems, and CRMs. The platform enables AI platforms to implement flexible outcome-based pricing where customers are billed for business results achieved (successful hires, qualified leads, completed transactions) rather than just infrastructure usage (tokens, API calls), while providing real-time profitability tracking across agents and customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Valmi Value: Outcome-Based Billing & Payments Infrastructure for AI Agents - the primary product platform.

Products and services

• valmi Python SDK An open-source Python SDK that lets developers instrument AI agents and tools with usage, outcome, and delivery telemetry. It is built on OpenTelemetry, provides SDK-level delivery guarantees, and serves as the data-collection layer for the valmi platform. Target users are developers and engineering teams building AI agents and agentic applications.
• Value Control Plane A hosted SaaS dashboard for configuring pricing models (subscription, usage-based, tiered, volume), defining billing rules, and viewing analytics, cost attribution, and margin metrics for AI-agent workloads. It is aimed at AI platform teams, product teams, and revenue teams at businesses deploying AI agents.
• valext Extension Protocol A extension protocol that integrates the valmi platform with third-party payment processors, accounting systems, and AI gateways, allowing customers to plug billing data into their existing financial and AI infrastructure without lock-in.

Quantifiable outcome

• Get started with just 5 lines of code
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• LangGraphcoreTechnology or IntegrationLangGraph framework integration with Valmi SDK. The SDK supports auto-instrumentation for LangGraph agents, automatically capturing LLM calls and actions. LangGraph agents can integrate with Valmi with minimal code changes.
• OpenAIcoreTechnology or IntegrationOpenAI is supported as a major LLM provider. Valmi automatically tracks and attributes costs for OpenAI API calls, enabling usage-based billing and profitability tracking.
• AnthropiccoreTechnology or IntegrationAnthropic (Claude) is supported as a major LLM provider. Valmi tracks Claude API usage and costs for billing and margin analysis.
• Google Cloud (Vertex AI)coreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Cloud Vertex AI and Gemini models are supported. Valmi SDK includes auto-instrumentation for Google Generative AI (Gemini) with pip install value-python[genai].
• CrewAIcoreTechnology or IntegrationCrewAI multi-agent framework integration (coming soon). Valmi will support automatic instrumentation for CrewAI agents.
• n8ncoreTechnology or Integrationn8n workflow automation integration (coming soon). Valmi will support metering for n8n workflows with AI steps.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe extension (coming soon) for payment processing, handling subscriptions, and customer management. Will map invoice data to Stripe format including amount, currency, and customer metadata.
• PayPalsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationPayPal extension (coming soon) to accept PayPal payments for AI agent billing.
• QuickBookssecondaryTechnology or IntegrationQuickBooks extension (coming soon) to sync invoices and payments to QuickBooks accounting software. Maps invoice data including line items, amounts, and customer references.
• HubSpotsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationHubSpot extension (coming soon) to sync customer data and usage to HubSpot CRM.
• SalesforcesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationSalesforce extension (coming soon) to integrate customer and billing data with Salesforce CRM.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Helicone: Open-source LLM observability platform tracking cost, latency, and quality of AI applications. Comparable to Valmi on AI-specific observability and cost tracking, with partial overlap on monitoring features.
• Stigg: Pricing and packaging platform for SaaS with usage-based and outcome-based pricing support. Comparable to Valmi on flexible pricing models targeting modern SaaS and AI vendors.
• CloudZero: Cloud cost intelligence and FinOps platform. Comparable to Valmi's cost attribution and margin tracking capabilities, though focused on cloud infrastructure rather than AI agent billing specifically.

Broad incumbents

• LangSmith: LLM observability and monitoring platform from LangChain. Overlaps with Valmi on AI agent monitoring and tracing; broader LangChain ecosystem gives it distribution advantage in the developer segment Valmi targets.
• Zuora: Enterprise subscription billing and revenue management platform. Named by Valmi as a legacy billing system it aims to displace; broader portfolio but lacks AI-native metering primitives.
• Stripe Billing: Incumbent usage-based and subscription billing from Stripe. Explicitly named by Valmi as a legacy competitor; broad reach and developer ecosystem give Stripe a significant distribution advantage.
• Maxio: SaaS subscription billing and financial operations platform (formerly SaaSOptics + Chargify). Incumbent in usage-based and subscription billing, with broader financial operations scope than Valmi.

Direct peers

• Lago: Open-source metering and usage-based billing infrastructure. Closely comparable to Valmi on open-source SDK approach and developer-first GTM, with similar focus on flexible pricing models.
• Orb: Usage-based billing and metering platform serving AI and SaaS companies. Directly comparable to Valmi's outcome-based billing engine, with similar developer-focused GTM and flexible pricing model support.
• Metronome: Usage-based pricing and billing infrastructure for modern software companies, including AI-native customers. Competes head-to-head with Valmi in metering, pricing, and invoicing workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/valmi_io
• GitHubgithub.com/valmi-io/value
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/valmi-io

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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