MAP is priced like the institution it is. A charter for the membership. A meter for the throughput. A settlement basis for cross-org value flow. Four tiers — Sandbox to Sovereign — covering every operating posture from solo dev to nation-state deployment.
MARS, MOMENT, MOTETThe unit of thought. Charged on agent protocols (MARC, MACE, MAVEN, MOOT, MAGE, MARI, MAGI). Input and output counted independently against the calling capability budget.
The unit of presence. Charged for wall-clock time held against a deadline — useful for long-running workflows (MOON), durable orchestrations (MAESTRO), and physical operations (MOTE) that hold real time.
The unit of work in the physical sense. Tracked for GPU-bound inference (MARC, MAGI), heavy synthesis (MAGE), and tooling (MAKER) where energy draw is the binding constraint. Tracked, never hidden.
When two organizations transact through MADE, MAP charges twenty-five basis points on the gross settled value as a clearing fee. Comparable to a stock exchange's clearing house. Reduces to 15 bps at Institution tier, 5 bps at Sovereign tier.
| Capability | Sandbox | Charter | Institution | Sovereign |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identity & audit (MACS, MAX, MOTET) | read-only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ dedicated |
| Memory & reasoning (MIND, MARC, MARI) | — | metered | priority queue | dedicated |
| Evidence & trust (MAVEN, MATA, MARE, MERIT) | read-only | ✓ | ✓ + MANTIC, MAGI | ✓ + custom |
| Governance (MAXIM, MACE, MOOT, MIMESIS) | — | ✓ | custom MAXIM | charter-grade |
| Execution (MOON, MAESTRO, MAT, MAKER) | — | ✓ | priority queue | dedicated cluster |
| Economic (MADE, MARKET, MANA, MEAL) | — | ✓ · 25 bps | ✓ · 15 bps | ✓ · 5 bps |
| Cross-org treaties (MOAT) | — | 5 active | unlimited | unlimited |
| Audit retention | 7 days | 30 days | 90 days | perpetual |
| SLA | best-effort | 99.9% / 99.5% | 99.95% | 99.99% |
| Deployment | multi-tenant | multi-tenant | dedicated partition | on-prem / air-gapped |
Because what you are buying is not just throughput — it is access to a working institution. Even a quiet month at the Institution tier costs us in council deliberation time, audit chain integrity, treaty maintenance, and policy currency. The charter funds the institution. Metering funds your use of it.
No. MAP is a commercial protocol mesh under L1fe AI's license. The specification is published; client SDKs are available under a commercial license bundled with API access. OAS, the identity standard MAP adopts, remains an open standard at openagent.id.
Those are metered most heavily on the token dimension (cognition) and watt dimension (compute). Sandbox tier excludes them entirely. Institution and Sovereign tiers come with priority queue or dedicated capacity to avoid waiting behind other tenants.
Yes. From Charter tier upward, settlement can flow through MADE in supported stablecoins or via x402 micropayments. Self-settling agents that pay-per-call are explicitly supported and recommended for high-velocity workloads.
Audit retention extensions are available as an add-on: $200/mo per organization per additional year of retention, perpetual at Sovereign. Real-time audit replication into your own systems is included at Institution and above.
Yes. Pre-revenue startups and academic researchers can apply for a one-year Charter tier credit. Email research@l1fe.ai with a one-page description of the work.
Tell us about your organization and the scale of agentic operations you intend to run on MAP. We'll respond within one business day with the appropriate tier, a proposed schedule, and a sandbox key to begin.