What does it cost?
Anyone who's run a website on the big platforms has learned to flinch at the word "feature" — there's usually a tier behind it. So, plainly: on bernard, editing your site with AI costs nothing beyond your hosting. It's not an add-on; it's how the product works.
How the costs divide
bernard's side: included. Hosting your site and giving your AI a safe way to edit it is what your bernard subscription pays for. Every edit, preview and approval is part of that — no per-edit fees, no credit packs.
Your side: your existing AI. The intelligence comes from the AI you already use — ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, on whatever plan you have with them. Editing your site is just another conversation; for most plans a website tweak is a rounding error in your usage, and your AI can tell you if a big job would be heavier.
That split is deliberate: you bring the brain you already pay for (or use free), bernard brings the safe hands — drafts, previews, your Approve button, and a full year of history behind every change.
The prompt
“Roughly how much of my AI plan's usage would it take to [the change you have in mind] on my site?”
The [bracketed] parts are yours to fill in. First time? Log in to bernard → your site → Edit with AI → copy your access prompt, paste that into your AI first, then ask the above.
Questions people ask
- Does bernard charge for AI edits to my website?
- No — editing your site is part of bernard hosting, full stop. There are no per-edit fees, no credits to buy, no 'AI add-on' tier — editing is included with your hosting.
- Do I need to pay for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to edit my site?
- You use whichever AI you already have — the thinking happens on your own AI subscription, free or paid, exactly like any other conversation with it. bernard doesn't sell or resell AI access; it just gives your AI a safe way to make the changes.
- Is there a limit to how much I can edit?
- Only fair-usage caps that a real site never reaches: 60 requests per minute and 1,000 writes per day. You could edit enthusiastically all day, every day, with your AI and not hit them — and every change still waits on a preview for your approval before going live.
- Could an editing session run up a surprise bill?
- Not with bernard — there's nothing metered to bill. If a fair-usage cap is ever hit, the request simply fails with a clear message; nothing breaks, nothing is deleted, and there is never a surprise charge.