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.
The prompt
“Roughly how much of my AI plan’s usage would it take to [the change you have in mind] on my site?”
Signed in, Get my prompt fills in your site for you. Otherwise press Copy and fill in the [bracketed] parts. First time? Connect your AI to bernard once: Use your own AI (opens in a new tab).
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.
The AI: included, and your own is optional. AI editing is included in every plan. Bernard, the AI in your dashboard, does the work and takes nothing from you for it. Shells are a thank-you you earn for looking after your site, not a charge. See How do I earn shells? for how they land in your jar.
If you’d rather use the AI you already have - ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, on whatever plan you have with them - connect it, and bernard charges nothing for its work, however much you ask. Editing your site is then just another conversation; for most plans a website tweak is a rounding error in your usage, and your provider’s own plan and its limits still apply.
Either way, bernard brings the safe hands - drafts, previews, your Approve button, and the last 100 published versions of your site behind every change.
Wondering whether the AI might waste effort - and money - as it works? It’s built not to: see Won’t an AI run up a big bill editing my site?.
And if you’re weighing up whether to commit at all: you can change your mind and get your money back in full early on, and leaving never costs you your content. See Can I cancel, and can I get my money back?.
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?
- No. AI editing is included in every plan. Plugging in your own AI account is optional. Bernard, the AI in your dashboard, does the work and takes nothing from you for it. Shells are a thank-you you earn, not a charge. If you’d rather use the ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini you already have, connect it and bernard charges nothing for its work, however much you ask - your AI provider’s own plan and its limits still apply.
- 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.