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Parachute Hosted - Tiered Pricing Model Research
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Parachute Hosted - Pricing Tiers</title>
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padding: 0;
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grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(280px, 1fr));
gap: 24px;
margin-bottom: 60px;
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background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
border-radius: 16px;
padding: 32px;
transition: transform 0.2s, box-shadow 0.2s;
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transform: translateY(-4px);
box-shadow: 0 20px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
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margin-bottom: 24px;
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margin-bottom: 24px;
text-align: center;
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border-radius: 16px;
padding: 40px;
margin-bottom: 60px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<header>
<h1>🪂 Parachute Hosted</h1>
<p class="tagline">Open & interoperable extended mind technology. Local-first, voice-first AI tooling that scales from free to powerful.</p>
</header>
<div class="tiers">
<div class="tier">
<div class="tier-header">
<div class="tier-name">Free</div>
<div class="tier-price">$0</div>
</div>
<p class="tier-description">Try the experience. Voice journaling that stays completely local.</p>
<ul class="features">
<li>Parachute Daily app</li>
<li>Voice → markdown journaling</li>
<li>Local storage only</li>
<li class="disabled">No sync</li>
<li class="disabled">No AI</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="tier">
<div class="tier-header">
<div class="tier-name">Sync</div>
<div class="tier-price">$1<span>/month</span></div>
</div>
<p class="tier-description">Your journal, backed up, with a gentle AI companion.</p>
<ul class="features">
<li>Everything in Free</li>
<li>Markdown file sync across devices</li>
<li>Daily AI insights on your journal</li>
<li>Audio stays local (saves space)</li>
<li class="disabled">No chat</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="tier featured">
<div class="tier-header">
<div class="tier-name">Plus <span class="badge">Popular</span></div>
<div class="tier-price">$5<span>/month</span></div>
</div>
<p class="tier-description">Start having conversations with your knowledge.</p>
<ul class="features">
<li>Everything in Sync</li>
<li>Parachute Chat (limited sessions)</li>
<li>Vault organization & notes</li>
<li>Basic RAG - chat references your vault</li>
<li>Like Google Drive for your thinking</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="tier">
<div class="tier-header">
<div class="tier-name">Pro</div>
<div class="tier-price">$10<span>/month</span></div>
</div>
<p class="tier-description">Your full extended mind, unlimited.</p>
<ul class="features">
<li>Everything in Plus</li>
<li>Unlimited chat sessions</li>
<li>Longer context windows</li>
<li>Better search & RAG</li>
<li>Audio sync included</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="tier">
<div class="tier-header">
<div class="tier-name">Developer</div>
<div class="tier-price">$20<span>/month</span></div>
</div>
<p class="tier-description">Build with your AI. Your own personal VM.</p>
<ul class="features">
<li>Everything in Pro</li>
<li>Personal VM (Fly.io)</li>
<li>Code execution & scripts</li>
<li>Full Goose + MCP ecosystem</li>
<li>Claude Agent SDK compatible</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="architecture">
<h2 class="section-title">Multi-Backend Architecture</h2>
<div class="arch-diagram">
<pre>
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Parachute Client Apps │
│ (Flutter Chat / Daily / Obsidian Plugin) │
│ │
│ Unified Agent Client Protocol │
└────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Vault Tool Abstraction │
│ │
│ read_file() | write_file() | search() | chat() | execute() │
│ │
│ Same interface, different backends │
└────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┘
│
┌────────────────────┼────────────────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼
┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐
│ $1-10 Tiers │ │ $20 Tier │ │ Self-Hosted │
│ Serverless │ │ Personal VM │ │ Your Server │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ Cloudflare │ │ Fly.io │ │ Parachute │
│ Workers + D1 │ │ 2GB + 10GB │ │ Base Server │
│ + R2 │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ ~$0.01-1/user│ │ ~$4-5/user │ │ Your cost │
└───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘
</pre>
</div>
<div class="tech-stack">
<div class="tech-item">
<h4>Cloudflare Workers</h4>
<p>Serverless compute at the edge. Scale-to-zero, global deployment.</p>
</div>
<div class="tech-item">
<h4>D1 + R2</h4>
<p>SQLite database + S3-compatible storage. No egress fees.</p>
</div>
<div class="tech-item">
<h4>Fly.io VMs</h4>
<p>Firecracker microVMs with persistent storage. Full isolation.</p>
</div>
<div class="tech-item">
<h4>DeepInfra Nemotron</h4>
<p>$0.06/1M tokens. 262K context. Incredibly cost-effective.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="economics">
<h2 class="section-title">Unit Economics</h2>
<table class="cost-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Tier</th>
<th>Revenue</th>
<th>Our Cost</th>
<th>Margin</th>
<th>Backend</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Sync ($1)</td>
<td>$1.00</td>
<td>~$0.05</td>
<td class="margin">95%</td>
<td>R2 + daily AI cron</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Plus ($5)</td>
<td>$5.00</td>
<td>~$0.50</td>
<td class="margin">90%</td>
<td>Workers + D1 + R2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pro ($10)</td>
<td>$10.00</td>
<td>~$1.00</td>
<td class="margin">90%</td>
<td>Workers + D1 + R2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Developer ($20)</td>
<td>$20.00</td>
<td>~$5.00</td>
<td class="margin">75%</td>
<td>Fly.io VM (2GB/10GB)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="margin-top: 24px; color: #a0a0a0; text-align: center;">
At 1,000 users (mixed tiers): <span class="highlight">~$7,000/month revenue</span> with <span class="highlight">~85% gross margin</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="architecture">
<h2 class="section-title">Why This Works</h2>
<div class="tech-stack">
<div class="tech-item">
<h4>Genuine Free Tier</h4>
<p>Cloudflare's generous limits make $0-1 tiers actually profitable.</p>
</div>
<div class="tech-item">
<h4>Natural Progression</h4>
<p>Each tier unlocks meaningful capabilities, not artificial limits.</p>
</div>
<div class="tech-item">
<h4>Same Apps</h4>
<p>Flutter clients don't change. Just the backend URL.</p>
</div>
<div class="tech-item">
<h4>No Lock-in</h4>
<p>Users can always self-host. Open source stays open.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<footer>
<p>
<a href="https://github.com/OpenParachutePBC">Open Parachute PBC</a> ·
Open source, local-first, voice-first
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 12px; font-size: 0.85rem;">
Research document · January 2026
</p>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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