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Billing, Pricing & Refund Policy

TIRIEL INC. · EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 10, 2026 · LAST UPDATED: AUGUST 10, 2026

How Tiriel charges, in plain terms: you pay by truck, your plan is set by how many seats your trucks occupy, and there are no surprise charges. This Policy is incorporated by reference into our Terms of Service.

00How Tiriel Charges. Read This First

Tiriel charges by truck.

One truck occupies one seat. Your subscription plan is determined by how many seats are occupied on your account, and a seat is occupied from the moment you add a truck until you archive or remove it.

Tiriel does not charge by owner-operator, by driver, by carrier, or by load. Those words appear in this Policy and in our other documents, and each has a single job:

TermWhat it meansDoes it affect what you pay?
Truck (also called a unit or operating unit)One vehicle dispatched under a USDOT number, identified by USDOT + VINYes. This is the billing unit.
SeatThe capacity your plan grants for one truckYes. Seats are what your plan limits.
Owner-operatorThe person or business that owns and operates one or more trucksNo
DriverThe person assigned to drive a truck at a given timeNo
Carrier / USDOTThe authority under which a truck is dispatchedNo, one carrier may operate many trucks, and each truck occupies its own seat
LoadA shipment moved by a truckNo, you are not charged per load

Two consequences follow, and they are the two questions we expect most often:

An owner-operator who runs three trucks occupies three seats. You are dispatching three vehicles, so you are using three units of capacity.

Changing the driver on a truck changes nothing about your bill. The seat belongs to the truck.

01Plans and Pricing

1.1 Month 1 | Activation Fee

Your first month costs $99. This is not a setup fee or a deposit, it is the full price of month 1. It includes:

  • Full access to all Tiriel AI agents for 30 days
  • Assisted onboarding
  • Verification of every truck you add, the operating authority it runs under, its insurance coverage, and the identity of the party operating it
  • Unlimited seats during month 1

During month 1 there is no seat limit. Add your full fleet so the platform can calibrate to your operation. Your plan is assigned based on how many seats are occupied on your account, so archive any trucks you do not intend to operate before the assignment date. You receive advance notice under Section 2.3 showing your seat count and the resulting plan before any charge is made.

Month 1 remains $99 regardless of how many trucks you add.

1.2 Month 2 Onward | Subscription Plans

Seven (7) days before your first subscription charge, Tiriel counts the seats occupied on your account and assigns your plan. At that moment the plan is assigned and its seat limit becomes effective, although the charge itself occurs seven days later. From then on your plan changes only when you upgrade under Section 3.1 or request a downgrade under Section 3.2.

PlanPrice / moPrice / yrSeats (trucks)Assigned when seat count is
Starter$349$3,49051–5
Growth$699$6,990126–12
Pro$1,199$11,9902013–20
Enterprise$1,999$19,9903521–35

Annual billing is offered at ten times the monthly price, two months at no charge. Prices are exclusive of applicable taxes.

Starter is the minimum assignment. Every subscriber who completes month 1 is assigned to at least Starter, regardless of seat count.

1.3 Seats and Trucks

Each truck you add to your account occupies one seat, from the moment you add it until you archive or remove it, whether or not the platform performs any operation for it. Your plan determines the maximum number of seats available to you.

Operating unit. A single truck dispatched under a USDOT number. "Truck," "unit," and "operating unit" mean the same thing throughout this Policy.

How trucks are identified. Each truck is identified by the USDOT number it is dispatched under together with its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). Duplicate records for the same truck occupy a single seat. Where a carrier operates more than one truck under a single USDOT number, each truck occupies its own seat. Where a VIN is not yet on record, the truck is identified by its USDOT number and unit number until verification completes.

Owner-operators and drivers do not occupy seats; trucks do. An owner-operator who runs three trucks occupies three seats. Changing the driver assigned to a truck does not affect your seat count. A seat measures dispatch capacity, not people.

Replacing a truck. If you replace a truck sold, retired, or out of service, use Replace unit on that truck's profile. The previous truck is archived and the new one added in a single step, with no change to your seat count and no change to your plan or your charge.

MC numbers are collected for authority verification where applicable and are not used to count seats.

Three actions are available for each truck, and they affect your seat count differently:

ActionWhat it doesSeat
Pause / ResumeStops the AI agents from searching loads for that truck and from calling the driver assigned to it. For day-to-day operations, a truck out of service for the weekend, for example.Seat remains occupied
ArchiveRemoves the truck from your operation while preserving its record, documents, and history. For trucks you no longer dispatch.Seat is freed immediately
DeleteRemoves the truck and its record from your account.Seat is freed immediately

Archived trucks appear in the Archived view of your account and can be reactivated at any time under Section 3.5.

1.4 Accounts Above 35 Seats

All plans up to and including Enterprise are available through self-service. Accounts requiring more than 35 seats are quoted directly with the Tiriel team and are not available through self-service. Such agreements may include custom SLAs, dedicated support, and arranged payment terms. Contact support@tiriel.ai.

When you reach the Enterprise seat limit and attempt to add or reactivate a truck, the platform directs you to contact the Tiriel team rather than presenting a self-service upgrade.

02Billing

2.1 Billing Cycle

Your account is billed monthly on the same calendar day you activated your account. If you activated on the 15th, you are billed on the 15th of every subsequent month. Annual subscriptions are billed once per year on the activation anniversary. All charges are in U.S. dollars.

2.2 Payment Methods

We accept credit and debit cards for all plans. ACH and check payments are available for Pro and Enterprise plans by arrangement with the Tiriel team. Contact support@tiriel.ai to set up ACH.

2.3 Advance Notification

You receive advance notice by email and in-app notification, no later than seven (7) days before the charge, in each of these cases:

  • Your first subscription charge after month 1
  • Any charge in an amount different from your previous charge, for example after a plan change

For annual subscriptions, notice is sent no later than thirty (30) days before each renewal.

Each notice shows:

  • Your plan
  • Your seat count, and the trucks occupying those seats
  • The exact amount to be charged
  • The date of the charge
  • A single-action link to cancel, reduce your seat count, or request a lower-priced plan

Recurring charges in the same amount as your previous charge are confirmed by receipt after the charge, since nothing has changed.

The amount in a notice is a maximum, not a fixed figure. If you archive trucks after receiving notice and drop into a lower plan before the charge date, you are charged the lower amount. You are never charged more than the notice states without confirming it yourself under Section 3.1.

There are no surprise charges.

2.4 Failed Payments

If a payment fails, Tiriel retries the charge twice more: once at 48 hours and once at 96 hours after the initial failure. If all three attempts fail:

  • Your account enters payment_hold status. You retain access to your account history and dashboard, but the AI agents pause new operations.
  • Loads already active at the time of the hold continue to completion. In-progress operations are not interrupted.
  • You have seven (7) days to update your payment method and resolve the balance.
  • If the balance is not resolved within seven days, the account moves to suspended status.

To update your payment method, go to the Billing section of your account or contact support@tiriel.ai.

Payment resolved at any point before suspension restores full access without a new activation fee.

2.5 Upgrade Billing

When you upgrade mid-cycle, the change takes effect immediately. You pay a prorated amount for the remainder of the current period based on the price difference between your old and new plan, plus the full new plan price from the following period onward.

Example: You are on Starter ($349) and upgrade to Growth ($699) on day 15 of a 30-day month. You pay $349 (already charged) + $175 (half of the $350 difference) = $524 that month. From the following month: $699 per month.

The exact breakdown is shown on screen before you confirm. No upgrade is processed without your confirmation.

2.6 Downgrade Billing

Downgrades take effect at the start of your next billing period, not immediately. This protects in-progress operations on your current plan.

If your seat count remains below your plan's limit for 30 consecutive days, the system notifies you and offers the option to downgrade. Downgrades are never automatic, they require your explicit confirmation. You can cancel a pending downgrade at any time before the effective date with one click.

2.7 Taxes

Prices are exclusive of taxes. Sales, use, and similar taxes are calculated and added at the time of charge in jurisdictions where Tiriel is required to collect them.

Subscribers claiming exemption must provide a valid exemption certificate to support@tiriel.ai before the charge date. Exemptions are not applied retroactively to charges already processed.

03Truck States and Plan Changes

3.1 Upgrading Your Plan

You can upgrade at any time from the Billing section of your account. Upgrades take effect immediately upon your confirmation. The system shows the exact cost before you confirm. No upgrade is processed without your explicit approval.

When all seats on your plan are occupied and you attempt to add or reactivate a truck, the platform does not add it. Instead it shows you the next plan, its seat limit, the new recurring price, the exact amount payable, and the date the new price begins.

If you confirm, your plan changes immediately and the truck is added or reactivated. If you decline, no charge is made and nothing is added or reactivated. You may instead free a seat by archiving another truck under Section 3.4.

3.2 Downgrading Your Plan

You can request a downgrade at any time. Downgrades take effect at the start of your next billing period. If your seat count at the effective date exceeds the lower plan's limit, the system notifies you before processing so you can decide how to proceed.

No credit is issued for the remainder of the current period.

3.3 Pausing and Resuming a Truck

Pausing stops the AI agents from searching loads for that truck and from calling the driver assigned to it. It is intended for day-to-day operational changes: a truck out of service over the weekend, a driver on vacation, or a vehicle temporarily unavailable.

Pausing does not free the seat and does not change your plan or your charge. The truck remains on your plan and can be resumed at any time with one click.

3.4 Archiving a Truck

Archiving is for trucks you no longer dispatch. You may archive a truck at any time from its profile, without contacting support.

When you archive a truck:

  • The seat is freed immediately and becomes available for another truck on your plan
  • The AI agents cease all operations for that truck
  • Its record, documents, and operational history are preserved and appear in the Archived view
  • Your plan and your current charge do not change, and no credit is issued for the remainder of the current billing period. To move to a lower-priced plan, request a downgrade under Section 3.2

If the truck has a load in active status, archiving takes effect once that load completes. In-progress operations are not interrupted.

3.5 Reactivating an Archived Truck

Archived trucks can be reactivated at any time from the Archived view. Their record, documents, and history are restored; you do not re-enter their information.

Reactivation occupies a seat. If a seat is available on your plan, reactivation is immediate and free. If all seats are occupied, reactivation follows the same confirmation flow as adding a new truck under Section 3.1: the platform presents the next plan, its price, and the amount payable for your confirmation, and nothing is charged or changed until you confirm.

Any communications consent revocation previously recorded for the owner-operator or driver associated with that truck remains in effect after reactivation, as provided in Terms of Service Section 6.5. A revocation attaches to the person, not to the truck, and no change to a truck's state clears it.

3.6 Deleting a Truck

Deleting removes the truck and its record from your account and frees the seat immediately. Deletion is not reversible. Where you may dispatch that truck again, archiving is the recommended action.

Records required for billing, audit, or legal purposes are retained as described in Terms of Service Section 15 regardless of deletion.

3.7 The Seven Days Between Assignment and Your First Charge

Your plan is assigned seven days before your first subscription charge, and its seat limit applies from that moment. During those seven days:

  • If you add or reactivate a truck beyond your assigned plan's limit, the platform presents the next plan for your confirmation. Confirming changes the amount of your first charge, for example from $349 to $699, and nothing is charged at the time you confirm, because your first billing period has not started. There is no prorated amount in this window.
  • If you archive trucks and drop into a lower plan, your first charge is the lower amount.
  • If you cancel, no subscription charge is made. Your month 1 runs its full course and access ends on the date the charge would have occurred.

04Refund Policy

4.1 Month 1 | Operational Guarantee

We stand behind what the platform does in month 1. If, during your first 30 days, Tiriel's system did not generate a single viable load reaching READY status for any of your trucks, despite the system being properly set up, you can request a full refund of your $99 activation fee.

This guarantee applies when:

  • At least one truck was registered with complete information (USDOT number and a contact phone number)
  • At least one load board was connected during the month
  • The registered truck had no restrictions that made load search impossible (active authority, available HOS at the time of the A1 call)

This guarantee does not apply when:

  • No truck was registered with complete information during month 1
  • No load board was connected
  • The registered trucks had restrictions that made load search impossible (revoked authority, no HOS available at time of call)
  • The system found loads and they reached READY status, but the dispatcher declined to authorize them
  • The dispatcher did not respond to the guided onboarding in the first 7 days
  • The trucks were paused or archived for the majority of the month at the dispatcher's direction

How to request: Send a message to support@tiriel.ai within 35 days of activation. The team reviews the operational logs for A1, A2, and the Dispatch Center. If the system confirms that no load reached READY status for any truck during 30 days, the refund is processed within 5 business days.

This guarantee is limited to the activation fee and to cancellation of the subscription before any plan charge is applied. It is not a warranty of any specific dispatch, rate, load volume, or business outcome.

4.2 Month 2 Onward | General Rule

Monthly subscription fees are non-refundable once processed. Tiriel's model is not a passive subscription; the AI agents are actively executing operations on your behalf every day: placing calls, searching loads, negotiating rates, tracking shipments, and managing incidents. Those operations have already occurred and cannot be undone.

The following situations do not generate a refund:

SituationWhy there is no refund
I didn't use the system this monthThe agents were available and operational. The service was active.
The AI didn't find loads I likedThe AI found and ranked options. The decision to authorize is the dispatcher's.
I changed my mind about dispatchThe subscription was running. The dispatcher's operational decisions are not Tiriel's responsibility.
The broker didn't accept the negotiated priceThe AI executed the negotiation. Market outcomes are not guaranteed.
A truck left my operationYou may archive the truck under Section 3.4 to free the seat and request a downgrade under Section 3.2. No refund is issued for the current period.
An owner-operator I work with stopped working with meArchive each of that owner-operator's trucks under Section 3.4 to free those seats, then request a downgrade under Section 3.2. No refund is issued for the current period.
I paused my trucks this monthPausing is an operational action and does not change your plan or your charge.
My driver left and I got a new oneChanging the driver on a truck does not affect your seat count or your charge. The seat belongs to the truck.
I found something cheaperA commercial decision by the dispatcher. No refund for price.
I didn't know the price would be $X in month 2Pricing is shown explicitly during onboarding, on the pricing page, and in the advance notification.

4.3 Exceptions | Month 2 Onward

There are five specific situations where a refund or credit is issued:

ExceptionConditionResolution
1. System outageTiriel outage exceeding 48 continuous hours preventing agent operationsProportional credit on next invoice
2. Billing errorTiriel charged the wrong plan, or counted seats incorrectly, including duplicate records for the same truck, or counting an owner-operator's trucks as more seats than the trucks actually registered. Reported within 30 days of charge.Credit, or cash refund if the account is cancelled
3. Month 2 early cancelCancels within the first 7 days of month 2 and authorized zero loadsFull refund of month 2. Once per account and per dispatcher EIN/SSN.
4. Charge during hold or suspensionSystem processed a charge while the account was in payment_hold or suspendedAutomatic immediate refund
5. Unconfirmed plan changeA plan change was applied without the confirmation required by Section 3.1Full refund of the amount charged and reversal of the plan change

Exception 2 note: billing errors must be reported within 30 days of the charge. After 30 days the charge is considered accepted.

Exception 3 note: applies once per account and once per dispatcher EIN/SSN.

Refunds are issued to the original payment method within 5 business days of confirmation.

05Cancellation

5.1 How to Cancel

You can cancel at any time from the Settings section of your account. No phone call, no email, no waiting period, no retention process. Cancellation is effective at the end of your current paid billing period. If you are billed on the 15th and cancel on the 20th, your access continues until the 15th of the following month. No further charges are made after you confirm cancellation.

5.2 What Happens to Your Data

After cancellation you have 30 days to request an export of your operational history: loads, documents, communications, including archived trucks, from the Billing section of your account or by contacting support@tiriel.ai. After 30 days your data is archived. Archived data can be requested through support for up to 90 days post-cancellation.

These periods describe how long your data remains directly available to you. How long Tiriel retains data, including after it is no longer available through your account, is described in the Privacy Policy, and your rights over that data are described in Section 9 of that Policy. Data handling on termination is further described in the Terms of Service.

5.3 Reactivation

If you cancel and decide to return, your account can be reactivated at any time:

  • Within 90 days of cancellation: your full operational history is restored, including archived trucks, and reactivation is free, no second $99 activation fee. Your first month after reactivation is billed at the plan corresponding to your seat count at that time.
  • After 90 days: your history may not be fully available. Reactivation costs $49 instead of $99, reflecting that Tiriel has already verified your account.

06Design Partner Pricing

6.1 Free Access

The thirty (30) Design Partners selected for the program use the platform at no cost during the program period. In exchange, each Design Partner agrees to: weekly feedback sessions, use of anonymized operational data for system improvement, potential use of their case without personally identifying information in marketing materials, and 30 days' advance notice before free access ends.

Design Partner access is complimentary access under Terms of Service Section 7.8. It is not a paid subscription and confers no right of renewal.

6.2 Transition to a Paid Account

Design Partners who choose to continue have two options:

Early Adopter Price, transition within the conversion window communicated to the Design Partner: $49 activation fee instead of $99, and a 15% discount on the subscription plan for the first 12 paid months. This discount is personal and non-transferable, applies to the plan in effect in each month including after any upgrade, and expires automatically at the end of the twelfth paid month. Tiriel provides 30 days' notice before the discount expires.

Standard Price, transition after the conversion window: standard activation fee and standard plan pricing, with no discount.

The applicable conversion window is the one set out in the channel partner agreement governing the Design Partner's referral.

07Net MRR. Channel Partner Calculations

For purposes of any channel partner, instructor, or referral agreement that incorporates this Policy, Net MRR for a given subscriber in a given month means:

Net MRR = subscription fee for the plan in effect that month
+ prorated upgrade charges collected that month
− discounts applied that month, including any promotional or Early Adopter discount
− refunds and credits issued that month under this Policy
− payment processor fees actually incurred on the corresponding charges
− sales and similar taxes collected

The activation fee, $99 or $49, does not form part of Net MRR and generates no commission.

Processor fees are the amounts actually charged by the payment processor on the corresponding transaction, taken from the processor's transaction records. Estimated or averaged rates are not used.

Where a refund or credit is issued after a commission has been calculated, the adjustment is applied in the following payment cycle rather than reversed retroactively.

Tiriel provides commission detail on a per-subscriber, per-month basis showing each component of the calculation above.

08Changes to This Policy

Tiriel may update this Policy. Material changes affecting existing subscribers take effect no earlier than thirty (30) days after notice by email or in-app notification. Where you affirmatively accept a new version of this Policy at checkout or through an equivalent in-product acceptance flow, that acceptance governs and the notice period does not apply to that version.

The current version and effective date are published at www.tiriel.ai/billing-policy.

09Questions About Your Bill

For any billing question, charge dispute, or refund request:

Tiriel, Inc. | Billing Support

Email: support@tiriel.ai

2261 Market Street STE 4462 · San Francisco, California 94114

Website: www.tiriel.ai

Billing questions are answered within 1 business day. Refund requests under the applicable exceptions are processed within 5 business days of confirmation.