> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gateway.connexease.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connexease Fee

> The flat per-send infrastructure fee, when it is deducted, and which messages it covers.

When your API call returns HTTP 200, \$0.001 is immediately deducted from your balance. This fee is independent of whether the message reaches the recipient.

```mermaid theme={null}
flowchart LR
    A[Your Server] --> B[Connexease Gateway]
    B --> C[Meta]
    C --> B
    B --> A
    B --> D[(Balance -$0.001)]
```

## What it covers

The fee applies to **all** successful sends, regardless of message type:

* Text
* Image, audio, video, document, sticker
* Template
* Interactive

## What is not charged

<Note>
  A rejected request is not charged. If the Gateway returns an error — validation failure, rate limit, insufficient balance — no infrastructure fee is deducted, because the send did not succeed.
</Note>

A delivery failure *after* a successful send is different: the API call returned 200, so the \$0.001 was already charged. Only the [Meta fee](/essentials/billing/meta-fee) depends on delivery.

<Tip>
  Use `is_fake=true` during development and testing. The billing pipeline runs, including the balance check, but no fee is deducted and the Meta API is not called.
</Tip>