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One-off pull
from $3.50
Buy a single report.
No subscription
Carries a 25% convenience premium
Good for trying Gus once
Best value
Gus Member
$49/yr
About 20 reports a year.
720 tokens a year
Half the token price of a pack
Roughly one pull every two weeks
Every collection, every category
Tokens roll through the full year
Token pack
$19
Pay as you go.
140 tokens
2 to 7 pulls, depending on depth
Spend across any collection
No subscription, never expires
What a pull costs
Deeper analysis burns more tokens. Every pull runs the full source read — none of this is free to produce.
AI & business auditDeepest read Gus does
60 tokens
$10one-off
ProductsWhen the lane opens fully
40 tokens
$7one-off
Books · Articles · PodcastsThe reading pulls
30 tokens
$5one-off
Movies · ShowsTonight, solved
20 tokens
$3.50one-off
Same pull, three prices
Tokens bought in advance cost less. Membership is the floor.
A movie night pull
Member
$1.36
Pack
$2.71
One-off
$3.50
Members pay 61% less than one-off
An AI & business audit
Member
$4.08
Pack
$8.14
One-off
$10
Members pay 59% less than one-off
What $49 a year holds
720 tokens. Spend them any way you like — here's the same year three ways.
36 movie nights
24 reads
12 audits
Movies & shows · 20 tokens Books, articles, podcasts · 30 tokens AI, business & products · 40–60 tokens
Mixed use lands around 20 reports — one every two to three weeks, across every collection.
Why pulls cost something
A free recommendation is worth what you paid for it. When a pull costs you real money, you read it properly, you act on it, and Gus has to be right. That's the trade. Paying a little is what keeps both sides honest, and it's why Gus will never hand out unlimited reports.
Why this model, not ads
It's the Consumer Reports model. When advertisers pay, the product serves advertisers, the "best" becomes whoever paid. When you pay, the product serves you. Media collections stay cheap because their job is to show you Gus has taste. The pulls where a wrong pick costs you real money or time cost a little more, because that's where the vetting is worth the most.
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