Pricing Authority

Version v1.0 — Public Note

Public Disclosure: This page summarizes the authority classes and their associated use cases. No prices are displayed on this public page unless explicitly authorized.

B.1 — Authority Classes

Certification tiers correspond to increasing levels of authority. The authority class ordering is:

Tier A → Tier B → Tier C

Higher tiers provide stronger evaluative authority and broader downstream applicability.

B.2 — Authority Class to Use Case Mapping

Tier

Authority Class

Typical Use Cases

Tier A

Admissibility Signal

Due diligence, partner screening, pre‑audit signaling

Tier B

Objection‑Blocking Authority

Peer review defense, audit correspondence, governance sign‑off

Tier C

Comparative & Deployment Authority

Procurement, regulatory filings, standards positioning

B.3 — Pricing Principle

Pricing increases with authority class and with the reliance surface — that is, how many external decisions depend on the certification. Time spent is not a pricing variable.

B.4 — Sealed‑by‑Default Deliverables

All certificates and annexes are sealed by default. Public verification is supported through ledger tuples containing only the certificate ID and SHA‑256 hash.