feat: rental Actors and AI agents (#1644)

Co-authored-by: Michał Olender <[email protected]>

Author: mhamas

sources/platform/actors/publishing/monetize.mdx

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 The first user pays their first rent 7 days after the free trial, i.e., on the 22nd of the month. The second user only starts paying the rent next month. The third user is on the Apify free plan, so after the free trial ends on the 27th of the month, they are not charged and cannot use the Actor further until they get a paid plan. Your profit is computed only from the first user. They were charged $30, so 80% of this goes to you, i.e., _0.8 * 30 = $24_.
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+:::note Rental Actors in AI workflows
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+The rental model, while easy to set up, is less profitable because its pricing doesn't scale with usage. It is also impractical for AI agent applications and MCP servers, because of the upfront commitment of rental Actors.
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+For Actors intended for AI workflows, use the [pay-per-result](/platform/actors/publishing/monetize#pay-per-result-ppr-pricing-model) or [pay-per-event](/platform/actors/publishing/monetize#pay-per-event-ppe-pricing-model) models instead.
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 ### Pay-per-result (PPR) pricing model
 
 In this model, you set a price per 1,000 results. Users are charged based on the number of results your Actor produces and stores in the run's default dataset. Your profit is calculated as 80% of the revenue minus platform usage costs. The formula is: