Privacy, in plain language.
PasteBudget is designed so the sensitive part of the product—the material you measure—does not need a backend.
Prompts and files
Text you paste and files you choose are read in your browser tab. Token counting and chunking run there too. PasteBudget does not upload, store, log, or transmit their contents. Closing or refreshing the tab clears the working material.
Browser storage
PasteBudget does not put prompt text or file contents in local storage, IndexedDB, cookies, or a service worker cache. The application code and static pages may be cached normally by your browser or hosting provider.
Analytics
The interface exposes analytics-ready events for actions such as loading the sample or creating chunks. Those events are restricted to coarse counts and settings. They are explicitly designed not to include prompt text, file names, or file contents. No analytics service is enabled by default.
Shared and downloaded results
A copied fit report contains model and token counts, not your input. Downloaded chunks do contain the text you provided because they are the output you requested; they are created locally and saved through your browser.
Last updated September 2, 2026.