Usage pricing, without a plan
1,000 credits = $1.
Deposit dollars-worth of any coin, get credits. Credits buy inference at the provider’s current rate plus a published markup — 0% on open-weight models.
- Crypto deposit
- 0%
- Open-weight markup
- 0%
- Credit expiry
- Never
Input-token estimate
Current public catalog rate
Estimated input cost
Input tokens only. Output and cache rates vary by model and provider; the model page carries the complete billing dimensions.
The comparison
What $10 actually buys.
The incumbent takes its fee on deposit. We publish the consumption markup instead. The same ten dollars can be followed from payment to inference.
| Route | Deposit fee | Per-token markup | $10 buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter — card | 5.5% | 0% | 9.45 |
| OpenRouter — crypto | 5.0% | 0% | 9.50 |
| minirouter — any crypto rail | 0% | ~5% | 9.52 |
| minirouter — crypto, open-weight models | 0% | 0% | 10.00 |
OpenRouter’s published July 2026 schedule is 5.5% on credit purchases and 5.0% via crypto. Here, $10 buys 9.52 at the default markup and 10.00 on open-weight models. Each response carries its cost in the body and headers.
The fee ledger
Every markup has a reason.
The lever moves only when our cost or provider terms move. Models whose terms do not permit resale stay unavailable.
- ClassOpen-weight modelsMarkup0%WhyTogether, Fireworks, Groq, DeepInfra and peers, at list price.
- ClassGlobal defaultMarkup~5%WhyPublished before use. This keeps the operation running.
- ClassRestricted inventoryMarkupUnavailableWhyNot offered until written provider terms permit platform-funded resale.
Current catalog
Rates you can inspect.
Current catalog rates
208 models
| Input | Providers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | 66K | $0.788 | $3.938 | text, image, pdf, video | ||
| 1M | 384K | $1.386 | $4.158 | text | ||
| 500K | 500K | $2.1 | $6.3 | text, image | ||
| 131K | 131K | $0.368 | $1.575 | text, image | ||
| 256K | 32K | $0.063 | $0.189 | text | ||
| 1M | 1M | $1.313 | $4.463 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 1M | 1M | $0.105 | $0.21 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 262K | 131K | $2.1 | $6.3 | text | ||
| 256K | 256K | $0.997 | $4.2 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 1M | 128K | $2.1 | $6.3 | text, image | ||
| 1M | 1M | $0.525 | $1.26 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 991K | 64K | $0.032 | $0.137 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 1M | 131K | $4.725 | $23.625 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 1M | 128K | $5.25 | $26.25 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 1M | 128K | $10.5 | $52.5 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 1M | 65K | $0.315 | $2.625 | text, image, pdf, video | ||
| 1M | 64K | $1.575 | $7.875 | text, image, pdf, video | ||
| 1M | 131K | $0.105 | $0.21 | text | ||
| 1M | 131K | $3.15 | $15.75 | text, image, pdf, video | ||
| 256K | 256K | $1.05 | $4.253 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 256K | 80K | $0.158 | $0.63 | text, image | ||
| 256K | 80K | $0.777 | $3.108 | text, image | ||
| 1M | 1M | $1.313 | $4.463 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 1.1M | 128K | $0.21 | $1.26 | text, image, pdf | ||
| 1.1M | 128K | $5.25 | $31.5 | text, image, pdf |
Prices come from the same public catalog as the Models page. Each model page shows the exact current input and output rates present in that feed.
Before money moves
Cheap rails. Explicit constraints.
Crypto costs nearly nothing to receive, so it carries no deposit fee. Cards cost about 3%; the 3.5% fee passes that through.
| Rail | Fee | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Any crypto rail | 0% | $5 |
| Cards · Stripe | 3.5% | $20 |
The payment flow shows its current minimum before it creates an address or quote.
Read before you pay
No withdrawalsCredits buy inference only.
Credits buy inference. They are not a withdrawable balance — we are not a money transmitter and do not want to become one, which is what keeps this cheap and KYC-free.
Credits never expireYour balance stays until you spend it.
Expiring credits is a dark pattern. Your balance sits there until you spend it.
$5 minimumSmaller sends are consumed by network fees.
Network fees eat anything smaller. That is the only floor, and it is deliberately low — the first bet on a stranger should be five dollars.
Save both secretsAPI key plus permanent dashboard link.
Accountless setup creates an API key and a permanent dashboard link. The link can replace a lost or rotated key; lose both and there is no personal recovery.
Refunds are service credit only, never cash. Read the reasoning at /legal/refunds.
Configure now; fund the key while the deposit confirms.