Pricing
Know what it costs before you send it
Every model carries a price, and we show you all of them — not just the ones we host, but everything searchable across the providers we can reach. Compare first, commit second. Billing happens in the console.
Why a price list is worth having
Most gateways show you their own shelf. That answers "what can I buy here" and leaves the real question untouched: is this a good price?
You need to see what the same model costs elsewhere, what the alternatives cost, and where the gap between them actually is.
It also means you are not locked in by ignorance. If a model gets expensive, you can see it happening and move — and because the router sits in front, moving costs you an edit to a model name, not a migration.
Two ways to pay
| Subscription | Pay as you go | |
|---|---|---|
| How it works | A recurring plan, set up once | Balance drawn down per call |
| Rate you get | Your plan's rate | The model's listed rate |
| Best when | You use it every day and want the cost predictable | You use it in bursts, or are still evaluating |
| Where to set it | Console → Billing. Nothing on this page takes a payment. | |
You can also bring your own provider keys. In that case the provider bills you, we add nothing, and this page is only useful to you as a reference.
Free quota goes first
Providers give away quota to win developers, and most of it expires unused. The router tracks what is left and spends it before it spends anything of yours.
That happens automatically, per call, without you tracking expiry dates across accounts
you forgot you had. When free quota runs out, the same request quietly falls through to
the paid rate — and auto/best-free lets you refuse that fallthrough entirely
if you would rather get an error than a charge.
Free quota belongs to the provider, not to us. We cannot extend it or promise it will still be there next month — which is exactly why the router checks the balance at request time instead of trusting a list.
What the catalogue covers
| Priced per model | input rate, output rate, cached input rate |
| Combination routes | 38 (see Models) |
| Callable through this gateway | 477 (/v1/models) |
| Counted on | 17 September 2026 |
The catalogue is deliberately larger than the callable set. The extra entries exist so you can see the whole market, including models you would reach through a different provider.
Reading the numbers yourself
The catalogue endpoint is public. No key, no account.
# the price catalogue
curl -s https://freemodel.online/api/gateway/models
# what you can actually call today
curl -s https://freemodel.online/v1/models | grep -o '"id"' | wc -lWhat this page does not do
- It does not take payments. There is no checkout here. Billing lives in the console, where your plan can change the rate.
- It is not a quote. Providers reprice on their own schedule and the catalogue follows. The console is authoritative for your account.
- It does not sell you free quota. That comes from providers, on their terms.
- It does not charge for bring-your-own-key. Supplying your own keys means your provider bills you and we stay out of it.