Plans
What a plan changes
One thing, and it is the thing that matters: how fresh the numbers are. Everybody sees the same measurements. Paying moves you to the front of them.
| Tier | Data freshness | API access |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous | 15 min behind live | read the site, no API |
| Free account | 15 min behind live | read the site, no API |
| Contributor | 15 min behind live | 5,000 calls/week |
| Paid | live | 1,000,000 calls/week |
Contributing is the other currency: send 5 measurements within 7 days and the API opens without paying. New keys also get 20 trial calls.
Is it worth it
Batch pricing is about 50% off synchronous at every major provider. If roughly 30% of your inference can wait, a plan pays for itself well before the first band boundary.
That 30% is an assumption, not a measurement - it is the weakest number on this page and we would rather say so than dress it up. Our queue times are measured; this figure is not. Put your own share in and the arithmetic is yours.
Annual
Pay for 10 months, get 12.
About the bands
The bands are commercial, not technical: there is one paid switch in the API, not six. They exist so a team spending $600 a month is not quoted the same as one spending $60,000.