Pricing / Models / usage-based
Usage Based Pricing Model
A pricing model describes how commercial value is charged. It stays separate from route type, purchase track, direct plan rows, and pricing owner boundaries.
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The model label is a compact commercial fact. It should not imply quality, affordability, ranking, or buyer fit.Model definition
Definition
Cost scales with measured consumption such as tokens, requests, minutes, jobs, compute, or storage.
Use when
The official pricing source defines meters or usage units as the primary charging basis.
Do not use when
Usage limits exist only as plan caps inside a subscription or enterprise plan.
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These route links show where this commercial model appears in the current records, plus canonical route patterns for this model.Route patterns
Route types in current records
Observed access paths
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Tool rows expose model, route, plan, and freshness fields without turning them into recommendations.Tools using this model
| tool | primary route | route types | free access | plans | pricing checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI21 Studio ai21-studio | Model Api | Model Api | Free trial | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Anthropic API anthropic-api | Model Api | Model Api | - | 12 | 2026-08-02 |
| AssemblyAI assemblyai | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| AWS Bedrock aws-bedrock | Model Api | Model Api | - | 6 | 2026-08-02 |
| Cartesia cartesia | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Cloudflare AI Gateway cloudflare-ai-gateway | Api Usage | Api Usage | Free plan | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Cloudflare Workers AI cloudflare-workers-ai | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Cohere API cohere-api | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Databricks Mosaic AI databricks-mosaic-ai | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Deepgram deepgram | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| DeepInfra deepinfra | Model Api | Model Api | - | 2 | 2026-08-02 |
| DeepSeek API deepseek-api | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Exa exa | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Gladia gladia | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 1 | 2026-08-02 |
| Google Veo google-veo | Model Api | Model ApiApp Subscription | - | 7 | 2026-08-02 |
| GPT Image gpt-image | Model Api | Model Api | - | 2 | 2026-08-02 |
| GroqCloud groqcloud | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Hugging Face Inference Endpoints hugging-face-inference-endpoints | Api Usage | Enterprise SalesApi Usage | - | 1 | 2026-08-02 |
| Langbase langbase | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Microsoft Copilot Studio microsoft-copilot-studio | Credits | Team WorkspaceApi UsageCredits | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Microsoft Foundry azure-ai-foundry | Api Usage | Api UsageCreditsEnterprise Sales | Free plan | 4 | 2026-08-02 |
| Mistral La Plateforme mistral-la-plateforme | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Modal modal | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Nano Banana nano-banana | Model Api | Model Api | - | 1 | 2026-08-02 |
| NVIDIA DGX Cloud Lepton lepton-ai | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-05-31 |
| OpenAI API Platform openai-api-platform | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Perplexity Sonar API perplexity-sonar-api | Api Usage | Api UsageMarketplaceApi UsageApi UsageModel Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Replicate replicate | Model Api | Api UsageModel ApiEnterprise Sales | - | 22 | 2026-08-02 |
| Resemble AI resemble-ai | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Retell AI retell-ai | Api Usage | Api Usage | Free plan | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| RunPod runpod | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Snowflake Cortex AI snowflake-cortex-ai | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Tavily tavily | Api Usage | Api Usage | Free plan | 3 | 2026-08-02 |
| Together AI together-ai | Model Api | Api UsageApi UsageModel Api | - | 8 | 2026-07-27 |
| Unstructured unstructured | Api Usage | Api UsageSelf HostedApi UsageEnterprise Sales | Free plan | 3 | 2026-07-27 |
| VEED veed | Api Usage | Api Usage | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Vercel AI Gateway vercel-ai-gateway | Api Usage | Api UsageCredits | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| Vertex AI vertex-ai | Model Api | Model Api | - | 0 | 2026-08-02 |
| You.com you-com | Api Usage | Api UsageApi UsageApi Usage | - | 3 | 2026-07-27 |
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Source-backed pricing facts need official evidence and freshness. Direct plan rows are only stored when the current entity owns the plan matrix.Evidence requirements
Required evidence
Official meter definition
Required evidence
Route source URL
Required evidence
Pricing checked date
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This model page is an archive and schema surface. Exact route facts remain on tool detail pages and route taxonomy pages.Registry boundary
Tools
39
Current formal records whose compact pricing model is Usage Based.
Checked records
39
Tool records with a pricing freshness date.
Route types
8
Distinct access or purchase route types currently linked to this model.
Plan rows
75
Direct pricing plan rows owned by tools using this model.