Pricing
Pay the same provider prices as going direct. Keep more of every top-up.
Compare
The undercut, in one table
| Top-up comparison | SwitchGate AI | OpenRouter |
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| Platform fee on top-ups | 4.9% | 5.5% |
| Minimum fee | $0.50 | $0.80 |
| Paid credits | Never expire | Expire after 12 months |
| Provider prices | List price, pass-through | List price, pass-through |
Volume tiers
Your fee drops on its own
The platform fee falls automatically as monthly top-ups grow. No negotiation, no forms.
Pricing calculator
Estimate a workload before you route it
Pick a model, describe a typical request, and see the cost per call and per month at list price - including what our zero-credit cache saves. Then compare the same workload across the whole catalog.
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per request (list price)
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per month, after cache
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saved by cache / month
Model usage is provider list price, pass-through. The only SwitchGate fee is 4.9% (min $0.50) when you top up credits - topping up - covers this month, fee included. Estimates, not quotes.
The same workload, across every model
Sorted by monthly cost with your numbers above. "Good for" is our benchmark team's one-line take.
| Model | Good for | $ / 1M in | $ / 1M out | Per request | Per month |
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Plans
Four ways to run
Free
Trial credits
Kick the tires on the full catalog.
- Trial credits on signup
- Full model catalog
- Token economy mode
- Community support
Pro
Pay-as-you-go
For builders shipping real traffic.
- 4.9% top-up fee, min $0.50
- Credits never expire
- Full request tracing & cost per call
- Cross-provider retry
Team
$19 / seat / mo
Minimum 3 seats
Governance for teams that share one gateway.
- Per-user model locks & budgets
- Projects and burnable prepaid keys
- Runaway-agent kill switch
- Everything in Pro
Enterprise
From $2k / mo
Annual agreement
Residency, compliance, and your own models.
- BYOE private models
- SSO / SCIM provisioning
- Data residency options
- SLA with credit remedies
- Dedicated Slack channel
FAQ
Questions, answered
How does the platform fee work?
Do credits expire?
What is the refund policy?
Are model prices really the same as the providers'?
Do you train models on my data?
Start with trial credits
Full catalog, token economy mode, and every governance control from the first request.