Pricing

Velobase is an AI gateway first: point your OpenAI or Anthropic SDK at https://api.velobase.io/v1 and bill every model call to an end-customer’s wallet with the X-Velobase-Customer: <user-id> header. It is also a billing ledger (freeze, consume, deduct) for work you price yourself. Velobase charges based on ledger transactions: only successful Deduct and Consume operations count. Deposits, freezes, unfreezes, and wallet queries are always free. Model gateway calls are settled against the end-customer wallet and reported back to you per request via the x-velobase-cost-cents, x-velobase-cost-credits, and x-velobase-balance-credits response headers.

New to the gateway? See the Quickstart to route your first model call and deposit funds to a customer wallet. This page covers what Velobase bills you for using the platform.

What counts as a transaction?

Only two operation types are billable:

Deduct: a direct, one-step deduction from a customer’s wallet.
Consume: the second step of a staged deduction (freeze then consume).

Everything else is free:

Operation	Billable?
Deposit	No
Freeze	No
Consume	Yes
Unfreeze	No
Deduct	Yes
Get wallet	No

Each model gateway call (POST /v1/chat/completions, POST /v1/messages) settles its real token cost against the customer wallet and counts as one billable settlement, just like a Consume.

Units

All amount fields are explicit about their unit:

amount_usd: dollars (preferred).
amount_cents: integer cents.
amount_credits: integer credits.

The conversion is fixed: 1 USD = 100 cents = 1,000,000 credits. A bare amount is legacy and means cents, not credits. Prefer amount_usd in new integrations.

Plans

	Free	Pro	Enterprise
Price	$0 / mo	From $20 / mo	Custom
Included transactions	50,000 / mo	500K to 50M / mo	Custom
Overage	Hard limit (429)	From $0.12 / 10k ops	Volume discount
Projects	1	Unlimited	Unlimited
API keys	2 per project	Unlimited	Unlimited
Team members	1	Up to 5	Unlimited
Support	Community	Email	Dedicated
SLA	None	99.9%	99.99%

Pro tiers

Pro plans come in five tiers. Pick the volume that fits, and scale up or down at any time.

Tier	Included ops / mo	Price	Overage rate
Pro 500K	500,000	$20 / mo	$0.50 / 10k ops
Pro 2M	2,000,000	$50 / mo	$0.30 / 10k ops
Pro 5M	5,000,000	$100 / mo	$0.25 / 10k ops
Pro 15M	15,000,000	$200 / mo	$0.18 / 10k ops
Pro 50M	50,000,000	$500 / mo	$0.12 / 10k ops

Upgrades take effect immediately and are pro-rated. Downgrades take effect at the next billing period.

Free plan limits

The Free plan allows up to 50,000 ledger transactions per month. Once the limit is reached, Deduct and Consume API calls return HTTP 429:

{
  "error": {
    "type": "too_many_requests",
    "code": "usage_limit_exceeded",
    "message": "monthly transaction limit reached, upgrade your plan"
  }
}

Deposits, freezes, unfreezes, and wallet queries continue to work normally.

Billing cycle

Each organization has a single billing subscription.
The billing period is calendar-monthly from the date of subscription creation.
Usage is tracked per organization across all projects. The dashboard shows a per-project breakdown under Usage.
Pro overage is billed at the end of each cycle.

Tracking your usage

The project dashboard nav is: Overview, Models, Customers, Keys, Usage, Settings. The Usage section shows your billable ledger transactions and model gateway calls; you can also pull the same data programmatically from GET /v1/usage. If you build with the Velobase SDK, pin a version:

pip install "velobase-billing>=0.2.1"

npm i @velobaseai/billing@^1.1.1

Enterprise

For custom transaction volumes, annual invoicing, dedicated support, SSO/SAML, or custom billing rules, contact sales@velobase.io.

​Pricing

​What counts as a transaction?

​Units

​Plans

​Pro tiers

​Free plan limits

​Billing cycle

​Tracking your usage

​Enterprise

Pricing

What counts as a transaction?

Units

Plans

Pro tiers

Free plan limits

Billing cycle

Tracking your usage

Enterprise