Billing
Two modes, two billing models. Your key mode uses flat subscriptions; Hosted mode uses a prepaid wallet.
Your key mode — subscriptions
You pay a flat monthly fee for a quota of request-units. Three tiers: Taster ($0.19 / 30 units), Basic ($0.99 / 10,000 units), Pro ($2.99 / 100,000 units). Subscriptions are funded from your wallet — top up first, then subscribe.
What is a request-unit?
One API request counts as one or more request-units, scaled by input token count. Requests with up to 100,000 input tokens count as 1 unit. Requests with 100,001–256,000 input tokens count as 1.5 units. Requests above 256,000 input tokens count as 2 units. Normal Office workloads are well under 100,000 tokens and count as 1 unit each.
Pay-as-you-go overflow
PAYG is off by default. When enabled, requests that exceed your subscription quota — or requests made without an active subscription — are billed at $0.001 per request-unit from your wallet. Enable it on the Wallet page.
Hosted mode — wallet and tokens
Hosted mode is wallet-funded. Top up your wallet in advance; each request deducts from your balance. Billing is per token — input tokens, cached-input tokens, and output tokens each at their own rate. Rates are based on DeepSeek's standard list price.
Wallet mechanics
Both modes use the same wallet. 10,000 credits = $1. At MVP, top up via coupon code on the Wallet page. Your wallet balance is visible on the Overview and Wallet pages.
Common questions
- Q.01
What is a request-unit?
A request-unit is reAPI's billing primitive for Your key mode. One request = one unit for normal-sized prompts (up to 100k input tokens). Larger prompts count as 1.5× or 2× to reflect their higher proxy cost.
- Q.02
What happens when my subscription quota runs out?
Requests are rejected with a 429 until the next monthly cycle resets your quota. If you have PAYG enabled, overflow requests are billed from your wallet instead of being rejected.
- Q.03
How do I top up my wallet?
Go to the Wallet page in your dashboard and enter a coupon code. The coupon's value is added to your balance immediately.