Pricing & allowances
Same model rates. Two clear ways to use them.
Every plan uses the same published Kimi K3 token rates. Pay As You Go starts at $0 per month with $5 of free equivalent API usage; Developer Pass adds more room for $29.99 per month. No card or payment gateway is connected at launch.
Pay As You Go
The default starting point for evaluating Arnict and testing an integration.
$0per month
$5 of free equivalent API usage every month.
- Same published model rates as every other customer
- No separate weekly cap
- Allowance is usage, not cash, account credit, or a transferable balance
Developer Pass
For sustained development beyond the free allowance.
$29.99per month
$40 of equivalent API usage per rolling week. $120 of equivalent API usage per billing month.
- First weekly window begins with your first API request and resets every seven days from that anchor
- Unused weekly or monthly subscription allowance does not roll over
- There are no five-hour windows
- At launch, selecting Developer Pass records an upgrade request — it does not charge a payment method or activate paid access by itself
Founding-month offer
Up to $60 / week and $180 in the first paid month.
Limited to the first 100 eligible customer accounts. Eligibility is confirmed at signup. Standard $40 weekly and $120 monthly allowances apply after the founding month.
$60
per rolling week
$180
first paid month
Kimi K3 token rates
The rates every allowance is measured against.
All prices are USD per one million tokens. Equivalent API usage for all plans and vouchers is calculated from these published rates.
| Usage type | Price per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $2.50 |
| Cached input tokens | $0.25 |
| Output tokens | $12.50 |
Allowance comparison
Pay As You Go vs Developer Pass.
| Term | Pay As You Go | Developer Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $0 | $29.99 |
| Included usage | $5 equivalent / month | $40 equivalent / rolling week + $120 / billing month |
| Weekly window | No separate weekly cap | Anchored to first API request, resets every 7 days |
| Founding month | Eligible accounts confirmed at signup | Up to $60 / week, $180 first paid month |
| Rollover of unused allowance | No | No |
| Five-hour limits | None | None |
| Model rates | Published Kimi K3 rates | Published Kimi K3 rates |
| Top-ups at launch | Launching soon | Launching soon |
First-request anchor
The Developer Pass weekly window begins with your first API request and resets every seven days from that anchor.
No five-hour windows
Allowances are weekly and monthly. There are no five-hour rolling limits anywhere in the commercial model.
No rollover
Unused weekly or monthly subscription allowance does not roll over. Allowances are usage limits, not account credit.
Referral program
$60 of API usage value per qualified referral.
The referring account receives one $30 API usage voucher and the referred account receives a separate $30 voucher. Vouchers are separate from subscription allowances.
$30
referrer voucher
$30
referred voucher
Self-referrals, duplicate accounts, fraudulent referrals, and otherwise ineligible referrals may be rejected or revoked.
Common questions
Answers, in writing.
Equivalent API usage is calculated from the published Kimi K3 token rates: $2.50 per 1M input tokens, $0.25 per 1M cached input tokens, and $12.50 per 1M output tokens. Subscription allowances are usage limits measured at these rates, not money held in an account.
The first weekly window begins with your first API request and resets every seven days from that anchor. The monthly allowance resets with your billing month. There are no five-hour windows.
No. Unused weekly or monthly subscription allowance does not roll over. The Pay As You Go $5 monthly free usage also resets each month and is not a transferable balance.
The founding-month offer is limited to the first 100 eligible customer accounts. Eligibility is confirmed at signup. Founding accounts receive up to $60 per rolling week and $180 during the first paid billing month; standard $40 weekly and $120 monthly allowances apply after the founding month.
Each qualified referral gives the referring account one $30 API usage voucher, and the referred account receives a separate $30 voucher — $60 of total API usage value per qualified referral. Vouchers are separate from subscription allowances. Self-referrals, duplicate accounts, fraudulent referrals, and otherwise ineligible referrals may be rejected or revoked.
Paid balance top-ups and the payment gateway are not connected at launch. The dashboard reports top-ups as launching soon. No top-up action collects payment details or charges a card.
No. At launch, selecting Developer Pass records an upgrade request. It does not charge a payment method or activate paid access by itself. Charging begins only after the payment gateway is announced and connected.
Questions about capacity or commercial terms?
Write to support@arnict.com for commercial discussion, or read the API documentation first.