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Subscription Plans & API Pricing

End-to-end reference for ALwrity's usage-based subscription tiers, API cost configuration, and plan-specific limits. All data is sourced from backend/services/subscription/pricing_service.py.

Subscription Plans

Legend: ∞ = Unlimited. Limits reset at the start of each billing cycle.

Plan Price (Monthly / Yearly) AI Text Generation Calls* Token Limits (per provider) Key API Limits Video Generation Image Editing Audio Generation Monthly Cost Cap Highlights
Free $0 / $0 100 Gemini • 50 Mistral (legacy enforcement) 100K Gemini tokens 20 Tavily • 20 Serper • 10 Metaphor • 10 Firecrawl • 5 Stability • 100 Exa Not included 10 edits/mo 20 generations/mo $0 Basic content generation & limited research
Basic $29 / $290 50 unified LLM calls (Gemini + OpenAI + Anthropic + Mistral combined) 100K tokens each (Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral) 200 Tavily • 200 Serper • 100 Metaphor • 100 Firecrawl • 50 Images (OSS models) • 500 Exa 30 videos/mo (OSS: WAN 2.5) 50 edits/mo (OSS: Qwen Edit) 100 generations/mo (OSS: Minimax Speech) $45 OSS-powered: Full content generation, advanced research, all tools access
Pro $79 / $790 5K Gemini • 2.5K OpenAI • 1K Anthropic • 2.5K Mistral 5M Gemini • 2.5M OpenAI • 1M Anthropic • 2.5M Mistral 1K Tavily • 1K Serper • 500 Metaphor • 500 Firecrawl • 200 Stability • 2K Exa 50 videos/mo 100 edits/mo 200 generations/mo $150 Premium research, advanced analytics, priority support
Enterprise $199 / $1,990 ∞ across all LLM providers ∞ ∞ across every research/media API ∞ ∞ ∞ $500 White-label, dedicated support, custom integrations

*The Basic plan enforces a unified ai_text_generation_calls_limit of 50 requests across all LLM providers (increased from 10). Legacy per-provider columns remain for analytics dashboards but do not control enforcement.

OSS Models: Basic tier prioritizes Open-Source AI models via WaveSpeed for cost efficiency: - Image Generation: Qwen Image ($0.03) or Ideogram V3 Turbo ($0.05) - Image Editing: Qwen Edit ($0.02) or FLUX Kontext Pro ($0.04) - Video Generation: WAN 2.5 ($0.25 per ~5s video) - Audio Generation: Minimax Speech 02 HD ($0.05 per 1K characters)

Plan Feature Notes

OSS-First Strategy (Basic Tier)

The Basic tier prioritizes Open-Source AI models via WaveSpeed for cost efficiency, allowing more generous limits: - Image Generation: Defaults to Qwen Image OSS ($0.03/image) vs Stability ($0.04/image) - 25% savings - Image Editing: Defaults to Qwen Edit OSS ($0.02/edit) vs Stability ($0.04/edit) - 50% savings - Video Generation: Defaults to WAN 2.5 OSS ($0.25/video) - Better quality/value than HuggingFace - Audio Generation: Uses Minimax Speech 02 HD OSS ($0.05 per 1K chars) - High-quality TTS

Other Features

  • Video Generation: Basic tier uses WAN 2.5 OSS ($0.25 per ~5s video). Pro/Enterprise can use HuggingFace tencent/HunyuanVideo ($0.10) or premium models.
  • Image Generation: Basic tier uses OSS models (Qwen Image $0.03, Ideogram V3 Turbo $0.05). Pro/Enterprise can use Stability AI ($0.04/image) or premium models.
  • Research APIs: Tavily, Serper, Metaphor, Exa, and Firecrawl are individually rate-limited per plan.
  • Cost Caps: monthly_cost_limit hard stops spend at $45 (Basic) / $150 (Pro) / $500 (Enterprise). Enterprise caps are adjustable via support.

Provider Pricing Matrix

Gemini 2.5 & 1.5 (Google)

  • gemini-2.5-pro — $0.00000125 input / $0.00001 output per token ($1.25 / $10 per 1M tokens)
  • gemini-2.5-pro-large — $0.0000025 / $0.000015 per token (large context)
  • gemini-2.5-flash — $0.0000003 / $0.0000025 per token
  • gemini-2.5-flash-audio — $0.000001 / $0.0000025 per token
  • gemini-2.5-flash-lite — $0.0000001 / $0.0000004 per token
  • gemini-2.5-flash-lite-audio — $0.0000003 / $0.0000004 per token
  • gemini-1.5-flash — $0.000000075 / $0.0000003 per token
  • gemini-1.5-flash-8b — $0.0000000375 / $0.00000015 per token
  • gemini-1.5-pro — $0.00000125 / $0.000005 per token
  • gemini-1.5-pro-large — $0.0000025 / $0.00001 per token
  • gemini-embedding — $0.00000015 per input token
  • gemini-grounding-search — $35 per 1,000 requests after the free tier

OpenAI (estimates — update when official pricing changes)

  • gpt-4o — $0.0000025 input / $0.00001 output per token
  • gpt-4o-mini — $0.00000015 input / $0.0000006 output per token

Anthropic

  • claude-3.5-sonnet — $0.000003 input / $0.000015 output per token

Hugging Face / Mistral (GPT-OSS-120B via Groq)

Pricing is configurable through environment variables: 

HUGGINGFACE_INPUT_TOKEN_COST=0.000001   # $1 per 1M tokens
HUGGINGFACE_OUTPUT_TOKEN_COST=0.000003  # $3 per 1M tokens
Models covered: openai/gpt-oss-120b:groq, gpt-oss-120b, and default (fallback).

Search, Image, and Video APIs

Search APIs

  • Tavily — $0.001 per search
  • Serper — $0.001 per search
  • Metaphor — $0.003 per search
  • Exa — $0.005 per search (1–25 results)
  • Firecrawl — $0.002 per crawled page

Image Generation (OSS Models via WaveSpeed)

  • Qwen Image (OSS) — $0.03 per image ⭐ Default for Basic tier
  • Ideogram V3 Turbo (OSS) — $0.05 per image (photorealistic, text rendering)
  • Stability AI — $0.04 per image (Pro/Enterprise)

Image Editing (OSS Models via WaveSpeed)

  • Qwen Image Edit (OSS) — $0.02 per edit ⭐ Default for Basic tier
  • Qwen Image Edit Plus (OSS) — $0.02 per edit (multi-image)
  • FLUX Kontext Pro (OSS) — $0.04 per edit (professional, typography)

Video Generation

  • WAN 2.5 (OSS) — $0.25 per video (~5 seconds) ⭐ Default for Basic tier
  • Seedance 1.5 Pro (OSS) — $0.40 per video (~5 seconds, longer duration)
  • HunyuanVideo (HuggingFace) — $0.10 per video request
  • Kling v2.5 Turbo (5s) — $0.21 per video
  • Kling v2.5 Turbo (10s) — $0.42 per video

Audio Generation (OSS Models via WaveSpeed)

  • Minimax Speech 02 HD (OSS) — $0.05 per 1,000 characters ⭐ Default

Updating Pricing & Plans

  1. Initial Seed — python backend/scripts/create_subscription_tables.py creates plans and pricing.
  2. Env Overrides — Hugging Face pricing refreshes from HUGGINGFACE_* vars every boot.
  3. Scripts & Maintenance — Use backend/scripts/ utilities (e.g., update_basic_plan_limits.py, cap_basic_plan_usage.py) to roll forward changes.
  4. Direct DB Edits — Modify subscription_plans or api_provider_pricing tables for emergency adjustments.

Cost Examples

Scenario Calculation Cost
Gemini 2.5 Flash (1K input / 500 output tokens) (1,000 × 0.0000003) + (500 × 0.0000025) $0.00155
Tavily Search 1 request × $0.001 $0.001
Hugging Face GPT-OSS-120B (2K in / 1K out) (2,000 × 0.000001) + (1,000 × 0.000003) $0.005
Image Generation (Basic - Qwen Image OSS) 1 image × $0.03 $0.03 (counts toward 50-image quota)
Image Editing (Basic - Qwen Edit OSS) 1 edit × $0.02 $0.02 (counts toward 50-edit quota)
Video Generation (Basic - WAN 2.5 OSS) 1 video × $0.25 $0.25 (counts toward 30-video quota)
Audio Generation (Basic - Minimax Speech OSS) 2,000 chars × $0.05/1K $0.10 (counts toward 100-audio quota)

Enforcement & Monitoring

  1. Middleware estimates usage and calls UsageTrackingService.track_api_usage.
  2. UsageService.enforce_usage_limits validates the request before the downstream provider call.
  3. When a limit would be exceeded, the API returns 429 with upgrade guidance.
  4. The Billing Dashboard (/billing) shows real-time usage, cost projections, provider breakdowns, renewal history, and usage logs.

Additional Resources

Last Updated: January 2026

Recent Changes (OSS-Focused Strategy): - ✅ Basic tier limits increased: 50 AI calls (was 10), 100K tokens (was 20K), 50 images (was 5), 50 edits (was 30), 30 videos (was 20), 100 audio (was 50) - ✅ Cost cap adjusted: $45 (was $50) to align with $40-50 hard limit target - ✅ OSS models prioritized: Qwen Image ($0.03), Qwen Edit ($0.02), WAN 2.5 ($0.25), Minimax Speech ($0.05/1K chars) - ✅ 25-50% cost savings vs proprietary models enable more generous limits