Pay-As-You-Go
Charges are deducted from your balance in real time, based on what you actually call.
Real-time retrieval from the live web
LLM-native search with ranked results, highlights, and optional full content
Auto-expands one query into many parallel sub-queries
Clean structured content from any URL
Clean Markdown, intent-focused highlights, and page classification
Top-ranked embedding models for text and multimodal retrieval
Text embeddings for retrieval, similarity, and ranking
One vector space across text, images, video, and documents
Complete workflows built on the APIs above. Billed per outcome via Search API + Model Gateway.
Grounded answer synthesis with inline citations from live web
Analyze, search, and chat across text, images, videos, and complex documents
Source-backed research across thousands of pages and documents
Images and videos grounded in real-world references from live search
One API for top-tier LLM and multimodal models, with Octen Search built in — powering Answer, Multimodal Chat, Deep Research, and Grounded Generation.
Get 15% of your Model Gateway spend back, credited automatically to your balance each month across all models.
QPS Plan
Pay as you go for usage. Add QPS when you need reserved search throughput.
Free
- Up to 20 QPS Limit
- Starts at 10 QPS. Add credits to unlock Base (up to 20 QPS)
Recommended Plan
Builder
30% Off- Up to 50 QPS Limit
- Dedicated priority queue
- Guaranteed throughput and SLA
- Standard email support
Pro
- Up to 200 QPS Limit
- Dedicated priority queue
- Guaranteed throughput and SLA
- Standard email support
Max
- Up to 500 QPS Limit
- Dedicated priority queue
- Guaranteed throughput and SLA
- Standard email support
Enterprise
- 1M+ QPS
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)
- Dedicated Slack channel support
- Volume discounts
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any questions about using Octen, feel free to email us at support@octen.ai.
Octen combines real-time pay-as-you-go API credits with an optional monthly QPS Plan. Usage is deducted from your balance as you call the APIs. The QPS Plan reserves search throughput — it does not include usage credits, and every account starts on the free tier.
Yes. New accounts automatically receive $5 in free balance upon registration — no credit card or manual claim required to start testing API requests.
Cached system prompt tokens receive up to 90% discount on cache reads for supported models via Model Gateway, significantly lowering long-context synthesis costs.
Yes. Upgrades take effect immediately with prorated billing. Downgrades take effect at the start of your next billing cycle.
API requests return a 403 error until you top up. The minimum top-up is $5. Your QPS Plan is not affected.
We support major credit and debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB), Apple Pay, and Link by Stripe.
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For custom QPS plans, higher rate limits, or billing questions, talk to us.