API pricing
Prepaid credits. Metered per key. Other applications consume chat, image, and video through /v1 and draw down this ledger.
Prepaid
$5 included
New workspace. Instant keys. Enough to wire an app and ship a demo.
Scale
Pay as you go
Same models and endpoints. Top up from Billing when usage leaves the grant.
Enterprise
Committed
Reserved Supercluster throughput, isolated endpoints, invoice terms.
Credits
Prepaid packs. Extra credit on every tier. 1080p from $0.22/s.
Starter
$10
$13 in credits
+30% extra
Creator · most used
$25
$34 in credits
+36% extra
Studio
$50
$68 in credits
+36% extra
Billed per million tokens, input and output separately.
| Model | ID | Context | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vela 4New Flagship reasoning and code | vela-4 | 500k | $2.00 / 1M | $6.00 / 1M |
Vela Fast Low-latency production | vela-fast | 128k | $0.50 / 1M | $1.50 / 1M |
Vela Mini Efficient at scale | vela-mini | 128k | $0.20 / 1M | $0.50 / 1M |
Vela Embed Embeddings | vela-embed | 8k | $0.05 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
Vela Audio Speech in and out | vela-audio | — | $0.40 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
Billed per generated still. Hosted URL included.
| Model | ID | Output | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
Vela Imagine Text to image | vela-imagine | Hosted still | $0.04 / image |
Per second. 720p $0.15 · 1080p $0.22 · 4K $0.56. 6–60 s.
| Model | ID | Output | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
Vela VideoNew Cinematic video clips | vela-video | 720p / 1080p / 4K · 6–60 s | $0.22 / sec |
Vela Video Fast Shorter queue, same family | vela-video-fast | 720p / 1080p / 4K · 6–60 s | $0.15 / sec |
Chat
2,000 input + 500 output tokens on vela-4
$0.007
Image
One still on vela-imagine
$0.04
Video
6 second 1080p clip on vela-video
$1.44
Usage is attributed to the API key. You invoice the application; Vela decrements your prepaid balance.