A cap before the call
Each request reserves the most it may spend before any model runs. It cannot go past that.
What did it cost?
Archymedes Cloud
One balance. Every model. A receipt for every route.
Archymedes Cloud is a prepaid balance that works across models. Each call reserves a hard cap before it runs, is routed by the policy you choose, and returns a receipt that explains the route and the charge.
The Exchange. Calls pass the cap, take the best open route, and a receipt comes back.
How it works
01
Top up
Add credit once. One balance covers every model.
02
Cap
The call reserves its maximum before it runs.
03
Route
The exchange picks the provider your policy asks for.
04
Settle
You are charged what was used, the rest is released, and the receipt is yours.
What it does
One balance, every model
A route you can read
The receipt names the model that was chosen, the alternatives that were passed over and why, and the estimate against the actual charge.
Policy, not guesswork
Choose cheapest, fastest or best fit for the kind of work: coding, design, research, security.
It keeps going
When a provider goes dark, the call is routed to the next one that fits your policy.
Plain pricing
Model usage is billed at the provider's normal price. Archymedes adds one small, visible fee and no markup.
Open protocol
The protocol is public, so anyone can build a client. Routing never sees payment details, and billing never sees your prompts.
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What it is not
- Not accepting payments yet. Before it does, billing has to pass its correctness and recovery tests, including refunds and data export.
- Credits will be for Archymedes services only. They are not transferable and cannot be withdrawn.