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title: "AI Gateway pricing"
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md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/dws-ai-gateway/pricing.md"
last_updated: "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z"
description: "Understand AI Gateway plans, token billing, test keys, and pay-as-you-go usage."
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# AI Gateway pricing

AI Gateway bills model token usage in USD. Each plan includes a monthly usage allowance, separate from Data Extraction and other DWS products.

## Plans and current prices

See the [AI Gateway pricing page](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ai-gateway-api/#pricing) for current plan prices, monthly included usage, and pay-as-you-go rates. Use the [dashboard pricing page](https://dashboard.nutrient.io/ai-gateway/pricing/) for your account’s available plans, billing settings, and current token rates.

Annual prices cover a year of billing; the included usage is monthly. Prices and account-specific rates can differ. Check the live pricing page before purchasing.

## Token rates

Each model has separate USD rates per million input, cached input, and output tokens. See the [dashboard pricing page](https://dashboard.nutrient.io/ai-gateway/pricing/) for current rates, or call `GET /models` with a live key for the rates available to your organization, including decision models. A test key reports zero rates, so it cannot provide a production cost estimate.

## Estimate a request

For a request without cache writes or long-context adjustments, add these charges:

- Uncached input tokens × input rate ÷ 1,000,000.

- Cached input tokens × cached-input rate ÷ 1,000,000.

- Output tokens × output rate ÷ 1,000,000.

Cached input is part of total input; subtract it before calculating the uncached-input charge. Where a model reports cache-write usage and rates, account for that category separately. Actual charges use reported token usage. Model-specific long-context pricing can change the estimate.

## Pay-as-you-go and quota

Requests draw on your monthly included usage first. When pay-as-you-go is enabled and available for your account, usage beyond the allowance is charged to the shared DWS wallet at your plan’s pay-as-you-go price per $1 of usage. Configure billing and spending controls in the dashboard. Without remaining included usage or authorized pay-as-you-go capacity, requests can return `402 insufficient_quota`.

## Test keys and streaming

Test keys do not consume your included usage. They are not a production tier.

Streaming requests also consume tokens. Disconnecting a client does not guarantee that generation or billing stops.

## Next steps

- [Errors and limits](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/dws-ai-gateway/errors.md) — Handle quota and rate-limit failures.
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## Related pages

- [DWS AI Gateway API](/guides/dws-ai-gateway.md)
- [AI Gateway errors and limits](/guides/dws-ai-gateway/errors.md)
- [Get started with DWS AI Gateway API](/guides/dws-ai-gateway/getting-started.md)
- [AI Gateway security and privacy](/guides/dws-ai-gateway/security-and-privacy.md)
- [Make decisions with the decision API](/guides/dws-ai-gateway/system-one.md)