Wholesale LLM API: plan volume spending with a wallet and key budgets
Router One does not publish self-serve wholesale or volume discount tiers. Start with the per-model catalog rates, then use the settled request charge to check any applicable account/model discount and plan multiplier. FX and payment-channel fees are shown separately at checkout. Pricing starts as low as 10% of official provider list prices (up to 90% off) on select models; live per-model rates: https://router.one/models. Volume buyers can organize spending with one funded wallet, one budget-capped key per workload or customer, and per-request usage data for reconciliation.
Catalog rates and settled charges
The /models page publishes model rates before you top up. Those rates are a starting point, not a promise that every account's final charge is identical. Applicable account/model discounts and plan multipliers affect settlement; the recorded total already includes them. Check the settled amount and available pricing details in Dashboard → Logs, and do not infer a volume discount from the size of a top-up.
How volume buyers structure spend
- Fund one wallet — card or Alipay through the hosted checkout, or USDT/USDC on six chains
- Issue one API key per workload, customer, or resold tier, each with its own maxSpend budget and rate limits
- Reconcile from per-request usage data: model, tokens, cost, latency, status on every call
- Reselling? Your customer pricing and margin live in your own portal — see the reseller guide
Posted rates vs a negotiated wholesale deal
| Dimension | Router One posted rates | Negotiated wholesale deals |
|---|---|---|
| Price transparency | Per-model rates published on /models before you pay | Quoted privately after a sales process |
| Volume commitment | None — top up what you need and check settled request costs | Usually a prepay or committed-volume contract |
| Time to start | Create a key and call the endpoint today | Days to weeks of negotiation |
| Spend control | maxSpend, rate limit, and TPM cap per key | Contract-level, enforced after the fact |
| Fit for very large committed volume | Catalog rates and applicable pricing; no published self-serve volume tiers | A negotiated contract can win at very large scale |
Metering resale volume without sub-accounts
Router One has no sub-accounts or wholesale console — keys are the unit of structure. Give every downstream customer, tier, or internal workload its own key with its own maxSpend budget, request rate limit, and tokens-per-minute cap. Keep customer/key labels and request IDs in your application, then reconcile them with the request records. Customer Logs does not provide a per-key filter or identify the key for you.
Not provided today (plan around these)
- Published self-serve wholesale or volume discount tiers
- Sub-accounts / child accounts
- White-label branding
- Configurable markup multipliers — your margin is set in your own portal
FAQ
Do you offer wholesale or volume discounts?
There are no published self-serve wholesale or volume discount tiers. A larger top-up does not establish a discount; check the settled request cost and any applicable account/model discount or plan multiplier in Logs. Pricing starts as low as 10% of official provider list prices (up to 90% off) on select models; live per-model rates: https://router.one/models.
Is there a minimum top-up for bulk buying?
The checkout page is the source of truth for the minimum amount. Card and Alipay top-ups currently usually start at $5 USD equivalent; RMB amounts are converted and shown at checkout using the current FX rate. Stablecoin top-ups usually start at $5 USD equivalent.
How do I resell volume to my own customers?
Build your service on Router One as the upstream: issue one budget-capped key per customer or tier, meter with the per-request usage data, and set your customer pricing in your own portal. Reconcile your upstream cost from settled request charges, including applicable discounts and plan multipliers; checkout-visible FX/channel fees remain separate. Your customer pricing and margin are your own.
Can I pay for large top-ups without a US credit card?
Yes. Top up with a card or Alipay through one hosted checkout, or with USDT/USDC on six chains (Tron, BSC, Ethereum, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum). No US credit card required.
Will volume pricing be negotiable later?
This page does not announce a future volume-pricing program. Plan with the current published terms, catalog rates and your settled request charges; applicable account/model discounts or plan multipliers do not establish a general wholesale tier.
Related
- LLM API reseller
- Pricing methodology
- API relay station
- White-label LLM API
- LLM observability
- Pay with crypto
- Referral program (5% commission on top-ups)
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