API Pricing
Pro Users
Pro subscribers automatically receive a one-time $10 API credit upon upgrading to Pro – double the credit amount compared to competitors. This credit provides capacity for testing and small applications, with seamless pathways to scale via VVV staking or direct USD payments for larger implementations.
Paid Tier
Paid access to the Venice API can be obtained in two ways:
Purchased API Credits
Users can purchase API credits via the API Dashboard.
Stake VVV
Users can stake VVV which in return, provides you proportional access to Venice’s compute pool in “Venice Compute Units” or VCUs. The more you stake, the higher your VCU allocation, and they renew daily. You also earn staking rewards while staked. Visit the Token Dashboard to stake VVV and to see how much VCU you control.
Model Pricing
Chat Models
Chat models are priced per million tokens, with separate pricing for input and output tokens. While the price is per million tokens, you will only be charged for the tokens you use. You can estimate the token count of a chat request using this calculator.
| Model | Input Tokens (per M.) | Input Tokens (per M.) | Output Tokens (per M.) | Output Tokens (per M.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Venice Small (Qwen 3 4B) Llama 3.2 3B BGE 3 Embeddings | 1.5 VCU | $0.15 | 6 VCU | $0.60 |
Venice Medium (Mistral Small 3.1 24B) Venice Uncensored Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Qwen 2.5 QWQ 32B | 5 VCU | $0.50 | 20 VCU | $2.00 |
Llama 3.3 70B Dolphin 72B Qwen 2.5 VL 72B | 7 VCU | $0.70 | 28 VCU | $2.80 |
Venice Large (Qwen 3 235B) Llama 3.1 405B | 15 VCU | $1.50 | 60 VCU | $6.00 |
DeepSeek R1 671B | 35 VCU | $3.50 | 140 VCU | $14.00 |
Image Models
Venice Image models are currently priced at the following rates:
| Model | VCU Pricing | USD Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | 0.1 VCU | $0.01 USD |
| Upscale / Enhance (2x) | 0.2 VCU | $0.02 USD |
| Upscale / Enhance (4x) | 0.8 VCU | $0.08 USD |
Audio Models
All Venice Audio models are currently priced at the following rates:
| Model | Input Characters (per M.) | Input Characters (per M.) |
|---|---|---|
| All | 35 VCU | $3.50 USD |