Pricing.

Three flat rates on the API and gateway: no subscription tiers, no monthly minimums, no per-seat charges — you pay a markup on top of provider cost. (The standalone Cloak apps are sold separately, on their own monthly plans.)

Start free See the rates
CloakAPI keys
15%
Pooled provider keys · prompt-pool privacy
BYOK
5%
Bring your own provider keys
Complete-local
5%
Desktop client runs the model
Switch any time · per API key · operator can pin to one mode Start free Quickstart

What it costs you.

Pick a mode + model + monthly token volume. The numbers below are all live; we maintain the price book at docs/pricing/price-book.json.

Provider cost (blended at 1 : 4 input:output — adjust below)
$210.00
CloakAPI markup
$31.50
Total / month
$241.50
Per million tokens
$24.15

Per-model token prices.

Provider list prices in USD. Local models bill against a cloud-equivalent basis at 5% markup. Move the slider to see how the typical-chat blended rate moves with your input/output ratio.

1 : 4
Model Input / 1M Output / 1M Typical chat / 1M
Anthropic · Claude Opus 4.8 $5.00 $25.00 —
Anthropic · Claude Sonnet 5 $3.00 $15.00 —
OpenAI · GPT-5.5 $5.00 $30.00 —
OpenAI · GPT-5.4 $2.50 $15.00 —
xAI · Grok 4.3 $1.25 $2.50 —
Google · Gemini 3.5 Flash $1.50 $9.00 —
DeepSeek · V4 Flash $0.14 $0.28 —
Local · Llama 3.2 8B (Ollama, 16+ GB VRAM) $0.00 (own GPU) $0.00 (own GPU) —
Local · Llama 3 70B (Ollama, 80 GB VRAM) $0.00 (own GPU) $0.00 (own GPU) —
Local · Qwen 2.5 7B (Ollama, 16+ GB VRAM) $0.00 (own GPU) $0.00 (own GPU) —

Prices in cents per 1M tokens stored as data-in / data-out. "Typical chat" = blended rate at the selected ratio (default 1 : 4 — 1 input token per 4 output tokens — matching most assistant-style traffic). Local rows show the 5% CloakAPI markup against a cloud-equivalent basis, since the model itself runs free on your hardware.

What you get at every rate.

No tier comparison columns. There aren't any. Every account gets all of these.

✓ Token-level redaction at your edge — over 100 PII entity types across many languages and jurisdictions (growing)
✓ Chain-linked, ECDSA-P-256 signed receipts on every call
✓ Failed-call attestation receipts (4xx + 5xx)
✓ Public receipt verifier — your auditor needs no CloakAPI account
✓ Every provider — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, xAI Grok, DeepSeek + self-hosted local (Ollama / LocalAI). Bring your own key for OpenRouter, Perplexity, Mistral & many more.
✓ Outbound webhooks (HMAC-SHA256, retry policy, replay)
✓ Compliance packs — HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS 4.0, FINRA, NHS DSPT (detector, routing and retention configurations you can activate — not certifications we hold)
✓ EU hosting (Hetzner Nuremberg) — receipt-signing, billing & staff audit logs only.
✓ FIPS-approved algorithms (ECDSA P-256 / SHA-256); optional aws-lc-rs FIPS build on the Rust path — no FIPS 140 validation of our own

How this differs.

Every gateway promises to handle your data carefully. CloakAPI promises something stronger — three claims, each one you can open.

Privacy

On client-side paths, your text is tokenised before it reaches us.

Proof

Every reply ships a signed receipt your auditor can verify offline.

Pricing

Flat markup. No "Enterprise" tier gating features behind a sales call.

$2 trial credit on signup · No credit card · No expiry

Pricing FAQ.

Why three rates instead of one?
The rate reflects the work we do per call. CloakAPI keys = we cover the provider relationship + key rotation + suppression list (15%). BYOK = you hold the keys, we just route + tokenise + receipt (5%). Local = no provider at all, we sign the receipt against your local token count (5%).
Are there tiers I'm missing? Free / Pro / Enterprise?
No. Every account gets every feature. We considered tiering compliance packs, named-engineer support, federated benchmarks — and rejected each as gatekeeping. Pricing is structural, not artificial.
Do you charge per seat / per developer?
No. You can have 1 developer or 100; the cost is identical for the same call volume.
What's the minimum spend?
$10 minimum top-up. Auto-top-up is opt-in. Turn it on in billing settings; pick your trigger threshold and top-up amount.
How does auto-top-up work?
Auto-top-up is opt-in and off by default. In billing settings you turn it on, then pick a trigger threshold ($5 / $10 / $25 / $50) and a top-up amount ($10 / $25 / $50 / $100, or match your 7-day average). When your prepaid balance falls below the threshold, we charge your default payment method for the configured amount. You can change the values or switch it off any time.
How does the $2 trial credit work?
Sign up → $2 lands on your prepaid balance immediately. No card on file. Spend it on any provider. When it runs out, your calls 402 until you top up. Nothing auto-charges.
What if a provider raises their prices?
We pass it through immediately. Our markup percentage stays the same. The price book at docs/pricing/price-book.json is source-of-truth and gets a new version every time a provider posts a change; subscribe to its RSS for advance notice.