Priced per token, committed once.

How does the commit work?

You commit to a token volume through a purchase order, and the balance decreases as your teams consume it, metered at the published per-model rates above. Commits are sized so that a director or VP can sign without an approval chain, and then expand. You can watch the balance in real time in the dashboard — and intelligent routing and prompt caching extend the same commit 10–20%, even on closed models.

What does the commit cover?

Every surface uses the same balance: Enterprise Inference, the Blackbox Router, the API, the CLI, the Agents API, and the VS Code extension. Metering is per token, not per seat, and the contract specifies how seats are treated.

What happens to unused commitment?

It expires at the end of the billing period. We send spend alerts at 75% and 90% of your commit, so nothing expires without warning. Size the commit to your minimum usage.

Is there a platform fee?

No. There is no credit-purchase fee and no per-seat charge. You pay for tokens at or below the list rates.

Can I connect my own provider accounts?

On Enterprise, yes. Connect your OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google accounts and route through your existing provider relationships and negotiated rates. Routing, failover, caching, and the dashboard remain available, while usage bills through your provider.

Why is the open-weight discount bigger?

Open-weight models run on infrastructure that Blackbox operates end to end, which includes the Nemotron deployment that Artificial Analysis benchmarked #1 on output speed (July 2026). Closed models route to their providers, and we pass our scale discounts to you.

What is included beyond the tokens?

The trust stack: end-to-end encryption, encryption at rest, the PII anonymization layer, custom SLAs, and a forward-deployed engineer who configures the account with you at contract start. See the security overview for the full detail.

What does a forward-deployed engineer actually do?

The engineer writes code in your stack: migration from your current provider, production integrations, eval harnesses, and routing and latency tuning. On Enterprise, the engineer is dedicated to your account, and implementation is included at no added cost.

When do I have to talk to sales?

Only for a commit — pay as you go needs nothing signed and no conversation. Enterprise exists for committed discounts, dedicated single-tenant deployments, data residency, and custom contracts.

How does an engagement start?

With a conversation, not a signup. We scope the workload and the volume with you and agree a commit. A forward-deployed engineer then configures the account, with any controls, such as PII removal, that your security review requires. Talk to sales to start one.