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Simple, Transparent Pricing

Everything you need to build production-grade AI. No hidden fees, no mysterious credits. Start free, scale as you grow.

pricing

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Everything you need to build production-grade AI. No hidden fees, no mysterious credits. Start free, scale as you grow.

pricing

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Everything you need to build production-grade AI. No hidden fees, no mysterious credits. Start free, scale as you grow.

FREE

$0

USD

/month

For early experimentation and getting familiar with our core capabilities. Includes a $5 credit for memory. No CC required.

CORE ACCESS INCLUDES:

✓ No minimum monthly spend

✓ Stateful usage included

✓ BYOK or free tokens

✓ RAG (Free during trial)

✓ Memory Lite (Free during trial)

✓ Memory Pro (Free during trial)

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FREE

$0

USD

/month

For early experimentation and getting familiar with our core capabilities. Includes a $5 credit for memory. No CC required.

CORE ACCESS INCLUDES:

✓ No minimum monthly spend

✓ Stateful usage included

✓ BYOK or free tokens

✓ RAG (Free during trial)

✓ Memory Lite (Free during trial)

✓ Memory Pro (Free during trial)

POWERED BY

EDUCATION

$5

USD

/month

For students and researchers exploring AI memory. Low-cost learning and small-scale prototyping.

Everything in Free, plus:

✓ $5 minimum monthly spend

✓ Tokens billed at provider price

✓ RAG: $0.0039 / read

✓ Memory Lite: $0.0039 / operation

✓ Memory Pro: $0.01 / operation

✓ Active Context Management

EDUCATION

$5

USD

/month

For students and researchers exploring AI memory. Low-cost learning and small-scale prototyping.

Everything in Free, plus:

✓ $5 minimum monthly spend

✓ Tokens billed at provider price

✓ RAG: $0.0039 / read

✓ Memory Lite: $0.0039 / operation

✓ Memory Pro: $0.01 / operation

✓ Active Context Management

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DEVELOPER

$20

USD

/month

For builders shipping early production apps. Active development with lower usage costs.

Everything in EDUCATION, plus:

✓ $20 minimum monthly spend

✓ Lower-cost RAG: $0.0036 / read

✓ Lower-cost Memory Lite: $0.0036 / operation

✓ Memory Pro: $0.01 / operation

✓ Active Context Management

most popular

DEVELOPER

$20

USD

/month

For builders shipping early production apps. Active development with lower usage costs.

Everything in EDUCATION, plus:

✓ $20 minimum monthly spend

✓ Lower-cost RAG: $0.0036 / read

✓ Lower-cost Memory Lite: $0.0036 / operation

✓ Memory Pro: $0.01 / operation

✓ Active Context Management

SCALE

$400

USD

/month

For teams running production traffic and heavier memory workloads. Includes lower unit pricing and support. Built to scale.

Everything in DEV, plus:

✓ $400 minimum monthly spend

✓ RAG: $0.0034 / read

✓ Memory Lite: $0.0034 / operation

✓ Memory Pro: $0.008 / operation

✓SOC 2

✓ FDE & Support included

SCALE

$400

USD

/month

For teams running production traffic and heavier memory workloads. Includes lower unit pricing and support. Built to scale.

Everything in DEV, plus:

✓ $400 minimum monthly spend

✓ RAG: $0.0034 / read

✓ Memory Lite: $0.0034 / operation

✓ Memory Pro: $0.008 / operation

✓SOC 2

✓ FDE & Support included

INCLUDED IN EVERY PLAN

Full Stack, No Feature Gates

Every plan includes access to the entire Backboard platform.

17,000+ models from one API

Access OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and hundreds of open-source models — all through one unified API. No separate integrations, no extra contracts.

17,000+ models from one API

Access OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and hundreds of open-source models — all through one unified API. No separate integrations, no extra contracts.

BYOK with no token markup

Bring your own API keys and pay providers directly at their listed rates. Backboard never marks up token costs — you pay exactly what the model costs.

BYOK with no token markup

Bring your own API keys and pay providers directly at their listed rates. Backboard never marks up token costs — you pay exactly what the model costs.

Stateful by default

Every request is context-aware by default. Session state, conversation history, and memory are handled automatically without extra setup or manual stitching.

Stateful by default

Every request is context-aware by default. Session state, conversation history, and memory are handled automatically without extra setup or manual stitching.

Adaptive Context Management

Backboard intelligently trims, compresses, and prioritizes context to stay within model token limits — keeping your AI responses relevant and cost-efficient.

Adaptive Context Management

Backboard intelligently trims, compresses, and prioritizes context to stay within model token limits — keeping your AI responses relevant and cost-efficient.

Web search included free

Real-time web search is available to all plans at no additional cost. Ground your AI responses in current information without managing a separate search integration.

Web search included free

Real-time web search is available to all plans at no additional cost. Ground your AI responses in current information without managing a separate search integration.

RAG and memory (usage‑based)

RAG and memory features are available on every plan. Pay only for what you use — billed per read or operation, with rates that decrease as your plan scales.

RAG and memory (usage‑based)

RAG and memory features are available on every plan. Pay only for what you use — billed per read or operation, with rates that decrease as your plan scales.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the $5 credit work?

Every new user receives a $5 credit to explore the Backboard's memory. With BYOK from your frontier models and/or OpenRouter, these APIs will now be stateful with Adaptive Context Management (ACM) and web serch. No credit card required.

What's included in the free plan?

The free plan includes core API access, stateful usage, BYOK (bring your own key), and free RAG and memory during the trial period. There's no minimum monthly spend required.

How does billing work?

We bill based on your selected plan's minimum monthly spend. Usage beyond that (RAG reads, memory operations) is billed at the stated per-operation rates. No hidden fees or unexpected charges.

Can I switch plans anytime?

Yes, you can upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time. When upgrading, you'll be charged the prorated difference. When downgrading, you'll receive credit toward future billing cycles.

Do you offer team or enterprise plans?

Yes! Our Scale plan ($400/mo) includes SOC 2 compliance, FDE (Full Data Encryption), priority support, and team collaboration features. Contact us for custom enterprise requirements.

What happens if I exceed my plan limits?

You'll be charged for overage at the per-operation rates for your plan. We'll notify you when you approach your limits so you can adjust or upgrade as needed.

Get started with Backboard

Wire Backboard into one service today and unlock 17,000+ models, BYOK, stateful behavior, adaptive context, and many free models across your stack.

Get started with Backboard

Wire Backboard into one service today and unlock 17,000+ models, BYOK, stateful behavior, adaptive context, and many free models across your stack.

Get started with Backboard

Wire Backboard into one service today and unlock 17,000+ models, BYOK, stateful behavior, adaptive context, and many free models across your stack.

Built for focused work

Everything you need to build production-grade agent systems on a single, coherent API.

All systems operational

© 2026 Backboard.io

Built for focused work

Everything you need to build production-grade agent systems on a single, coherent API.

All systems operational

© 2026 Backboard.io

Built for focused work

Everything you need to build production-grade agent systems on a single, coherent API.

All systems operational

© 2026 Backboard.io