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.

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 all access credit. 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

most popular

dev

$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

INCLUDED IN EVERY PLAN

Full Stack, No Feature Gates

Every plan includes access to the entire Backboard platform.

17,000+ models from one API

Call OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Cohere, xAI, open‑source models via OpenRouter, and more through a single integration.

17,000+ models from one API

Call OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Cohere, xAI, open‑source models via OpenRouter, and more through a single integration.

BYOK with no token markup

Use your own API keys. Backboard passes model costs through at provider rates — no additional premium on tokens.

BYOK with no token markup

Use your own API keys. Backboard passes model costs through at provider rates — no additional premium on tokens.

Stateful by default

State management is built in. You don't resend full context on every call — portable state travels with the conversation across models and apps.

Stateful by default

State management is built in. You don't resend full context on every call — portable state travels with the conversation across models and apps.

Adaptive Context Management

Automatically fits any conversation into the model's context window, prioritizing system prompts, recent turns, tool calls, RAG, and search across models with different context sizes.

Adaptive Context Management

Automatically fits any conversation into the model's context window, prioritizing system prompts, recent turns, tool calls, RAG, and search across models with different context sizes.

Web search included free

Add live web results to any model call with a single flag. No separate search provider, no per‑query fees — included on every plan.

Web search included free

Add live web results to any model call with a single flag. No separate search provider, no per‑query fees — included on every plan.

RAG and memory (usage‑based)

Retrieval‑augmented generation and long‑term memory are available on paid plans, billed per operation — not locked behind feature tiers.

RAG and memory (usage‑based)

Retrieval‑augmented generation and long‑term memory are available on paid plans, billed per operation — not locked behind feature tiers.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a memory operation?

What is a RAG read?

Does BYOK save money on model costs?

Is web search really free on every plan?

What's the difference between Memory Lite and Memory Pro?

Can I upgrade or downgrade my plan?

Is there a free trial before committing to a paid plan?

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.