Inference.net pricing in 2026: Pay as you go, Growth and Enterprise explained
Inference.net fits AI engineering teams that want to move workloads from closed-model APIs to deployed open-source or custom models while tracing and evaluating them in one place.
Starting price
$250/mo (Growth)
Free option
Yes
Plans
3
Prices checked
Sep 29, 2026
Growth$250.00
Inference.net plans and what they include
Inference.net starts at $0 and bills usage on top. Pay as you go includes 1M gateway requests and 1M tracing spans per month, 14-day data retention, 1 seat and a 30 requests-per-minute rate limit, plus monthly credits for fine-tuning, evals, gateway routing and observability. Growth is $250 per month with 50M gateway requests and 50M tracing spans, a 250 requests-per-minute limit, unlimited seats, unlimited data retention and a $50 one-time opening credit.
Enterprise is custom-priced, with custom contracts and committed-use pricing, dedicated infrastructure, a direct support channel and custom-trained models. A trial is not stated. Prices checked on 2026-09-29.
Inference.net plans compared
Plans and prices
Plan
Price
Billing
Who it is for
Key limits
API
Pay as you go web
$0
Monthly
Evaluating the platform and first projects
1M gateway requests and 1M tracing spans per month; 14-day data retention; 1 seat; 30 req/min rate limit
Included
Growth web
$250/mo
Monthly
Teams with production workloads
50M gateway requests and 50M tracing spans per month; 250 req/min rate limit; $50 one-time opening credit
Included
Enterprise web
Custom pricing
Unknown
Large deployments
Custom contracts and committed-use pricing
Included
Which Inference.net plan to pick
Which plan to pick
If you
Pick
Why
you are evaluating the platform on a first project
Pay as you go ($0 plus usage)
1 seat, 14-day retention and 30 requests per minute, with monthly included credits.
your team has production workloads and needs more than one seat
Growth, $250/mo
Unlimited seats and retention, 50M requests and spans, 250 requests per minute.
you run large deployments or need custom-trained models
Enterprise (custom)
Dedicated infrastructure, committed-use pricing and a direct support channel.
What is free, what costs extra
Free access and trial
Pay as you go starts at $0 plus usage with included credits
Not stated
Extra costs and taxes
Usage beyond included credits is billed separately
Not stated
Costs that are easy to miss
Usage beyond included credits is billed separately, so costs can grow with traffic.
Pay as you go is limited to 1 seat, so team use requires Growth.
Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales.
Taxes are not stated, and the privacy and docs pages were unavailable, so retention and training terms could not be verified.
Inference.net pricing and usage limits
Prices checked Sep 29, 2026 on the official US pricing page. Official pricing ↗ Prices and limits change often.
The official Inference.net pricing page as we saw it. inference.net, captured Oct 1, 2026
Free access and trial conditions
Pay as you go starts at $0 plus usage with included credits
Usage beyond included credits is billed separately
Not stated
How much Inference.net costs per year
At the listed prices, a single user pays between $3,000 and $3,000 a year on the fixed-price plans, or nothing on the free tier within its limits. Annual billing discounts, taxes and usage-based extras are listed per plan above where the vendor publishes them.
Inference.net FAQ
Is Inference.net free to start?
Yes, Pay as you go is $0 plus usage and includes 1M gateway requests and 1M tracing spans per month. source (opens in a new tab)
What does Growth cost?
$250 per month with 50M gateway requests, unlimited seats and unlimited retention. source (opens in a new tab)