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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
PlanPriceBillingWho it is forKey limitsAPI
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 youPickWhy
you are evaluating the platform on a first projectPay 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 seatGrowth, $250/moUnlimited seats and retention, 50M requests and spans, 250 requests per minute.
you run large deployments or need custom-trained modelsEnterprise (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.

Inference.net pricing page with plans and prices — screenshot of the coding AI tool, Oct 1, 2026
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

Not stated

Paid plans: what changes as you upgrade

Pay as you go web

$0 source (opens in a new tab)

Month

For: Evaluating the platform and first projects

Limits

  • 1M gateway requests and 1M tracing spans per month
  • 14-day data retention
1 more
  • 1 seat; 30 req/min rate limit

Includes

  • Monthly credits for fine-tuning, evals, gateway routing and observability

API included

Growth web

$250/mo source (opens in a new tab)

Month

For: Teams with production workloads

Limits

  • 50M gateway requests and 50M tracing spans per month
  • 250 req/min rate limit
1 more
  • $50 one-time opening credit

Includes

  • Unlimited seats
  • Unlimited data retention

API included

Enterprise web

Custom pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Unknown

For: Large deployments

Limits

  • Custom contracts and committed-use pricing

Includes

  • Dedicated infrastructure
  • Direct support channel
1 more
  • Custom-trained models

API included

Usage caps, credits and extra costs

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)

How long are traces kept?

14 days on the free plan and unlimited on Growth. source (opens in a new tab)

Is Inference.net free?

Pay as you go starts at $0 plus usage and includes monthly credits. It is limited to 1 seat and 14-day retention.

How much is Inference.net Growth?

$250 per month, with a $50 one-time opening credit.

What are the rate limits?

30 requests per minute on Pay as you go and 250 requests per minute on Growth.

Is there a free trial?

Not stated in our verified data.

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