What is Avian?
Fast inference through one OpenAI-compatible API key.
Who is Avian best for?
Avian is best for developers who want fast, low-cost open models through the OpenAI SDK.
Coding agents and editors
It works as the model backend for Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Kilo Code and more than 20 other coding tools.
Switching off the OpenAI API
The API follows the OpenAI Chat Completions format, so moving an app over means changing the base URL and key.
Uneven or bursty workloads
Prepaid credits never expire and there is no monthly fee or rate limit, so quiet months cost nothing.
Privacy-sensitive apps
Avian says it keeps no prompts or completions after processing and runs on SOC 2 infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
How much does Avian cost?
Avian has no subscription or free tier: you prepay credits and pay per token, from $0.0805 per million input tokens on DeepSeek V4 Flash to $1.305 on DeepSeek V4 Pro.
- Cached input $0.0165 per million tokens
- 1M-token context, 384K max output
- Cached input $0.225 per million tokens
- 262K-token context and max output
- Cached input $0.0198 per million tokens
- 1M-token context, 384K max output
- Cached input $0.186 per million tokens
- 202K-token context and max output
Avian lists 13 models in all, from MiMo-V2.6 Flash at $0.2 / $0.4 to DeepSeek V4 Pro at $1.305 / $2.61 and Kimi K2.6 at $0.95 / $4 per million input / output tokens. You pay from a prepaid balance with no monthly fee or minimum spend; the page offers top-ups of $50, $100, $150 and $250, credits never expire and there are no rate limits while you have credit. Dedicated H200 or H100 deployments are priced by sales. Full pricing on avian.io. We checked these prices on .
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Questions about Avian
What is Avian?
Fast inference through one OpenAI-compatible API key.
Who is Avian for?
Avian is best for developers who want fast, low-cost open models through the OpenAI SDK.
Is Avian free?
No. Signing up for Avian is free, but its site mentions no free credits or trial, and API calls fail once your balance is empty. You add prepaid credit and pay per token, from $0.0805 per million input tokens on DeepSeek V4 Flash.
How much does Avian cost?
Avian's paid plans are DeepSeek V4 Flash at $0.0805 / $0.161 per million input / output tokens, Kimi K2.5 at $0.45 / $2.2 per million input / output tokens, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 at $0.594 / $1.782 per million input / output tokens and GLM-5.1 at $0.743 / $2.971 per million input / output tokens.
What are the best Avian alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Together AI, Featherless and Inworld Realtime Inference.
Where can I try Avian?
On its official website, avian.io.
Do Avian credits expire?
No. Avian credits never expire, and there is no subscription or monthly fee, so you pay only for the tokens you use. The pricing page offers top-ups of $50, $100, $150 and $250, and you can keep calling the API with no rate limit while you have credit.
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