---
title: "Pricing"
description: "Pricing details for KiloClaw instances and model inference"
---

# Pricing

KiloClaw uses Kilo Gateway credits by default — if you route requests through BYOK, model usage is billed directly by your provider instead.

## Instance Hosting

Each user gets a dedicated machine (2 shared vCPUs, 3 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD). Visit [kilo.ai/pricing](https://kilo.ai/pricing) for current pricing and plans.

## Model Inference

Model usage is charged against your [Gateway credit balance](/docs/gateway/usage-and-billing). Costs vary by model — premium models like Claude Opus or GPT-5.4-pro cost more per token than smaller models.

## Free Models

Several models are available at **no additional cost** to your Gateway balance. These are great for getting started or for tasks that don't need the most powerful models.

To see which models are currently free, check the [Kilo Leaderboard](https://kilo.ai/leaderboard#all-models) — free models are marked accordingly.

## Adding Credits

You can add Gateway credits from your [Kilo account](https://app.kilo.ai). Credits are shared across all Kilo products (VSCode extension, CLI, Cloud Agents, and KiloClaw).

See [Adding Credits](/docs/getting-started/adding-credits) and [Gateway Usage and Billing](/docs/gateway/usage-and-billing) for details.
