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CheapestInference

Quick Start

1. Create an account

Section titled “1. Create an account”

Sign up at cheapestinference.com/register. You can use email/password, Google, or GitHub.

2. Get access

Section titled “2. Get access”

Subscribe to a pool — Go to Pools, reserve one or more daily 8-hour time blocks (up to full 24/7), and get unlimited usage of every model in your pool: the Frontier Pool (Kimi K2.7, Kimi K2.6, GLM 5.2, MiniMax M3 — from $44.20/mo) or the Core Pool (DeepSeek V4 Flash, MiMo v2.5 — from $5.94/mo). Pay with card or USDC.

3. Create an API key

Section titled “3. Create an API key”

Go to API Keys and click Create Key. Each pool subscription can mint keys — give the key a name and you’re ready to call the API.

4. Make a request

Section titled “4. Make a request”

cURL

Section titled “cURL”
Terminal window
curl https://api.cheapestinference.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "kimi-k2.7",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Python (OpenAI SDK)

Section titled “Python (OpenAI SDK)”
from openai import OpenAI


client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.cheapestinference.com/v1"
)


response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kimi-k2.7",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Node.js (OpenAI SDK)

Section titled “Node.js (OpenAI SDK)”
import OpenAI from "openai";


const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  baseURL: "https://api.cheapestinference.com/v1",
});


const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "kimi-k2.7",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Python (Anthropic SDK)

Section titled “Python (Anthropic SDK)”
from anthropic import Anthropic


client = Anthropic(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.cheapestinference.com/anthropic"
)


message = client.messages.create(
    model="kimi-k2.7",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(message.content[0].text)

What’s next

Section titled “What’s next”