How much does NanoGPT cost?
NanoGPT PRO is $12 a month for 60 million input tokens a week on open-weight models. Claude, GPT and Gemini are extra, pay-as-you-go at list price with no markup. Standard Compute, from $19 a month, puts frontier and open models in one budget.
What you pay on NanoGPT
| Item | Price | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| PRO subscription | $12 a month | 60M input tokens a week on included models, 100 images a day, 5% off eligible paid text models |
| Included models | In PRO | 315 open-weight models on October 13; 12 of them, such as GLM 5.2, count input twice |
| Pay-as-you-go | List price, no markup | When NanoGPT picks the provider. Every Claude, GPT and Gemini model is billed this way |
| Pinned provider | +5% | Normally 5%, with route-specific exceptions |
| Your own keys | 5% of the model's normal price | Chat completions only |
| Deposits | No fee | From $1 by card or $0.10 in crypto |
From nano-gpt.com/pricing, llms.txt and the live model list, October 13, 2026.
How far 60 million tokens a week goes
Models that count twice halve the allowance. And on chat completions, NanoGPT's docs say cache markers, "including inline cache_control markers added by clients such as OpenCode", move that request to pay-as-you-go billing.
How the price has changed
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2026 | A weekly cap of 60M input tokens and 10 concurrent requests |
| Mar 1, 2026 | New subscription signups paused |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Some models start counting input twice against the allowance |
| May 12, 2026 | Price goes from $8 to $12 a month |
| Oct 12, 2026 | GLM 5.2 moves to 2x; GLM 5.3 counts 1x |
From NanoGPT's February post, signups post and updates feed. The pricing page showed a Subscribe button on October 13; we found no post saying when signups reopened.
The catch
The allowance counts input tokens, and coding agents are almost all input: each step resends the conversation so far. An allowance sized in input tokens empties far faster in an agent than in a chat window.
Where Standard Compute fits
Standard Compute is a monthly price per API key too, and it optimizes the part NanoGPT leaves at list price: Claude, GPT, Gemini and open models share one dollar budget from $19 a month, and the router saves frontier models for the steps that need them. If your agent does well on open-weight models alone, NanoGPT's $12 is the better deal.
FAQ
When did NanoGPT raise its price?
On May 12, 2026, from $8 to $12 a month. NanoGPT announced it on May 5 and cited more expensive models; the 60 million weekly cap on input tokens dates from February.
Does NanoGPT PRO include Claude or GPT?
No. On October 13, 2026 every Claude, GPT and Gemini model in NanoGPT's live catalog was marked not included; they are pay-as-you-go at list price.
Does NanoGPT charge a markup?
Not on auto-routed text models: they bill at list price with no deposit fee. Pinning a provider normally adds 5%, and your own provider keys cost 5% of the model's normal price.
Do output tokens count against NanoGPT's weekly limit?
NanoGPT's docs say the daily and weekly limits count input tokens. They don't say how cached input counts.
Does NanoGPT have an auto model router?
Yes. auto-model categorizes each prompt and picks the model that performs best in that category by global user preferences, updated daily, and it is included in PRO.