AI21 by AI21
API access to foundation models for text generation and chat tasks.
Price
Free plan
list price
Free tier
Yes
$10 credits for 7 days
SDK downloads
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no official SDK package
Status
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no public status page
Pricing
| Free tier | $10 credits for 7 days |
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| Cheapest paid plan | — |
| Usage price | $0.2 per 1M input tokens, $0.4 per 1M output tokens (Jamba Mini); $2 per 1M input tokens, $8 per 1M output tokens (Jamba Large) |
| Good to know | Added automatically: integrations in LangChain, LlamaIndex. Prices read from the official pricing page. |
From the official pricing page, checked Oct 9, 2026. Prices change: confirm before you buy.
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