Pricing model
5% upfront fee, no markup, first $10 fee-free.
HiWay's pricing is intentionally simple. There is no subscription, no per-seat cost, no minimum monthly spend. You pay for what you route, and HiWay takes a flat 5% platform fee on credit purchases.
How a credit purchase works
- You pick an amount between $10 (minimum) and $1,000 (maximum per single top-up).
- HiWay applies a 5% platform fee on top of the credits portion that exceeds your $10 fee-free welcome allowance.
- Stripe charges your card for the total. The credits land on your HiWay balance immediately.
- Each request you send is debited from the balance at the exact price the LLM provider charges. No markup, no rounding, no surprise.
The fee-free welcome
The first $10 of cumulative credits per user are fee-free. So if you buy $10 on your very first top-up, you pay $10 and get $10 of credits. The next dollars carry the 5% fee normally. The discount is one-shot per account — once you've used your $10 fee-free, every future purchase pays the standard 5%.
Three sample purchases
| Purchase | Fee-free portion | Fee-bearing portion | Total charged | Credits added |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First $10 | $10 | $0 | $10.00 | $10 |
| First $50 | $10 | $40 | $52.00 | $50 |
| After fee-free, $100 | $0 | $100 | $105.00 | $100 |
What never changes
- Credits never expire.
- No markup on actual provider tokens — you pay exactly what the LLM provider charges per token.
- No subscription, no minimum monthly fee.
- Refundable only after a 24h+ outage on our side (standard SaaS terms).
- Top-ups above $1,000 → contact sales for a custom invoice.