> Venice.ai
Venice AI provides private, unrestricted access to leading AI models (text, image, audio, video) via an OpenAI-compatible API. It emphasizes zero data retention and hardware-verified privacy (TEE). Features a wide catalog of 300+ models including uncensored versions.
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: No public free-tier information found (researched 2026-08-29).
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | payg | — | Free | Free | Cheapest tracked model rate (OpenRouter-normalized). |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct | Free | Free | 131k |
| Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Free | Free | 131k |
| Meta: Llama 3.1 405B Instruct | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | 131k |
$ Does Venice.ai have a free tier?
Yes — Venice.ai offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on Venice.ai's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does Venice.ai cost per 1M tokens?
The cheapest model we track at Venice.ai is Free per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens. This is normalized from Venice.ai's published pricing — verify with the provider before purchasing, since prices change frequently.
$ Is Venice.ai safe to use?
Uprouter rates Venice.ai as medium risk. Venice focuses on privacy and uncensored models, often using decentralized infrastructure components. While technically sophisticated, its niche focus and the 'Stake for access' model introduce a different risk profile than mainstream cloud providers. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
$ Can I use Venice.ai through Uprouter Connect?
Yes — Venice.ai is Connect-compatible. Add your Venice.ai API key in Uprouter Connect (encrypted at rest) and route requests to it through one OpenAI- and Claude-compatible API, optionally behind failover aliases. Uprouter meters the traffic in compute at the provider's listed rate.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
price_history
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live_status
current: unknownNo probes recorded yet.
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risk_&_confidence
Venice focuses on privacy and uncensored models, often using decentralized infrastructure components. While technically sophisticated, its niche focus and the 'Stake for access' model introduce a different risk profile than mainstream cloud providers.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
curl https://uprouter.online/api/connect/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer upr_live_YOUR_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{
"model": "meta-llama/llama-3.1-405b-instruct",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello via Venice.ai" }]
}'Metered in Uprouter compute — the usage log shows which upstream served each request and its exact cost.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, Connect compatibility, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.