LegalLast updated 2026-05-10

Pricing disclosure.

The prices on /models and /pricing are the prices you pay. This page explains how we get to those numbers, what they include, and how plan overages bill.

The math

We are not a token reseller.

Synapse Garden is a developer-experience product built on top of a shared API. The list price you see for any model is calculated like this:

customer_price = provider_list_price × (1 + 10/100)
# provider_list_price is the rate the upstream provider publishes for that model
# the 10% covers per-project keys, governance, metering, dashboards, support, and infra

You don’t need to do this math anywhere — the catalog page shows the marked-up number directly. We only document it here for full transparency.

What the price includes
  • Per-project API keysIssue, hash, rotate, revoke — without redeploys.
  • Atomic spend capsHard caps per project return 402 once exceeded.
  • Audit logEvery dashboard action, 90 days hot.
  • Usage dashboardsDaily roll-ups within 5 minutes.
  • Single SDK callOpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible base URL.
  • Model allowlistsPer-project restrict which models you call.
  • Failover routingProvider hiccups don’t take you down.
  • SupportEmail response same business day during beta.
How overage works

Each plan ships with a chunk of included tokens. When you cross that threshold, additional usage bills at the same list rate as the catalog. There is no penalty rate, no “burst” multiplier, no surge.

80% of planWe email you a heads-up.
100% of planWe email you and show a banner.
Hard cap reachedWe return HTTP 402 to your client.
End of periodSingle invoice consolidates plan + overage.
What the price does not include

We don’t bill you for cache reads (provider-side prompt caching is honored), retried requests during a provider failover, or the first response when the upstream returns a 5xx. If you spot a discrepancy, email billing@synapse.garden and we’ll reconcile.

Questions

Pricing and billing questions → billing@synapse.garden. Subprocessor list → /legal/subprocessors.