# Fast Request Pricing Transparency **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback\ **Created:** [January 17, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161 "2025-01-17T03:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andresreibel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/andresreibel/32/4864_2.png) [@andresreibel](https://forum.cursor.com/u/andresreibel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/1 "2025-01-17T03:19:08Z")
Cursor Team, Given the discussions around issues with slow requests, can you create 100% transparency around pricing for fast requests. What would really hep is a quick calculator (or at least a look up table) in this style: [OpenAI API Pricing Calculator | gptforwork.com](https://gptforwork.com/tools/openai-chatgpt-api-pricing-calculator) As I understand, there are 3 ways to pay for (500) additional large context Claude Sonnet 3.5 requests: 1. [Settings | Cursor - The AI Code Editor](https://www.cursor.com/settings) → add fast requests at $20/500 requests 2. [Settings | Cursor - The AI Code Editor](https://www.cursor.com/settings) → enable usage-based pricing at $100/500 requests ($0.2 per request) 3. Anthropic API Key (in IDE settings) → your colleagues estimate in previous post $15.00/500 requests Can you please clarify if my pricing is correct? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/2 "2025-01-17T13:29:41Z")
Hey, you are almost there, but number 2 is much cheaper! For Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the requests are priced the same as normal ($0.04/request), billed each month. If you use 500 requests, that works out to the same $20 price as normal. While the API Key may be cheaper directly, usage-billing with us means you don’t have to manage API keys, have billing set up with Anthropic, and help support the development of Cursor too! ---
**Author:** ![andresreibel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/andresreibel/32/4864_2.png) [@andresreibel](https://forum.cursor.com/u/andresreibel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/3 "2025-01-17T15:16:33Z")
Hello, So be be clear, when using user-based pricing, you charge a margin on top of what I would pay using the Anthropic API Key directly? What is the margin you charge on top if that is correct? Thanks, Andres ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/4 "2025-01-18T23:29:30Z")
I believe the rough average for a request direct to Anthropic would be ~$0.03, although this could fluctuate. For usage-requests direct to us, we charge a flat rate of $0.04 per request. ---
**Author:** ![idham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58956e/32.png) [@idham](https://forum.cursor.com/u/idham)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/5 "2025-01-19T12:28:34Z")
What does it mean that usage-based pricing is billed for every 500 requests (as mentioned on your help page)? Does it mean there is a minimum of $20 each month for usage, or will billing occur once it hits 500 requests? Does usage-based pricing also apply to GPT-4o? Thank You ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/6 "2025-01-20T22:20:19Z")
Hey! Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o and GPT-4 are all priced at $0.04/request. By default, you are charged for your usage pricing at the end of the month. However, if you hit $20 in usage, we will bill that immediately! But you can definitely spend less than $20 in usage pricing. ---
**Author:** ![short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@short](https://forum.cursor.com/u/short)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/7 "2025-02-03T18:18:51Z")
Hey Dan. Could we please get this info in a official format in the Usage section of account settings: [Settings | Cursor - The AI Code Editor](https://www.cursor.com/settings)? With all of the new models being added, I have no idea what’s counted as premium or not and it appears the log of each use is now gone. This is not transparent at all. I saw in another thread that you mentioned deepseek-v3 is not premium, i.e. always fast with no limits – that’s something your customers would highly benefit from knowing. ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/8 "2025-02-04T11:54:13Z")
Hey, you can find the pricing details on this page: > **[Advanced / Models – Cursor](https://docs.cursor.com/advanced/models#available-models)** > > Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI. ---
**Author:** ![short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@short](https://forum.cursor.com/u/short)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/9 "2025-02-04T22:07:34Z")
Killer, thanks. I’ve been using Cursor for quite awhile and had no idea this was here. Would still suggest updating the out of date information in [Settings | Cursor - The AI Code Editor](http://cursor.com/settings) and linking to this documentation. There’s also conflicting information. Is gpt-4o-mini free or premium with pro plan? Needs some work. ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/10 "2025-02-05T03:43:04Z")
It’s free, sorry for the confusion! We are hoping to improve our documentation very soon, so appreciate the notion on this! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/fast-request-pricing-transparency/42161/11 "2026-06-18T10:26:46Z")