Radient Pass

A prepaid balance for every provider

One key, one balance, and credits that are 1:1 with USD. Load it, spend it across every model and tool, and read exactly what each request cost.

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What Radient Pass is

Radient Pass is a prepaid USD balance attached to one API key. You add funds, then use any model or tool Radient carries. Radient pays the provider and deducts the same amount from your balance, 1 credit to 1 USD. There is no subscription or monthly minimum on pay-as-you-go.

The key is a standard bearer token against https://api.radienthq.com/v1. Any client that speaks the OpenAI schema can use it, so the Pass works in the tools you already run.

Rate: 1 credit = 1 USD, deducted at provider cost
Minimum top-up: $5.00
Fees: $0.30 plus a 10% service fee per top-upSee the fee breakdown
Expiry: Credits never expire
Commitment: No subscription or monthly commitment on pay-as-you-go.
Refunds: Credits are non-refundable. Billing errors are corrected.Refund policy

How Radient Pass works

Five steps, and you only repeat the last two.

Create an account
Sign in with Google or Microsoft. Eligible new accounts can claim free credit, when available, after following an email verification link and completing a security check. No card needed. These checks are for the credit claim, not account access.
Free credit to claim
Open console (opens in a new tab)
Generate a key
Create an Application in the console and copy its key. That key is your Pass. Store it the way you store any provider secret.
Open Applications (opens in a new tab)
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Point your client at Radient
Set base_url to https://api.radienthq.com/v1, api_key to your Pass key, and model to auto. Cursor, Cline, Aider, Local Operator, the OpenAI SDK and LangChain all take these three settings.
client settings
base_url = https://api.radienthq.com/v1api_key = your Radient Pass keymodel = auto
Read the docs (opens in a new tab)
Spend, and read the record
Every request is priced at what the provider charged and listed in the console with the model identifier that served it.
Usage record
Model
provider/model
Deducted
provider cost, 1:1
Top up when you want to
Minimum $5.00 by card through Stripe. Credits never expire, so nothing lapses if you stop. Each top-up adds $0.30 plus a 10% service fee. Credits themselves are 1:1 with USD.
First top-up bonus
See the fee breakdown

Radient Automatic

Set model to auto and Radient picks a model per request: a current default model serves most calls, and requests carrying video, audio or a file are routed to a model that accepts every modality. Name a model identifier any time you want to override it.

Why it saves money: Most steps in an agent run are formatting, extraction and tool calls. Those do not need a frontier model, and Automatic stops paying for one.
How it decides: A current default model serves most calls. Requests carrying video, audio or a file are routed to a model that accepts every modality.
Keeping control: Pass a model identifier instead of auto and Radient uses exactly that model.

Routing docs

Fig 01, per request routing

Where the Pass works

Radient exposes the OpenAI schema, so integration is three settings and no new SDK.

curl https://api.radienthq.com/v1/chat/completions \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RADIENT_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{"model": "auto", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "ping"}]}'

base_url: https://api.radienthq.com/v1
api_key: your Radient Pass key
model: auto

Endpoints on the key

/chat/completions
/completions
/embeddings
/decisions
/tools/search
/tools/speech
/tools/transcriptions
/tools/media/generate

Clients people run it in

Cursor, Cline, Aider and Local Operator, plus anything built on the OpenAI SDK or LangChain.

Cline

API Provider: OpenAI Compatible
Base URL: https://api.radienthq.com/v1
API Key: your Radient Pass key
Model ID: auto

Cursor

Open Settings, then Models.
Turn off every entry under Model Names and add auto
Under OpenAI API Key, enter your Radient Pass key.
Turn on Override OpenAI Base URL and set it to https://api.radienthq.com/v1

Local Operator

Install the app for your operating system.
Choose the Radient Pass setup option on first run.
Sign in with Google or Microsoft.

API reference

What a top-up costs

Two fees, both per top-up, both shown before you pay. The pricing page has the full breakdown.

Service fee: 10% of the credit you buy. Covers international card processing and running the platform.
Transaction fee: $0.30 per top-up. Covers the fixed per charge fee our payment processor bills us.
Usage: 1:1, no markup on requests. A request that costs Radient $0.0042 costs you $0.0042.

Each top-up adds $0.30 plus a 10% service fee. Credits themselves are 1:1 with USD.

Worked example: to receive $20.00 in credit you pay $22.30.

Fees are charged when you add funds, not when you make a request. One larger top-up carries the $0.30 once instead of many times.

Full pricing

Keys, sign in and card data

Keys are encrypted at rest: Provider keys and your Pass key are stored encrypted, and encrypted in transit.
No password to steal: Sign in is delegated to Google or Microsoft. Radient never stores a password.
Cards go to Stripe: Stripe processes payments. Card numbers never reach Radient servers.

Radient Pass against the alternatives

Where Radient wins, and where it does not.

Radient Pass compared with direct provider accounts and with running your own gateway
	Radient Pass	Direct provider accounts	Your own gateway
Keys to manage	One	One per provider	One per provider, plus yours
Bills to reconcile	One prepaid balance	One per provider	One per provider
Cost per request	Provider cost, 1:1	Provider cost	Provider cost
Overhead	10% plus $0.30 per top-up	None	Your engineering time
Per step model choice	Built in, model auto	You write it	You write it
Commitment	None, credits never expire	Varies, some tiers are monthly	None
Agent tools on the same key	Search, image, video, audio	Separate vendors	Separate vendors

Keys to manage

Radient Pass: One
Direct provider accounts: One per provider
Your own gateway: One per provider, plus yours

Bills to reconcile

Radient Pass: One prepaid balance
Direct provider accounts: One per provider
Your own gateway: One per provider

Cost per request

Radient Pass: Provider cost, 1:1
Direct provider accounts: Provider cost
Your own gateway: Provider cost

Overhead

Radient Pass: 10% plus $0.30 per top-up
Direct provider accounts: None
Your own gateway: Your engineering time

Per step model choice

Radient Pass: Built in, model auto
Direct provider accounts: You write it
Your own gateway: You write it

Commitment

Radient Pass: None, credits never expire
Direct provider accounts: Varies, some tiers are monthly
Your own gateway: None

Agent tools on the same key

Radient Pass: Search, image, video, audio
Direct provider accounts: Separate vendors
Your own gateway: Separate vendors

Per unit, the Pass costs more than billing a provider directly. The difference buys one balance, one key, one bill, agent tools behind the same token, and per step routing you did not have to build. If you use one provider only, direct wins outright.

Questions about the Pass

All questions

Start with a Radient account

Eligible new accounts can claim free credit, when available, after email verification and a security check. No card needed. Your account remains accessible without claiming credit.

Free credit to claim

Create an account See pricing

A prepaid balance for every provider

What Radient Pass is

How Radient Pass works

Create an account

Generate a key

Point your client at Radient

Spend, and read the record

Top up when you want to