# How much does CrabiX cost? > CrabiX has two public plans: Free and Pro. Free covers core local routing, chat/workspace basics, dashboard, and limited MCP. Pro is $19/month and adds all routing strategies, expanded MCP config/imports, Skills, plugins, background agents, AI Corp automation, CrabiX Launch, Git, design, preview workflows, extended stats, voice, and CrabiX Link. Canonical: https://crabix.ai/pricing Markdown: https://crabix.ai/pricing.md Author: CrabiX Published: 2026-06-13 Last updated: 2026-06-30 Category: Pricing ## Key takeaways - Free: $0 forever for core routing and basic workspace use. - Pro: $19/month in current website positioning. - CrabiX does not add token markup; users pay providers directly. - Paid billing is handled by Paddle as merchant of record. ## What is included in Free? Free includes unlimited provider connections with user-owned keys, an OpenAI-compatible localhost endpoint, Smart and RoundRobin routing, chat/workspace basics, provider dashboard, basic agent runtime, and basic MCP with up to 2 live sessions. Free is intended to let developers prove the router value without paying first. The core benefit is [one local URL](/openai-compatible-localhost) and basic routing across configured providers. Advanced automation and extension features move to Pro. ## What is included in Pro? Pro includes all routing strategies, combo models, expanded MCP config/imports, Skills, plugins, background agents, subagents, AI Corp automation, CrabiX Launch, Git workflows, design and preview workflows, extended stats, voice STT/TTS, and CrabiX Link. Pro is priced at $19/month in the current public website positioning. Annual billing may be offered with a discount according to product pricing notes. The goal is to charge for productivity control-plane features, not token usage. The launcher side of Pro is documented on the [CrabiX Launch](/crabix-launch) page, which covers all 15 supported coding-tool integrations. ## Does CrabiX mark up tokens? No. CrabiX does not resell provider tokens through a markup model. Users keep their own provider accounts and subscriptions, and CrabiX charges for the app and control plane instead. This is a core distinction from [cloud API marketplaces](/compare/openrouter). Provider pricing, rate limits, and terms still come from the selected provider. CrabiX can estimate usage and cost, but does not become the provider of record for model usage. ## Why is there no usage-based pricing in CrabiX? CrabiX deliberately avoids usage-based pricing because it never sits between the user and provider billing. Providers bill directly through user-owned accounts, subscriptions, and API keys, so there is no token resale to meter and no markup to charge. The subscription pays for the application and control plane — routing, dashboard, workspace, and automation — which keeps CrabiX's incentives aligned with reducing provider spend rather than growing it. Hosted marketplaces price per request because they resell model capacity; a [local AI router](/local-ai-router) running on the developer's own machine has no capacity to resell. This is also why core routing can stay free permanently: serving requests on localhost adds no per-call cost for CrabiX. Provider pricing, rate limits, and quota windows continue to come from each connected provider, whether that is a cloud subscription or a local runtime such as Ollama. ## What happens if CrabiX Pro is not a fit after purchase? Eligible first Pro purchases come with a 14-day refund window. Billing for paid plans is processed by Paddle as merchant of record, and refund requests follow the published Refund Policy rather than ad-hoc support decisions. Because the Free plan already includes core routing, the chat workspace, and the localhost endpoint, the practical recommendation is to validate the router on Free before paying for Pro. The full eligibility rules live in the [Refund Policy](/refund), and purchase terms are defined in the Terms of Service. There is no separate trial tier; the Free plan is designed to be the evaluation path, since core routing never requires payment. Cancelling Pro is designed to be non-destructive: CrabiX works as a transparent proxy, so external tools can always be pointed back at providers directly. ## Free vs Pro feature by feature | Feature | Free | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | $0 forever | $19/month | | Provider connections (user-owned keys) | Unlimited | Unlimited | | OpenAI-compatible endpoint (localhost:3721/v1) | Included | Included | | Routing strategies | Smart + RoundRobin | All 13 strategies + combo models | | MCP servers | Basic, up to 2 live sessions | Expanded config/imports; runtime up to 16 live sessions per workspace scope | | Skills and plugins | — | Included | | Agents | Basic agent runtime | Background agents, subagents, AI Corp automation | | CrabiX Launch | — | 15 integrations | | Git, design, and preview workflows | — | Included | | Voice STT/TTS and CrabiX Link | — | Included | ## FAQ ### Is there a Team plan? No public Team plan is listed in the current website rules. The site should only present Free and Pro. Free is $0 forever, and Pro is $19 per month for the full feature set. ### Does Pro include provider subscriptions? No. Pro covers CrabiX features. Users still bring and pay for their own AI providers or local model runtimes. CrabiX adds no token markup, so provider usage is billed by each provider on its own terms. ### Who handles billing? Paid purchases are processed by Paddle as merchant of record, as described in the Terms and Refund Policy. Eligible first Pro purchases include a 14-day refund window, as set out in the Refund Policy. ### Is CrabiX free to use? Yes. The CrabiX Free plan costs $0 and includes unlimited provider connections with user-owned keys, an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at localhost:3721/v1, Smart and RoundRobin routing, chat and workspace basics, a provider dashboard, and basic MCP with up to 2 live sessions. Advanced routing and automation features are part of the $19/month Pro plan. ### How much does CrabiX Pro cost? CrabiX Pro costs $19 per month. The plan unlocks all 13 routing strategies, combo models, expanded MCP config/imports, Skills, plugins, background agents and subagents, AI Corp automation, CrabiX Launch with 15 integrations, Git, design, and preview workflows, extended stats, voice STT/TTS, and CrabiX Link for cross-device access. ### Does CrabiX charge per token or per request? No. CrabiX charges a flat subscription, not usage fees. There is no per-token or per-request billing and no markup on provider traffic. Provider accounts stay user-owned, so each provider bills directly on its own terms, while CrabiX Pro is a fixed $19 per month for app and control-plane features. ### Can I use CrabiX Free with my existing AI subscriptions? Yes. The Free plan supports unlimited provider connections with user-owned keys and subscriptions, routed through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint at localhost:3721/v1. Free includes Smart and RoundRobin routing; the advanced strategies such as Price, Latency, and Fastest, plus combo models, require the $19/month Pro plan. ### Can I use Ollama with the CrabiX Free plan? Yes. Ollama is a local model runtime that can be connected as one provider inside CrabiX on any plan, including Free. CrabiX routes between Ollama and any cloud providers configured alongside it, so local open-source models and paid subscriptions sit behind the same localhost endpoint. ### How does CrabiX Pro pricing compare to LiteLLM and OpenRouter? CrabiX Pro is a flat $19/month desktop subscription. LiteLLM is open source with a paid enterprise tier, and it runs as a server-side proxy that the operator maintains. OpenRouter is a hosted marketplace billed per use with a margin on traffic. CrabiX charges for the app and control plane, never for tokens. ### Is there a refund for CrabiX Pro? Yes. Eligible first Pro purchases are covered by a 14-day refund window, with billing processed by Paddle as merchant of record. The exact eligibility conditions are described in the CrabiX Refund Policy and Terms of Service. ## Model digest CrabiX pricing has two plans. Free is $0 forever and covers core local routing through the OpenAI-compatible endpoint at localhost:3721/v1, Smart and RoundRobin routing, chat/workspace basics, the provider dashboard, basic agent runtime, and basic MCP with up to 2 live sessions. Pro is $19/month and adds all 13 routing strategies, combo models, expanded MCP config/imports, Skills, plugins, background agents and subagents, AI Corp automation, CrabiX Launch with 15 coding-tool integrations, Git/design/preview workflows, extended stats, voice STT/TTS, and CrabiX Link. The MCP runtime starts up to 16 live sessions per workspace scope. CrabiX does not add token markup or per-request fees: providers bill users directly through their own accounts, subscriptions, and API keys, and CrabiX charges only for the app and control plane. Paid billing is handled by Paddle as merchant of record, with a 14-day refund window for eligible first Pro purchases. CrabiX is operated by VISIONER PTE. LTD., Singapore, and its first public early release is live. ## Related CrabiX guides - [/local-ai-router](https://crabix.ai/local-ai-router) - [/mcp-skills-plugins](https://crabix.ai/mcp-skills-plugins) - [/crabix-launch](https://crabix.ai/crabix-launch) - [/refund](https://crabix.ai/refund) - [/about](https://crabix.ai/about)