specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Contextual AI
providerId: contextual-ai
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- AI
- RAG
- LLM
- Grounded Language Model
- Enterprise
- Plans
description: >-
  Contextual AI offers an on-demand, pay-as-you-go tier for the standalone
  Component APIs (Parse, Rerank, Generate, LMUnit) with published usage-based
  rates, plus an Enterprise tier with custom, sales-led pricing for the full
  RAG agent platform, dedicated deployments, security, and support. The
  end-to-end agent platform (agents, datastores, query) is sales-led; per-call
  pricing is public only for the standalone component APIs. New accounts
  receive $25 in free credits.
notes: >-
  Component API rates captured from the public pricing page on 2026-06-20:
  Parse - Basic (text-only) $3 / 1,000 pages, Standard (multimodal) $40 /
  1,000 pages; Rerank - rerank-v2 $0.05 / 1M tokens, rerank-v2-mini $0.02 /
  1M tokens; Generate - input $3 / 1M tokens, output $15 / 1M tokens;
  LMUnit - input $3 / 1M tokens. Full RAG agent platform pricing is
  enterprise/contract and not publicly reconciled. Verify current rates on
  the pricing page during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://contextual.ai/platform/pricing/
- https://contextual.ai/platform/component-apis/
- https://docs.contextual.ai
plans:
- id: contextual-ai-on-demand
  name: On-Demand (Pay-as-you-go)
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Usage-metered access to the standalone Component APIs with published
    per-page and per-token rates and no monthly minimum. Includes $25 in
    free credits for new accounts.
  entries:
  - label: Parse - Basic (text only)
    name: parse_basic
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: $3 per 1,000 pages
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Parse - Standard (multimodal)
    name: parse_standard
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: $40 per 1,000 pages
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Rerank v2
    name: rerank_v2
    type: usage
    metric: tokens
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000000
    price: $0.05 per 1M tokens
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Rerank v2 Mini
    name: rerank_v2_mini
    type: usage
    metric: tokens
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000000
    price: $0.02 per 1M tokens
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Generate (GLM)
    name: generate
    type: usage
    metric: tokens
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000000
    price: $3 input / $15 output per 1M tokens
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: LMUnit
    name: lmunit
    type: usage
    metric: tokens
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000000
    price: $3 per 1M input tokens
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Free Credits
    name: free_credits
    type: free
    metric: credits
    limit: 25
    timeFrame: lifetime
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $25 in free credits for new accounts
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Parse
  - name: Rerank
  - name: Generate
  - name: LMUnit
- id: contextual-ai-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Custom, sales-led pricing for the full enterprise RAG agent platform -
    agents, datastores, query, fine-tuning, dedicated deployment, security,
    and support with negotiated terms. Contact Contextual AI sales.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: RAG Agents
  - name: Datastores
  - name: Agent Query
  - name: Dedicated Deployment
  - name: Custom Volume Pricing
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com