ek-dev- API key and never consumes credits — it’s fully independent of any other Electron Hub plan.
Tiers
Included Models
All models support function calling and reasoning, on
/v1/chat/completions, /v1/messages, and /v1/responses.
:dev models accept only ek-dev- keys, and DevPass keys can call only :dev models. Keep your master key configured if you need the rest of the catalog.Quickstart
- Subscribe on the Dashboard → Console → Coding Plan.
- Your
ek-dev-...key is provisioned within seconds and always retrievable from the Coding Plan tab (regenerating it instantly kills the old key everywhere). - Use it as a Bearer token:
Fair Use
Plans are for individual coding: one human working interactively in the tools they already use. Flat monthly price, generous rolling headroom, and a key that is yours alone — every machine you own, never shared. Instead of cutting you off, elevated usage is slowed or reordered so interactive subscribers stay responsive when the platform is busy. Live status is always on the dashboard’s Coding Plan tab.Parallel requests
Parallel requests
Each plan allows a set number of requests running at the same time (2 on Lite, 5 on Turbo) — there is no requests-per-minute limit. If all your slots are busy, you get a
429 with a Retry-After header; wait for one to finish and retry. Coding agents handle this automatically.Daily soft headroom
Daily soft headroom
Each plan includes a generous daily usage allowance that resets at 21:00 UTC. Going past it never blocks you — requests continue with reduced concurrency and added latency until the reset. Your dashboard shows how close you are to full-speed headroom.
Weekly headroom
Weekly headroom
A rolling weekly token cap sits above the daily soft limit. Past it, the same absolute slow lane applies (lower concurrency + latency) — not a hard stop. This keeps sustained 24/7 grinders from crowding out interactive work across the week.
Sudden spikes
Sudden spikes
Firing a very large number of request starts within a few seconds may get a brief
429. Normal coding-agent workloads fit comfortably.Temporary pause after concurrency hammering
Temporary pause after concurrency hammering
Repeatedly hitting the parallel-slot limit (hundreds of concurrency
429s in a usage day) can temporarily pause admission for a few hours. While paused, requests return 403. Your key stays valid; service resumes automatically at the time shown on the dashboard. Regenerating the key clears an automatic concurrency pause.Low-interactivity mode
Plans are sized for a person coding, even intensively, all day. On rare occasions when an account shows an unusual usage pattern far beyond typical interactive work, the plan enters low-interactivity mode for about 24 hours:- Under light load, behavior is unchanged.
- When the platform is busy, requests may be queued behind interactive sessions and may occasionally need a retry.
- Nothing is blocked. Your plan, models, and answer quality stay the same.
- Interactive mode resumes automatically at the time shown on the Coding Plan tab — no action is required.
Fair use, in one paragraph
Plans are individual, for a human coding interactively. Your key can run on every machine you own, and usage simply adds up across them. What it cannot do is serve other people or power shared/unattended workloads: no sharing with teammates, no pooling behind a proxy, no reselling, no deployed apps or backends riding a plan key. That is what makes the flat price work. Accounts with clearly non-individual usage patterns may lose access. If you are not sure which side of the line your setup is on, ask us on Discord — the answer is usually that you are fine.Errors
Terms
- Monthly billing via Creem, auto-renewing, non-refundable. Cancel any time — your key stays active until the period ends.
- Individual use only. Sharing or reselling a key leads to suspension; chargebacks are treated as account-level violations.
- Home, work, laptop, CI, VPNs — all fine. Enforcement targets resale patterns, not normal developer life.
FAQ
Can I upgrade Lite → Turbo?
Can I upgrade Lite → Turbo?
Yes — change plans in the Creem billing portal. Your existing key picks up Turbo limits automatically.
What happens when my subscription ends?
What happens when my subscription ends?
Your
ek-dev- key is deactivated. Resubscribe any time to restore it.