Blave Agent Pricing & Billing

Blave Desktop is free. You pay only for the AI, data and cloud machine you use.

Last updated 2026-10

Blave Agent runs on a prepaid credit wallet, deducted from your balance by usage. Prices are shown in USD; payments are processed in TWD, so balance thresholds and a few fixed amounts below are given in TWD. For Studio's Pro / API subscription plans, see the plans page.

Monthly plan billing starts Mon 10/12 08:00

Cloud servers move to a plan billed every 30 days, at the same price. Until Mon 10/12 08:00 Taipei time, billing works as it does now.

Item	Now (until Mon 10/12 08:00)	From 10/12
How cloud servers are billed	Shown as a monthly price, charged from your balance every hour	Every 30 days, renews automatically. From your balance first, the card if that's short
Price	Linux Starter from 48 USD/mo	No change
When the trial ends	Regular hourly billing	The first period is charged (Linux Starter). You can switch to yearly during the trial; upgrading the tier has to wait until the trial ends; cancel the trial before it ends and nothing is charged
Blave data without a server	0.067 USD/hour, only for hours with calls	Needs a plan. Plan data is for Blave Agent and the desktop app; keys for your own code need the API plan
How to stop	Terminate the server and billing stops	Cancel on the plan page: it runs to the end of the period, no refund. Terminating the server doesn't cancel the plan
Not enough money	Balance below 50: the server stops; at zero it's deleted	A failed charge stops the server first (no server: data pauses); pay within 7 days and it comes back, otherwise the server is deleted or the plan ends
Yearly	Not available	Pay for 10 months, use 365 days
Blave AI, desktop app	AI by token from your balance; the desktop app is free	No change

Don't want the plan? Terminate the server before Mon 10/12 08:00 and it never starts; if you're on the trial, press Cancel Trial before it ends and nothing is charged. From 10/12, cancel on the plan page to stop.

At a Glance

Item	How It's Charged	When You'd Use It
Blave Desktop	Free, open source	Download it and go
Blave Data	With a cloud machine or the API plan: included. Otherwise: 0.067 USD/hr, charged only for hours with calls	When the agent uses Blave's indicators, positioning data or Taiwan stock data
Cloud machine	Shown as a monthly price, deducted hourly from your balance, data included	When you want strategies running around the clock without keeping your computer on
Blave AI	Per token, from your balance	When you pick Blave AI in Blave Desktop. With your own Claude Code or Codex, Blave charges no AI fee

First Card: 14-Day Trial

Adding a card for the first time charges a 10 TWD verification, which goes straight into your balance.
For 14 days: Blave data is free on Blave Desktop and cloud machines, the server fee for one Linux Starter cloud machine is waived, and Blave AI comes with 100 TWD of credit.
Once that credit is used up, usage comes out of your balance. Auto top-up is on by default once a card is added: a balance below 100 TWD triggers a 300 TWD top-up. You can turn it off anytime.
From 10/12: when the trial ends, the first Linux Starter period (1,440 TWD) is charged, from your balance first, then your card; cancel the trial before it ends and nothing is charged. One trial per account and per card.

Blave Data

If you have a cloud machine (stopped ones count) or the API plan, data is included at no extra charge.
Everyone else: 0.067 USD/hr. Charged once for each hour with calls, however many calls you make in that hour; no calls, no charge.
If your balance can't cover the current hour, data calls for that hour are blocked and nothing is charged; they resume as soon as you top up.

Cloud Machine (Data Included)

Put your strategies in the cloud and they keep running around the clock, even with your computer off. Shown as a monthly price but deducted hourly from your balance, with Blave data included. Linux Starter is the default; upgrade if you need more cores.

Tier	Spec	Price
Linux (default)
Starter	2 vCPU · 4 GB	48 USD/mo 0.067 USD/hr
Premium	4 vCPU · 16 GB	144 USD/mo 0.20 USD/hr
Max	8 vCPU · 32 GB	276 USD/mo 0.38 USD/hr
Windows — required by Windows-only broker APIs (e.g. Capital Futures 群益)
Starter	2 vCPU · 8 GB	132 USD/mo 0.18 USD/hr
Premium	4 vCPU · 16 GB	204 USD/mo 0.28 USD/hr
Max	8 vCPU · 32 GB	396 USD/mo 0.55 USD/hr

Monthly prices are based on 30 days (720 hours). A stopped machine is still billed; only terminating it stops the fee. Below a 50 TWD balance the machine stops, and at zero it is deleted, along with the strategies and data on it.

From 10/12:The same monthly price is charged once every 30 days; terminating the server doesn't cancel the plan, so cancel on the plan page to stop.

Blave AI

When you choose Blave AI on Blave Desktop or a cloud machine, usage is deducted from your balance per token; DeepSeek V4 Pro is the default. Your own Claude Code or Codex doesn't go through Blave and isn't charged here.

Model	Input	Cache Write	Cache Read	Output
Claude
Haiku	1.333	1.667	0.133	6.667
Sonnet	2.667	3.333	0.267	13.333
Opus	5.333	6.667	0.267	26.667
Fable	13.333	16.667	0.333	66.667
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4 Flash	0.275	0.275	0.009	0.825
DeepSeek V4 Pro default	0.825	0.825	0.028	2.475

Per 1M tokens, in USD.

Web search is available only on Claude (Anthropic) models — DeepSeek does not bill for it. Each 1000 searches cost 13.333 USD.

DeepSeek Peak Hours DeepSeek rates double during Beijing peak hours (09:00–12:00 and 14:00–18:00, UTC+8).

To switch models, just tell your AI — e.g. "Use Claude Sonnet from now on."

Top-Ups and Balance

Top-up options: 10 / 25 / 50 / 100 USD.
Auto top-up: a balance below 100 TWD triggers a 300 TWD top-up.
With a cloud machine: below 50 TWD it stops, and at zero it is deleted. Without one: only the data calls you can't pay for are blocked, and they resume once you top up.

From 10/12:The balance only pays for Blave AI and plan fees; a low balance no longer stops or deletes the server.

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