Free API Allotment for Subscribers

CrunchyFritos

This seems potentially related to this post: https://kagifeedback.org/d/1624-free-api-allotment-for-subscribers

Vlad

gausby Mostly because any sort of automated use would probably propel the costs for us to the skies, and we are already on razor thin margins. So this is why we ask users to pay for additional scripted usage via the API.

oscarvarto

Hi! I am an Ultimate Subscriber, and was surprised that I needed to pay additional for calls made to the !code bang outside the Orion Browser, for example, in Emacs, with FLOSS gptel (https://github.com/karthink/gptel)

It certainly makes more costly to use the AI for coding in the Code Editor of choice (pressumably, that's actually what most of us coders would want to do with AI for coding assistance!).

Why is it "free" to use it from the browser (Orion, for example), but it's required for more payments for code assistance?

If a user is already paying for !code assistance, it would be fantastic to get the same help in the code editor of choice!

arcfour

It would be really nice to have a free allowance of ₂-5$ in credits as ultimate user to power some smaller private projects and perform some tests.

martijn

Some sort of API access should be included with Professional and Ultimate. I think the Perplexity people do this the right way: Professional subscribers get a monthly $5 credit for API access. Need more? Buy more.

In Kagi's case, limiting this basic API access to Search will be appealing enough for most users.

goto10

Seconded - I'd hope to get at least some credits at the professional tier. I've been working on a Raycast extension (https://www.raycast.com/fearoffish/kagi-search) and I'd really like to use it more, but paying per search over my "unlimited search" plan is a real disincentive. I understand the fear of abuse, but a quota and a rate limit should do just that.

PeterDaveHello

I really support the idea of adding monthly API credits for paid users. These days, not everyone is searching through a browser all the time. Many of us use different AI assistants or set up automated workflows, and being able to integrate Kagi into those tools would make the service even more valuable.

A fair use approach seems like the perfect solution. It allows users to get more out of their subscription in various ways while still keeping things sustainable and preventing abuse through reasonable limits.

Hope this can be rolled out soon!

Nevon

I'm on the professional plan and was actually very surprised that API access was not included. In my book, whether I call the API from the web browser or phone app or from an integration with my desktop OS shouldn't make a difference.

Of course I understand the worry that a poorly implemented or even malicious integration could eat into the margins, but that sounds preventable with some exponential backoff or even just basic rate limiting.

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