PayPerQ offers a unified, pay‑per‑query platform that aggregates hundreds of generative AI models for chat, image, video, and audio generation behind an OpenAI‑compatible API. Users can start instantly without registration, fund their account with as little as $0.10 via cryptocurrency, and are billed only for the tokens processed, while conversations are stored locally for privacy. The service includes tools like AutoClaw for automatic model routing and PPQ Whisper for real‑time, low‑cost dictation across applications.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Users of generative AI often face subscription fees, mandatory account creation, and limited model choice, which can lead to unnecessary costs and privacy concerns. Accessing multiple providers’ models typically requires separate integrations, making development and experimentation cumbersome.
Solution
PayPerQ provides a unified, pay‑per‑query platform that aggregates hundreds of chat, image, video, and audio models from major providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, etc.) behind an OpenAI‑compatible API. Users can start instantly without registration, fund their account with as little as ten cents via crypto, and are billed only for the tokens actually processed—averaging about one cent per query. The service includes privacy‑first features such as local storage of conversation history, optional anonymous usage, and optional Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) models that encrypt prompts end‑to‑end and run inside secure hardware enclaves. Additional tools like AutoClaw automatically route each prompt to the most cost‑effective model tier, while PPQ Whisper offers low‑cost, real‑time dictation across applications. All capabilities are accessible through a web UI, a desktop app, or direct API integration.
Target Audience
Primary customers are developers, AI product teams, and individual power users who need flexible, low‑cost access to a wide range of generative models without subscription commitments or extensive integration work.
Features
- OpenAI‑compatible REST API and web UI for chat, image, video, and audio generation
- Pay‑per‑use pricing with no subscription; balances can be topped up in increments as low as $0.10
- Anonymous access via cryptocurrency payments; no mandatory account or email required
- Privacy‑first design: conversations stored locally by default; optional TEE models encrypt data in transit and process it inside NVIDIA confidential‑computing enclaves
- AutoClaw router evaluates prompts across 15 dimensions and selects the optimal model tier (simple, medium, complex, reasoning) in sub‑millisecond latency
- PPQ Whisper desktop app provides real‑time speech‑to‑text dictation in any application, with post‑processing by LLMs for clean output
- Seamless integration with third‑party tools (Claude Code, VS Code, OpenClaw, etc.) via API key and environment variable configuration
- Support for hundreds of models, including custom non‑Anthropic models, selectable through environment variables or the AutoClaw “autorouter” feature