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Frequently asked questions

Billing

How is usage billed?

For Qwen 3.8 27B, each million tokens costs $0.06 for input, $0.015 for cached input, and $1.00 for output, including reasoning tokens. See current prices.

How do I add credit?

Top up in the billing dashboard. The minimum is $5, and custom amounts must be in whole dollars. Payments are processed by Polar.

Can I get a refund for unused credit?

Purchased credit is nonrefundable except where required by law and cannot be transferred between accounts.

Can I create separate API keys for different projects?

Yes. Create named keys in the API keys dashboard to track usage and revoke access separately. All keys share your account balance. Make sure to copy and safely store each key when you create it, since they cannot be viewed again.

Models

Is Mistbeam compatible with the OpenAI API?

Yes. Chat Completions and Responses are supported, including streaming and tool calling. See the integration guide for setup.

How does prompt caching work?

Caching automatically reuses matching text at the start of a prompt, which can speed up requests and reduce input costs. System prompts and long conversation history can benefit from caching. For Qwen 3.8 27B, cached input costs 75% less than uncached input.

What is the context window?

Qwen 3.8 27B supports a max length of 262,144 tokens across your input and generated output. This includes conversation history, system instructions, and tool definitions.

Can I send images?

We are working on adding support for images and videos in the API.

What are the benchmarks?

For Qwen 3.8 27B, you can view the official benchmarks here or on Artificial Analysis if you prefer independent evaluation. Scores may not match exactly.

When will more models be available?

We will work on adding support for Qwen 4 27B shortly after launch, with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and MiMo V2.6 Flash coming later. Follow our updates page or X account for launch dates and pricing.

Privacy and reliability

Do you train on my requests?

No. We do not train models on your API data or retain prompts and responses long term. Account, payment, and usage records are kept to operate the service. See our privacy policy.

How fast is Mistbeam?

The reference speed for Qwen 3.8 27B is 144 output tokens per second once generation starts. Actual speed and the wait before a response begins will depend on prompt length, caching, and demand.

What rate limits apply?

There are no fixed per-account rate limits. Capacity is shared, so requests may queue when the service is busy.

Do you guarantee uptime?

We do not guarantee uninterrupted service. We will publish downtime on our updates page. Contact us if you have a persistent issue.

If we didn't answer your question, feel free to reach out at [email protected].