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A $10 prepaid OpenAI-compatible Qwen2.5-14B API key (not the cheapest)

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I'm testing a small prepaid OpenAI-compatible API for Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct (AWQ). The wedge is simplicity and early access — not the lowest cost.

What you get

  • A $10 prepaid pack
  • An OpenAI-compatible API key for Qwen2.5-14B
  • A simple way to try the model without committing to a monthly plan
  • Cold starts are possible while capacity spins up

Honest pricing

This is not a bargain $/M offer. Comparable hosted inference is roughly $0.10–$0.20 per million tokens; this offer is $0.70/M input and $1.40/M output.

You are paying for a small, straightforward prepaid experience and early access. If lowest cost is the priority, this is probably not the right fit.

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Who this is for

This is for developers who want to test an OpenAI-compatible integration with Qwen2.5-14B, keep spend capped at $10, and prefer a simple prepaid flow. Feedback on reliability, cold-start behavior, and compatibility is welcome.

This is an early-access experiment; availability and performance may vary.

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