# Inference API cost changed for meta-llama-3.3-70b?
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**Author:**  [@ParthviK](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FParthviK)%5C
**Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 6:10am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Finference-api-cost-changed-for-meta-llama-3-3-70b%2F149074%2F1 "2025-04-06T06:10:42Z")
For the meta-llama-3.3-70b model, I had made about 170 requests on 20th/21st March and it had used up $0.02 of my $2 free limit. For the same model and similar amount of tokens, when I made about 30 requests on 2nd April, it charged me $0.50 instead. The first 170 requests are labelled “paid” and the recent 10 say “Pending” . My subscription started from 20th March so it should be valid until 20th April, right? What is going on? Why did a new period start from the 1st of April?
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**Author:**  [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 9:53am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Finference-api-cost-changed-for-meta-llama-3-3-70b%2F149074%2F2 "2025-04-06T09:53:22Z")
To be honest, I don’t think any of the users understand. I don’t even know how much the staff understand… @julien-c
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**Author:**  [@meganariley](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fmeganariley)%5C
**Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Finference-api-cost-changed-for-meta-llama-3-3-70b%2F149074%2F3 "2025-04-09T21:58:52Z")
In February, Inference billing usage had been a fixed rate while we added pay-as-you-go billing [support](https://huggingface.co/posts/julien-c/158943939527784). Starting in March, usage now takes into account compute time x price of the hardware. We’re really sorry for any confusion!
We have more information about Inference Providers here: [Inference Providers](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/en/index).
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**Author:**  [@ParthviK](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FParthviK)%5C
**Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 7:06am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Finference-api-cost-changed-for-meta-llama-3-3-70b%2F149074%2F4 "2025-04-13T07:06:43Z")
Hey, thanks so much for the response!
Still a question, though - if I paid for the subscription at 20th March, 2025, why was my subscription period until 1st April and not 20th April? Also, if the change was made in March, why was I still billed lower at first - when exactly was this change implemented?
Thank you for your support in advance.