diff --git a/provider-pricing/regolo.md b/provider-pricing/regolo.md index 1cff49c..1838405 100644 --- a/provider-pricing/regolo.md +++ b/provider-pricing/regolo.md @@ -62,3 +62,38 @@ should be fixed in the same pass (x 1.16 -> $0.0000000174 per pixel). Keep a dated section per notice. The next change should be a diff against this file rather than a re-derivation — the email link is a login wall, so the numbers only reach us when the operator forwards them. + + +## Our actual Regolo usage (measured 2026-10-31, from LiteLLM SpendLogs) + +Source: `"LiteLLM_SpendLogs"` in the gateway's Postgres, reached with python + `psycopg` inside the +gateway container (there is no `psql` there). Models were first used 2026-10-16. + +| model | requests | spend | window | +|---|---|---|---| +| regolo/qwen3.5-122b | 195 | $2.61 | 2026-10-16 → 10-31 | +| regolo/qwen-image | 94 | $0.96 | 2026-10-16 → 10-31 | +| regolo/apertus-70b | 157 | $0.82 | 2026-10-16 → 10-31 | +| **all Regolo** | **452** | **$4.38** | last 30 days; ~all of it | + +Context: total gateway spend is **$426.34** lifetime (104,947 requests, since 2026-09-04), and +**~$393 in the last 30 days** — greenpt/glm $231.42, deepseek $146.14, gpt-oss $10.32, +Regolo **$4.38**, other $0.79. So **Regolo is ~1.1% of inference spend, about $4.38/month.** + +## Should we take a subscription? + +**Almost certainly not at current usage.** A plan has to beat ~$4.38/month to be worth it, and +Regolo's plan prices are **not published** — the pricing page has a SUBSCRIPTIONS section with no +figures, which is why the announcement email links into their account portal. Worth one short +question to them via "Talk to an engineer", not a project. + +One thing that is public and useful: their **30-day free trial** grants **1M tokens/day** across +"All Core Models". Our entire Regolo usage is roughly **120k tokens/day** (≈3.6M/month), i.e. well +inside that, so the trial — and likely a low tier — would cover everything we currently do. + +## The 2026-11-01 change, in money terms + +At these volumes the mispricing is small: apertus's input roughly 2.5x-ing on a model that has cost +**$0.82 lifetime** is about **$1/month** of exposure, and qwen's cut moves ~$0.6/month in members' +favour. So this is **billing accuracy, not urgency** — but accuracy still matters, because the same +numbers feed the cost headers members can now read.