Model Categories & Fair Use
How models are categorized and how premium fair-use caps work
Every model in the gateway is sorted into a category. Categories power dashboard filtering, analytics, and — for DevPass coding plans — the fair-use limits that keep flagship models available to everyone.
Categories
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Premium | High-cost frontier / flagship models — priced at $15+ per million output tokens or $5+ per million input tokens |
| Standard | Every other model — the broad catalog of fast, cost-effective everyday models |
The classification is computed automatically from catalogue prices — there is no hand-picked list. To see exactly which models are premium right now, check the live Premium Models page, or browse the full catalog on the Supported Models page and filter by use case, capabilities, provider, price, and context size. On the DevPass models directory, you can additionally filter by pricing tier, since the premium/standard distinction only affects DevPass fair-use limits.
Fair-use caps on premium models (DevPass only)
Fair-use caps apply only to DevPass — the fixed-price monthly plans for coding tools (Lite, Pro, Max). They do not apply to the LLM Gateway API or pay-as-you-go credits: when you call the API directly, premium models are limited only by your credit balance, with no weekly cap.
Premium models are the most expensive to run, so DevPass plans apply a weekly fair-use cap on premium usage. The cap works on a fixed 7-day window: the window opens with your first premium-model request, all premium usage during those 7 days counts against the cap, and the full allowance resets at once when the window ends. It sits on top of the plan's normal monthly credit allowance. The cap scales with each plan: it's a share of that plan's total monthly credits, so higher tiers get a larger weekly premium allowance.
| DevPass plan | Premium fair-use cap (per week) |
|---|---|
| Lite | 12% of monthly credits |
| Pro | 15% of monthly credits |
| Max | 18% of monthly credits |
Within DevPass, the weekly cap applies only to premium models. Standard models are limited only by the plan's credit balance, not by the fair-use window.
Once a DevPass plan reaches its weekly premium cap, premium requests are paused until the current 7-day window ends — usage does not gradually free up over time. The reset countdown runs from when the window opened, not from when you hit the cap, so the full allowance can return anywhere from moments to 7 days after you reach the limit. Standard models keep working normally the whole time. Upgrading the DevPass plan raises the weekly cap.
Reset Passes
You don't have to wait out the window: redeeming a Reset Pass instantly restores the full weekly premium allowance and starts a fresh 7-day window. A pass removes the weekly limit only — it grants no extra credits, so premium usage after a reset still draws from the plan's monthly allowance. Pro includes 1 pass per billing cycle and Max includes 2; extra passes are a one-time purchase from the DevPass dashboard. See the Reset Passes page for how redemption, included passes, and billing work.
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