AI API Marketplace — How to Read Pricing Cards & Buy API Keys
How to use the APIMaster.ai AI API marketplace — read pricing cards, compare input/output costs vs official pricing, understand savings percentages, and buy OpenAI, Claude, or DeepSeek API keys.
Marketplace & verification
The marketplace groups channels under each model so you can compare price and trust signals.
Card fields
- Channel id — Backend label (e.g. 02, 03) for display and history only; not the API
modelparameter. - IN / OUT — USD per million input / output tokens.
- Save XX% — Approximate discount vs official reference pricing.
- Fingerprint history — Recent detection runs (older → newer, left to right).
- Status — Whether the channel is enabled upstream.
Fingerprinting
APIMaster runs periodic black-box probes on some channels. Bars reflect TrustScore-style layers.
Run your own check anytime on APIMaster.ai.
Workflow
- Open the model tab (e.g. Sonnet 4.6).
- Compare price and history bars.
- Create a key in the console; call with model id
claude-sonnet-4-6— no channel id in the request. - If something breaks, check marketplace status then FAQ.