How do I choose subscription or pay-as-you-go?

Compare a monthly subscription for stable predictable usage; pay-as-you-go usually fits variable or experimental workloads.

Steps

1. Estimate monthly Tokens, models, and peak concurrency.
2. Compare subscription quota, expiry, multipliers, and overage rules.
3. Run at small scale for one billing cycle before deciding.

Limits and exceptions

A subscription is not unlimited access to every model, and pay-as-you-go still depends on balance, multipliers, and rate limits; use current console terms.