Crouton Alpha
stealth/crouton-alphaCrouton Alpha is a lightweight model built for scalable coding, agentic, and multimodal workflows.
Free within your plan
No model-token charge. Your plan’s usage and request limits apply.
Other paid tools or models used by your agent are billed separately.
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Playground
Try prompts in your browser, create an agent, and see the cost of each reply. Your selected model carries into setup.
Model capabilities below describe the underlying model. Available playground features depend on its provider.
API
Connect your app with a Gizmo API key. Choose fastest or cheapest, stream text responses, and inspect timing, tokens, and charges in request logs.
A current API route is listed for this exact model. Gateway configuration is required for live calls.
Provider price + a transparent platform fee
| Rate | Provider baseline | Free plan · 5% fee | Paid plan · 4% fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| API input / 1M tokens | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| API output / 1M tokens | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Legacy chat image rates use the catalog baseline. The dedicated image playground shows separate estimates and settles the provider’s metered usage. API rates are current routing ceilings; final API charges use provider-reported cost plus your fee. Cheapest routing compares eligible OpenRouter and Cheaper Inference rates for the same model; savings are not guaranteed. Cached input or other provider charges may differ. Compare all model rates and verified discounts →
How your plan pays for usage
API and playground share one included allowance. Usage including the fee draws from that allowance first, then your prepaid credits. Plans bill monthly; included usage resets weekly: Free $1, Starter $5, Growth $25, Scale $50.
A $1 provider charge becomes $1.05 on Free or $1.04 on a paid plan before included usage is applied. Plan eligibility still applies in the playground.
Free models and limits
Zero-cost models stay $0, including the fee, and do not consume your dollar allowance. Free accounts can make 1,000 free-model API requests per calendar month, resetting in UTC. Admitted requests count even if the provider fails.
Free includes 20 API requests/minute and 6 playground messages/minute. Paid plans raise these limits. See plan limits.
Before a text API request, Gizmo temporarily reserves included usage and, if necessary, prepaid credit for the model’s full context plus your maximum output. Image jobs reserve twice their displayed estimate. Unused funds return after metering. This hold can exceed the final charge; unconfirmed usage remains marked pending.
Overview
Crouton Alpha is a lightweight model built for scalable coding, agentic, and multimodal workflows. It's ideal for executing agentic sub-tasks, tool use, and document analysis in high-volume, repeated work. Developers can combine it with frontier reasoning models to execute the bounded steps that turn plans and information into action.
Crouton Alpha is a stealth model. It is developed and operated by a third-party provider who has chosen to remain anonymous during this preview. OpenRouter routes requests to it and is not its developer, owner, or provider. Prompts and completions may be retained by the provider but are not used for training; all other use is governed by the Stealth Model TermsOpens in new tab.
Capabilities
Reasoning is always on with effort levels max · xhigh · high · medium · low · minimal (default max).
Sampling controls: temperature, top_p, max_tokens.
Pricing on Gizmo
These are provider baseline rates before Gizmo’s 5% Free-plan or 4% paid-plan fee. Your included usage covers charges first; overage uses prepaid credits. See the fee-inclusive comparison above.
Provider baseline rates
- Input
- Free
- Output
- Free
Examples before the platform fee
This model costs nothing to run. No dollar allowance is consumed. API monthly quotas and per-minute plan limits still apply.
Providers and pricing
One way to run Crouton Alpha on Gizmo.
| Provider | Route | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StealthLowest price | OpenRouter | $0 | $0 | 1.05M | 97.2% |
Rates are each provider’s, per million tokens, before Gizmo’s 5% (Free) or 4% (paid) fee. “Cheapest” routing starts at the top of this list; “Fastest” starts with the model’s maker.
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Create your account
Sign up with just an email. Start on the free tier with no card, or pick a paid plan for a bigger weekly allowance and $25 in bonus credits.
Your agent is ready
Crouton Alpha is preselected as the brain of your first agent. Give it a name and a system prompt, or keep the defaults.
Chat, research, create
Live web research and image generation are built in. Every reply shows what it cost, and you can switch models anytime.