A side project built out of frustration

The story behind TokenlyPro.

Why this exists and why the prices are this low.

The moment

Mid-project, mid-debug — my tokens ran out. I had thousands sitting idle in another account, topped up weeks earlier, never used. Meanwhile, a student somewhere couldn't even start because the premium tier costs $20/month with no smaller option.

The problem

Leftover tokens go to waste. Access is all-or-nothing. And switching providers means four dashboards, four API keys, four rate-limit headaches — every single time.

The fix

A marketplace where sellers list unused capacity from Grok, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini. Buyers get prepaid access at below-retail prices via a single OpenAI-compatible key. No subscriptions. No surprises. Every token settled in real time.

The problem

Three things that shouldn't be this hard.

01

Tokens expire. Money doesn't come back.

You top up $50, use half of it on one project, then forget about the rest. Monthly quotas reset. Leftover credits vanish. Nobody wins.

02

Premium models are out of reach for most people.

A student doing research, a hobbyist building something fun, an indie dev shipping a side project — they all get the same wall: $20/month, pay upfront, no trial.

03

Four providers, four dashboards, four API keys.

Switching between Grok, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini means juggling accounts, credit cards, rate limit quirks, and incompatible SDKs. The fragmentation is exhausting.

Our principles

What we believe
and won't compromise on.

No venture capital. No growth targets.

TokenlyPro is self-funded and intentionally small. We charge a flat platform fee — enough to keep the servers running, not enough to retire on. That's by design.

Credentials stay encrypted, always.

Seller API keys are encrypted at rest and decrypted only inside the request path. Buyers never see them. We don't store them in plaintext. Full stop.

Transparent pricing, no surprises.

Every listing shows the price per million tokens. Your balance is prepaid via Stripe. You can't be charged more than you fund. No invoices, no overages.

The marketplace only works if both sides win.

Sellers need fair earnings. Buyers need prices below retail. We keep the fee small enough that both sides come out ahead — otherwise the whole thing falls apart.

What's next

Still early.
Plenty left to build.

TokenlyPro launched with four providers and a working marketplace. Here's what's on the roadmap — no promises, no dates, just what we think comes next.

More providers

Mistral, Cohere, Together AI, and self-hosted models via custom endpoints.

Usage analytics

Dashboards for both buyers and sellers — latency, token burn rate, cost breakdown.

Team accounts

Shared balance, per-member spending limits, and audit logs for small teams.

Seller reputation

Track record of uptime, latency, and fill rate — so buyers know what they're getting.

Subscription-style allocations

Auto-renewing monthly allocations for buyers who want a stable workflow.

Webhooks & spend alerts

Get notified when your balance drops below a threshold or when a listing sells out.

If you can buy a coffee,
you can afford the model.

A few hundred thousand tokens for a few dollars. No subscription. No commitment. Just access — when you need it, for as long as you need it.

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