quietmoneyModelflare
Low-cost LLM API relay: one endpoint to call GPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini and image/video models, with per-request usage and cost logging.
An LLM API relaOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
Checkout: checkout.stripe.com
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Low-cost LLM API relay: one endpoint to call GPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini and image/video models, with per-request usage and cost logging.
- Users
- Developers who need cheap access to overseas LLMs, with Chinese users the largest group
- Positioning
- API relay cheaper than the official providers, with group-based failover, plugins and affiliate commissions
- Pricing
- Usage-based; about 200 models priced per million tokens/second/request/image; Claude-specific pricing requires a single top-up of US$50, OpenAI requires US$20 Billing: per item Free tier: no Source: Existing
- Prices on site
- usage-based USD per 1M tokens / per second / per request / per image, ~200 models (e.g. claude-opus-5-5 claude-premium USD 2, gpt-5.5 openai-stable USD 0.4, deepseek-v4-pro deepseek-stable USD 0.77) (credits)
- Acquisition entry points on site
- affiliate / referral program
- Sharing mechanics
- public profiles / leaderboards Project Plaza: 'Explore projects supported by or partnering with Modelflare.'; affiliate: 'Introduce your audience to Modelflare'
- Price source
- modelflare.dev
“Project Plaza: 'Explore projects supported by or partnering with Modelflare.'; affiliate: 'Introduce your audience to Modelflare'”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Direct 67%, referral 24.7% (veridrop.org 3.07%, game/account trading site z2u.com 0.78%, v2ex.com 0.7%), search only 4.9% (brand keywords 68%, plus model terms like grok api). New users come mainly from developer community referrals and affiliate promotion; existing users come back directly to top up and make calls.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 4% |
| Other | 96% |
Direct + brand search 68%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| China | 43.91% |
| United States | 34.69% |
| Hong Kong | 9.27% |
| Singapore | 6.26% |
| Japan | 3.75% |
Language
English
Keywords
78 keywords · brand ~68% · organic 86.69% / paid 13.31%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| modelflare |
| grok api |
| deepseek4.0 version-exp |
| qwen 3.8 mgsm |
| gpt6 vs fable |
Non-brand queries: grok api, deepseek4.0 version-exp, qwen 3.8 mgsm, gpt6 vs fable
Referring sites
11 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| veridrop.org | 3.07% |
| z2u.com | 0.78% |
| v2ex.com | 0.7% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 35.95% |
| Video Games Consoles and Accessories | 0.78% |
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 0.19% |
| Computer Security | 0.17% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits MoM
- +1.32%
- Country rank
- China #19144
- Bounce rate
- 24.96%
- Pages / visit
- 7.05
- Visit duration
- 00:08:31
- Industry
- Unknown
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Referrals › Organic Search (top channel 67.01%)
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Existing audience”
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FAQ
How many checkout visits does Modelflare get per month?
About 8,596 last month (Similarweb estimate), #347 of 606; the month before was 9,010. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Modelflare's new users come from?
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Mostly referrals, email or paid, or mostly direct with no clear source Direct 67%, referral 24.7% (veridrop.org 3.07%, game/account trading site z2u.com 0.78%, v2ex.com 0.7%), search only 4.9% (brand keywords 68%, plus model terms like grok api). New users come mainly from developer community referrals and affiliate promotion; existing users come back directly to top up and make calls.
How much does Modelflare cost?
Usage-based; about 200 models priced per million tokens/second/request/image; Claude-specific pricing requires a single top-up of US$50, OpenAI requires US$20
Dossier confidence: medium. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The number: checkout visits is Similarweb's estimate of visits from the site to a checkout payment page; opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue. Small sites land on fixed buckets.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-26.