GigaChat
The facts below are what the maker publishes about GigaChat, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From GigaChat's own pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium API | — | 250 million Lite tokens · 40 million Pro tokens · 25 million Max tokens · 50 million Ultra tokens |
| GigaChat 2 Lite token package | — | 20 million tokens |
| GigaChat 2 Pro token package | — | 3 million tokens |
| GigaChat 2 Max token package | — | 3 million tokens |
| Embeddings token package | — | 50 million tokens |
| GigaChat consumer service | Free | Free to use; sign in with phone or Sber ID |
| GigaChat API Freemium (individuals) | Free | 365,000,000 text-generation tokens total · token allocation valid for 12 months |
| GigaChat API Lite token package (individuals) | 1,300 RUB, paid once | 20,000,000 tokens · One-time package; valid for one month from payment |
| GigaChat API Pro token package (individuals) | 1,500 RUB, paid once | 3,000,000 tokens · One-time package; valid for one month from payment |
| GigaChat API Max token package (individuals) | 1,950 RUB, paid once | 3,000,000 tokens · One-time package; valid for one month from payment |
The facts
Each one read from GigaChat's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access limit
- The quotas page says individual API users have one concurrent stream by default.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API endpoint
- The developer documentation names https://api.giga.chat as the target URL for GigaChat API connections from July 17, 2026.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API formats
- The official developer documentation describes REST and gRPC APIs, with SDKs for Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Java.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Business security
- The GigaChat API business site lists TLS encryption, DDoS protection, SSO, role-based access control, and complete user-action logging.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Content creation
- The maker lists voice input and spoken answers, internet search, image creation, file handling, image recognition, and a text editor among the service features.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File uploads
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Image generation
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Image understanding
- Users can upload images and ask questions about them; the model can recognize text and landmarks and interpret illustrated charts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Image upload limits
- Uploaded images may be up to 15 MB each, and the page states a 5,120 MB total image-upload limit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker says GigaChat is available through its website and bots on Telegram and VKontakte, and can be integrated into business products through an API.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Login requirement
- The maker's getting-started guide says users can sign in by phone number or Sber ID.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The GigaChat FAQ directs users with service problems to contact support through its Telegram bot.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Web search
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- What it is
- GigaChat is a Russian-language multimodal neural-network model that answers questions, converses, writes code, and generates images from prompts.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App integrations
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2023checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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