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title: "Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/starcannon-unleashed-12b
generated: 2026-10-22T19:05:46.670Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 API pricing

Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 API at $1.7255/M input and $1.7255/M output tokens. 16,384-token context window. Works with the OpenAI SDK.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | VongolaChouko list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $1.7255 | — |
| Cached input | — | billed at the input rate | — |
| Output | — | $1.7255 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `starcannon-unleashed-12b`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Context window: 16,384 tokens
- Max output: 8,192 tokens
- Input: text
- Daily real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 21 (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#starcannon-unleashed-12b)

## Request

### Python · OpenAI SDK

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="starcannon-unleashed-12b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
```

### TypeScript · OpenAI SDK

```typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
  apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'starcannon-unleashed-12b',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
```

### curl

```bash
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"starcannon-unleashed-12b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0?

Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 is a model from VongolaChouko, with a 16,384-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as starcannon-unleashed-12b.

### How much does the Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 API cost?

$1.7255 per million input tokens and $1.7255 per million output tokens.

### Is Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 free?

It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0026.

### What is the Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 context window?

Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 has a 16,384-token context window, with up to 8,192 output tokens per request. It takes text input.

### What is the Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 model id?

starcannon-unleashed-12b. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 API key?

Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### Is it the real Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0?

Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 21.

### Is there a Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 API?

Yes: starcannon-unleashed-12b on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $1.7255 input and $1.7255 output per million tokens. No weights to download and no GPU of your own; the key also runs every other model in the catalog.

### What is Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 based on?

MarinaraSpaghetti’s NemoMix Unleashed 12B (a Mistral Nemo merge), merged with della_linear with nothingiisreal’s Starcannon v3, per its card.

### What license does Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 have?

The card lists CC BY-NC 4.0.

### What does Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 cost per 100 messages?

$0.4314 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $1.7255 input and $1.7255 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.

### Which template do I use for Starcannon Unleashed?

None by hand: its card says ChatML and Mistral both work, and the API applies the chat template to the messages you send. In SillyTavern use Chat Completion with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1 and starcannon-unleashed-12b.

### Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 or NemoMix Unleashed 12B?

NemoMix Unleashed is the base of the Starcannon Unleashed merge; Starcannon Unleashed adds Starcannon v3 for more in-character replies. Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 is $1.7255 / $1.7255 per million tokens in / out, $4.31 for 1,000 chat turns; NemoMix Unleashed 12B is $1.7255 / $1.7255 per million tokens in / out, $4.31 for 1,000 chat turns. Both run on the same key, so send the same prompt to each.

### Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 or Mag Mell R1 12B?

Both are Mistral Nemo 12B merges: Starcannon Unleashed merges two roleplay models with della_linear, Mag Mell six models in two stages. Starcannon Unleashed 12B v1.0 is $1.7255 / $1.7255 per million tokens in / out, $4.31 for 1,000 chat turns; Mag Mell R1 12B is $1.7255 / $1.7255 per million tokens in / out, $4.31 for 1,000 chat turns. Both run on the same key, so send the same prompt to each.

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- Uncensored LLM API: https://uplinkswitch.ai/uncensored
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- SDKs setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/sdks
- Every model and price: https://uplinkswitch.ai/llms-full.txt
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