Home / Use cases / deepseek-api-budget

DeepSeek API budget enforcement

The problem

DeepSeek is cheap, so agents tend to call it in loops. Cheap × big loop = expensive.

What Spawnpay does

Daily budget cap via @spawnpay/paywall. Pre-charge throws before DeepSeek sees the request.

Code

curl -X POST https://spawnpay.ai/api/proxy\
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer spk_live_...'\
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
  -H 'X-Provider-Key: $DEEPSEEK_API_KEY' \
  -d '{  "provider": "deepseek",  "path": "/v1/chat/completions",  "method": "POST",  "body": {    "model": "deepseek-chat",    "messages": [      {        "role": "user",        "content": "hi"      }    ]  }}'
60-SEC QUICKSTART → PLAYGROUND → TOP UP USDC →

What you get with $7 free credit

Every new spk_ wallet starts with $7. That covers 7,000 proxy calls, 1,400 cloud-scrapes, or 700 screenshots — enough to verify Spawnpay fits your workflow before topping up.

See also