Switchyard

NVIDIA · Released September 2026

Switchyard is an open-source model router that switches between multiple models to optimize the cost of requests.

It belongs to NVIDIA's open-weight Nemotron line, tuned for helpfulness and agents on top of leading open architectures.

Facts and pricing

Provider

NVIDIA

Context window

1M tokens

Input price

-1.2e+7 credits / 1M tokens ($-1.0e+6 raw)

Output price

-1.2e+7 credits / 1M tokens ($-1.0e+6 raw)

Vision (image input)

No

Tool calling

No

Extended reasoning

No

Credits are what Zeplik bills: 1 credit = $0.10, computed from the raw provider rate with a 1.20x margin. Raw prices shown per 1M tokens.

What Switchyard is best for

• Everyday chat and drafting on an open-weight model with transparent lineage
• Very long documents and codebases: a 1M-token window fits entire books or repositories in one conversation

Example prompts

Prompts that suit a open weight model like Switchyard:

• Draft a project update from these rough notes
• Explain how HTTPS works to a curious teenager
• Turn this list of features into a changelog entry
• Brainstorm objections to this proposal and how to answer them

NVIDIA family

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Frequently asked questions

What is Switchyard?

Switchyard is an AI model by NVIDIA. Switchyard is an open-source model router that switches between multiple models to optimize the cost of requests.

How much does Switchyard cost on Zeplik?

Input tokens cost -1.2e+7 credits per million and output tokens -1.2e+7 credits per million (1 credit = $0.10; the raw provider rates are $-1.0e+6 and $-1.0e+6 per million). New accounts start with free credits.

How long can a conversation with Switchyard be?

Switchyard has a 1M-token context window (1,000,000 tokens), which covers the conversation plus any documents you attach.

Does Switchyard support images and tools?

Switchyard is text-only and does not support tool calling.

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