Nous Portal

What is Nous Portal?

Nous Portal is the account and operations layer for Nous Research’s Hermes Agent, Inference API, tool gateway, and Hermes Cloud. A single sign-in connects users to a model catalog, hosted tools, and cloud hosting for agents.

Developers can select models, use tools such as web search, scraping, image generation, browser control, or speech, and deploy agents that continue running in the cloud. Usage is metered through a shared credit balance.

The catalog includes free options and paid frontier models. That structure makes it suitable for experimentation, prototyping, and running agents, while requiring attention to model pricing, tool usage, and hosting credits.

Key Features

Unified model access

The portal lists hundreds of models, including free options and paid frontier models. Users can switch models for chat, inference, or agent tasks from one account.

Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent provides an autonomous agent interface connected to the portal’s model catalog and tools. It can be used for work that benefits from persistent instructions and multi-step execution.

Tool Gateway

Hosted tools cover web search, scraping, image generation, browser use, and speech. Each is priced per use and billed from the same balance as model inference.

Agent Cloud Hosting

Users can deploy agents to Hermes Cloud, where they run continuously. Server costs are charged to the user’s credit balance.

How to Use Nous Portal

1. Open Nous Portal and sign in or create an account.
2. Browse the model catalog and compare free and paid options.
3. Connect Hermes Agent or the Inference API to your workflow.
4. Enable hosted tools such as search, scraping, browser use, image generation, or speech as needed.
5. Deploy an agent to Hermes Cloud if it must run continuously, and monitor credits and usage.

Use Cases & Who It's For

• Developers: Use one API account for multiple models and hosted tools.
• Agent builders: Deploy persistent Hermes agents without managing every underlying service separately.
• Researchers: Compare free and frontier models under one catalog.
• Automation teams: Combine inference, browsing, search, media generation, and speech in one credit-metered workflow.

Pricing & Free Plan

Nous Portal is freemium. The Free tier costs $0 and includes free models only, standard rate limits, and $0 monthly credits. Plus costs $20 per month and includes $22 of monthly credits, a $10 rollover cap, access to more than 200 models, hosted tools, and high rate limits. Super costs $100 per month with $110 of monthly credits and a $50 rollover cap. Ultra costs $200 per month with $220 of monthly credits and a $100 rollover cap.

Top-ups of $10, $20, $50, $100, or $200 are available. Model inference, tool calls, and Agent Cloud server costs all draw from the account balance, so total spend depends on actual usage.

Strengths & Limitations

Strengths

• Combines models, tools, agent runtime, and cloud hosting in one portal.
• Free models provide a low-cost way to experiment.
• Paid tiers include monthly credits and higher limits.
• Tool usage and model usage share one balance.

Limitations

• Agent hosting and multiple hosted tools can consume credits quickly.
• Free tier is limited to free models and standard rate limits.
• Model latency, quality, and tool reliability vary by task.
• Production use requires cost monitoring and failure handling.

Alternatives & When to Choose It

Compare Nous Portal with direct model-provider APIs when minimal dependency is more important than bundled tools, and with agent frameworks when you need full control over the runtime. Choose Nous Portal when a single account with models, tools, and hosted agent execution is more useful than assembling each service separately.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a free tier?

Yes. Free includes free models only, standard rate limits, and $0 monthly credits.

What hosted tools are included?

The Tool Gateway covers web search, scraping, image generation, browser use, and speech, priced per use.

What does Plus include?

Plus costs $20 per month and includes $22 of monthly credits, a $10 rollover cap, 200+ models, hosted tools, and high rate limits.

Can agents run continuously?

Hermes Cloud can host agents around the clock, with server costs billed to the credit balance.

Sources & Verification

• Official website: Nous Portal
• Help and plans: Nous Portal help
• Last checked: 2026-09-21
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