diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/free_paid_tiers.py b/litellm/router_strategy/free_paid_tiers.py
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+"""
+Use this to route requests between free and paid tiers
+"""
+
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, TypedDict, Union, cast
+
+from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
+from litellm.types.router import DeploymentTypedDict
+
+
+class ModelInfo(TypedDict):
+    tier: Literal["free", "paid"]
+
+
+class Deployment(TypedDict):
+    model_info: ModelInfo
+
+
+async def get_deployments_for_tier(
+    request_kwargs: dict,
+    healthy_deployments: Optional[
+        Union[List[DeploymentTypedDict], List[Dict[str, Any]]]
+    ] = None,
+):
+    """
+    if request_kwargs contains {"metadata": {"tier": "free"}} or {"metadata": {"tier": "paid"}}, then routes the request to free/paid tier models
+    """
+    verbose_logger.debug("request metadata: %s", request_kwargs.get("metadata"))
+    if "metadata" in request_kwargs:
+        metadata = request_kwargs["metadata"]
+        if "tier" in metadata:
+            selected_tier: Literal["free", "paid"] = metadata["tier"]
+            if healthy_deployments is None:
+                return None
+
+            if selected_tier == "free":
+                # get all deployments where model_info has tier = free
+                free_deployments: List[Any] = []
+                verbose_logger.debug(
+                    "Getting deployments in free tier, all_deployments: %s",
+                    healthy_deployments,
+                )
+                for deployment in healthy_deployments:
+                    typed_deployment = cast(Deployment, deployment)
+                    if typed_deployment["model_info"]["tier"] == "free":
+                        free_deployments.append(deployment)
+                verbose_logger.debug("free_deployments: %s", free_deployments)
+                return free_deployments
+
+            elif selected_tier == "paid":
+                # get all deployments where model_info has tier = paid
+                paid_deployments: List[Any] = []
+                for deployment in healthy_deployments:
+                    typed_deployment = cast(Deployment, deployment)
+                    if typed_deployment["model_info"]["tier"] == "paid":
+                        paid_deployments.append(deployment)
+                verbose_logger.debug("paid_deployments: %s", paid_deployments)
+                return paid_deployments
+
+    verbose_logger.debug(
+        "no tier found in metadata, returning healthy_deployments: %s",
+        healthy_deployments,
+    )
+    return healthy_deployments