An AI API gateway sits between your code and the model providers: one endpoint, one key and one balance instead of a separate integration per provider. Most of them offer the same models over the same interface, so the honest question is what you pay. TokenRoute prices every one of its 436 models at 70% of the provider’s own per-token rate, 30% below calling that provider directly. Everything below is what this gateway does, so you can check it against whatever else you are evaluating.
| API surface | OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions, including SSE streaming |
|---|---|
| Integration change | Base URL and API key only. The OpenAI SDKs work unmodified |
| Switching models | Change the model string; one key and one balance for every provider |
| Billing | Pay-as-you-go per token. No subscription, seat fee or minimum spend |
| Spend control | Per-key spend limits, instant revocation, per-request cost analytics |
| Billing model | Prepaid credits, consumed per request. Credits do not expire on a cycle |
| Playground | Built-in chat playground with live token and cost readouts |
| Catalog size | 436 models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, xAI and others |
| Price level | Every model is billed at 70% of the provider's own per-token list price, 30% below calling that provider directly. See the table. |
TokenRoute answers: 30% under list price, yes, no change beyond the model string, no subscription, yes, and yes. The price comparison shows each model beside the provider's own rate.