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OpenRouter
✓ verifiedFreemium

Unified API gateway that routes requests to 400+ LLMs across 70+ providers with failover and no subscription.

17M visits/mo
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DeepSeek
✓ verifiedFreemium

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek offering free chat apps and low-cost API access to its frontier V-series and R-series reasoning models.

430M visits/mo
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HEROZ
✓ verifiedPaid

A Japanese AI firm that grew from shogi-AI research into industry ML solutions and a generative-AI platform, HEROZ ASK.

1.9M visits/mo
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Jan.ai
✓ verifiedFree

Open-source desktop app for running AI chat models locally or via APIs, as a private ChatGPT alternative.

378K visits/mo609 saves
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LLM Gateway
✓ verifiedFreemium

Unified API and gateway routing requests across 200+ models from 40+ providers, with cost tracking and a free BYOK tier.

76K visits/mo
Pricing
Free: $0
Pay-as-you-go: Per-token, no subscription
Enterprise: Talk to sales

No public pricing

No public pricing

No public pricing

Free: $0 forever (BYOK)
Pay-as-you-go: 5% fee on credit usage

Free trial available

Core features
  • One unified, OpenAI-compatible API for 400+ models
  • Automatic provider failover for higher uptime
  • Edge routing for low latency
  • Custom data and provider policies
  • Pay-as-you-go credits usable across any model
  • Free DeepSeek chat (web and app)
  • Open API platform
  • V-series and R-series reasoning models
  • DeepSeek-V4 with long context and stronger agent ability
  • OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API
  • Extensive published model lineup
  • Deep-learning and machine-learning core technology
  • HEROZ ASK generative-AI platform
  • BtoB and BtoC AI solutions
  • BLOOMWORKS product
  • Industry AI deployment case studies
  • Run open-source LLMs locally
  • Connect to online models (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini)
  • Private, offline-capable AI chat
  • Open source and self-hostable
  • Model library via Hugging Face
  • Cross-platform desktop app
  • One API for 200+ models across 40+ providers
  • Provider switching without code changes
  • Real-time cost tracking
  • Bring-your-own-keys, free forever
  • Observability and guardrails
  • SOC 2 Type II certified
Use cases
  • Accessing many LLMs through one integration
  • Adding provider redundancy to AI apps
  • Comparing model price and performance
  • Powering agents and AI-native products
  • Free AI chat and assistance
  • Building apps via API
  • Reasoning and coding tasks
  • Low-cost LLM inference
  • Deploying generative AI in enterprises
  • Applying ML to industry-specific problems
  • AI-driven business transformation (DX)
  • Private local AI chat
  • Using multiple models in one app
  • Avoiding cloud data sharing
  • Experimenting with open models
  • Route across many LLM providers from one API
  • Track and control AI spend
  • Avoid vendor lock-in with provider switching
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