Cheaper Inference

Cheaper Inference is an OpenAI-compatible API gateway that aggregates excess inference capacity from top AI providers — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, AWS Bedrock, Azure AI, and OpenRouter — and passes the discounts directly to you. By routing requests through a single endpoint, developers and companies can reduce their AI model costs by up to 30% without changing their request format.

Key Features

• OpenAI-compatible API: Drop-in replacement — just change the base URL and API key; keep your model, messages, tools, streaming, and response handling exactly as they are.
• Multi-provider access: Access leading text, image, and vision models from multiple providers through one unified catalog.
• Live, market-linked pricing: Real-time rates that are never above direct list price, with no separate routing surcharge.
• Usage-based billing: Pay only for what you use, fund from $5, no monthly commitments or contracts.
• First funding bonus: Add $5 or more on your first payment and receive $10 in free credits.
• Reliability & transparency: Per-model performance metrics, historical pricing, automatic retries/fallback, and a Trust Center documenting zero prompt/response body retention.
• Advanced capabilities: Vision input, prompt caching, reasoning effort control (e.g., Kimi K3), streaming, and temporary image uploads for large payloads.

Target Audience

Developers, startups, and enterprises running production AI workloads who want to lower inference costs without engineering overhead. Ideal for teams already using OpenAI SDKs or compatible clients.

Value Proposition

Cheaper Inference turns unused provider capacity into savings for you. The platform handles routing, billing, and reliability so you can focus on building. Switch in minutes: create an account, fund your wallet, create an API key, and update two lines of code.