Latest news and updates from LLM Gateway
A text-to-speech API tutorial: synthesize speech with ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Gemini, and Qwen voices through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, choose voices and formats, steer delivery with instructions, and track the cost of every clip.
A practical AI image generation API tutorial: call gpt-image-2, Gemini, and Seedream through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, pick sizes and quality, edit existing images, and see the exact cost of every generation.
An AI video generation API tutorial: submit async jobs to Veo, Seedance, and KLING through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, poll or receive signed webhooks, download the MP4, and keep per-second costs visible.
An LLM cost tracking tutorial: read the exact USD cost of every request from the response's usage object, segment spend by user and feature with metadata headers, enforce hard budgets with per-key spending limits, and audit everything in the dashboard.
The best open-source OpenRouter alternatives in 2026 — self-hostable AI gateways compared by what ships in the open core, what stays paid, and what you'll actually operate.
Six enterprise OpenRouter alternatives compared on the criteria procurement actually checks — self-hosting and VPC deployment, SSO and audit logs, guardrails, SLAs, and compliance posture.
The 10 best OpenRouter alternatives in 2026, compared honestly — open-source gateways, managed routers, and enterprise platforms — with fees, self-hosting, and routing side by side.
The best open-source LLMs in 2026, ranked — Kimi K3 (weights expected by July 27), GLM-5.2, DeepSeek V4 Pro, MiniMax M3 and more, compared on license, context window, and real per-token price. All of them run through one API with LLM Gateway.
Kimi K3 in Claude Code takes three environment variables. This guide walks through the exact setup for Claude Code, Cursor, and Cline via LLM Gateway — plus what each tool does and doesn't route, and what K3 costs on a flat-rate DevPass plan.
Kimi K3 ties Claude Opus 4.8 on GPQA Diamond, costs 40% less per token, and its weights are expected by July 27 — but Opus still leads where it counts for some teams. A fact-checked comparison of benchmarks, pricing, and context windows, and how to A/B both through one API.
Kimi K3 is the largest open-weight model ever released — 2.8T parameters, a 1M-token context, and benchmark scores next to Claude Opus 4.8. Here is what it costs, how it compares to GLM-5.2, DeepSeek V4 Pro, and MiniMax M3, and how to run all of them through one API with LLM Gateway — on a flat-rate DevPass plan or pay-as-you-go credits.
GitHub Copilot switched chat and agents to usage-based AI Credits on June 1, 2026, and bills jumped 10–50x for agentic teams. The best GitHub Copilot alternatives in 2026, compared honestly — flat-fee IDEs, open-source agents, and gateway-backed setups with hard spend caps.
Microsoft repriced enterprise Copilot three times in June 2026: GitHub Copilot moved to usage-based AI Credits, Copilot Cowork added per-task billing on top of the $30 seat, and volume discounts expired. What it costs now — and the cost-control playbook enterprises are adopting instead.
The best LiteLLM alternatives in 2026, compared honestly — open-source gateways, managed routers, and enterprise platforms — and how to pick the right one.
AI gateway pricing hides in two places — the platform fee on credits and the markup on tokens. Here's what OpenRouter, Vercel, Cloudflare, Portkey, LiteLLM, and LLM Gateway actually charge, and how to pay the least.
Claude Opus 4.8 lists at $5/$25 per million tokens — the same as Opus 4.6. But Anthropic's newer tokenizer can turn the same text into up to ~35% more tokens, so your real bill can climb even when the sticker price doesn't.
An honest comparison of the best AI coding plans in 2026 — Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex and more — ranked on price, model access, and lock-in. DevPass tops the list with one flat rate for every model.
The best ChatGPT alternatives in 2026, compared honestly on models, features and price. Lounge by LLM Gateway leads — every frontier model plus image generation on one membership from $9/mo.
What it takes to run LLM Gateway in production on AWS, GCP, or Azure — the components you need, how they fit together, and why Kubernetes is the path we recommend once you outgrow a single box.
Rotating API keys shouldn't cause service interruption for production AI. Learn how LLM Gateway enables secure key rotation for both providers and the gateway.
Looking for a Portkey alternative? A straightforward comparison of LLM Gateway and Portkey — features, pricing, deployment, and trade-offs — so you can pick the right AI gateway for your stack.
LLM orchestration is the layer that coordinates models, providers, and steps into one reliable workflow. A practical guide to the patterns, the tools, and when you need an LLM orchestrator.
Calling OpenAI or Anthropic directly is the right first call. Here's the honest case for when a gateway starts paying for itself — and when you don't need one yet.
How LLM response caching actually works, where it helps, where it doesn't, and how to turn it on without rewriting your app.
A practical guide to forecasting LLM costs: the token formula, real-world examples across GPT-5.4, Claude, and Gemini, and a free calculator to run the numbers.
A straightforward comparison of LLM Gateway and LiteLLM — features, operational cost, and trade-offs — so you can pick the right one for your stack.
A practical framework for picking the right model — based on task type, budget, latency requirements, and context window — instead of chasing benchmarks.
A straightforward comparison of LLM Gateway and OpenRouter — features, pricing, and trade-offs — so you can pick the right one for your stack.
What LLM guardrails are, why they matter in production, and how to implement content safety without building it yourself.
An honest comparison of the top AI gateways — features, pricing, and trade-offs — so you can pick the right one for your stack.
We compared DeepSeek V3.2 pricing across every major API provider. Here's the definitive ranking — and how our Token Cost Calculator can help you estimate exact savings.
Side-by-side pricing comparison of GPT-5, Claude Opus 4.8, and Gemini 2.5 Pro with real cost calculations for production workloads.
A step-by-step guide to making your first LLM API request through LLM Gateway — from signup to seeing results in your dashboard.
What an LLM gateway does, why it matters, and how it lets you ship AI features faster by abstracting away provider complexity.
Learn what an LLM Gateway is, why you need one, and how it simplifies integrating, managing, and deploying large language models in production.
Use GPT-5, Gemini, or any model with Claude Code. Three environment variables, zero code changes.
Run LLM Gateway on your own infrastructure in under 5 minutes. Full control, zero platform fees.