LLM Gateway on ModAPI AI Gateway Knowledge Base

Cheap LLM API Options: How Developers Can Lower AI Model Costs

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:10:00 +0000

The cheapest LLM API is not always the model with the lowest token price. Real cost depends on output length, retries, failed requests, model overuse, provider lock-in, and how many separate integrations your team has to maintain.

LLM Gateway Routing: From Availability to Cost Control

Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

The first value of an LLM gateway is simple: it brings different providers, model IDs, authentication methods, and API formats behind one access layer. But once a team moves into production, the gateway quickly becomes more than a proxy. Routing policy becomes the real control plane.