AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Awan LLM

Cost effective LLM inference API for startups & developers

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Awan LLM launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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LLM Pricing▲178
LLMs price comparison tool developed and updated by LLM
2024 · ailesson.io · its alternatives →
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Price Per Token – LLM API Pricing Data▲339
The LLM providers are constantly adding new models and updating their API prices. Anyone building AI applications knows that these prices are very important to their bottom line. The only place I am aware of is going to these provider's individual website pages to check the price per token. To solve this inconvenience I spent a few hours making pricepertoken.com which has the latest model's up-to-date prices all in one place. Thinking about adding image models too especially since you have multiple options (fal, replicate) to use the same model and the prices are not always the same.
2025 · pricepertoken.com · its alternatives →
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Tokenwise▲143
A smart LLM proxy that shows where you're overpaying
Jun 2026 · tokenwisehq.com · its alternatives →
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Token price calculator for 400+ LLMs▲268
Hey HN! Tokencost is a utility library for estimating LLM costs. There are hundreds of different models now, and they all have their own pricing schemes. It’s difficult to keep up with the pricing changes, and it’s even more difficult to estimate how much your prompts and completions will cost until you see the bill. Tokencost works by counting the number of tokens in prompt and completion messages and multiplying that number by the corresponding model cost. Under the hood, it’s really just a simple cost dictionary and some utility functions for getting the prices right. It also accounts for…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Why write code if the LLM can just do the thing? (web app experiment)▲436
I spent a few hours last weekend testing whether AI can replace code by executing directly. Built a contact manager where every HTTP request goes to an LLM with three tools: database (SQLite), webResponse (HTML/JSON/JS), and updateMemory (feedback). No routes, no controllers, no business logic. The AI designs schemas on first request, generates UIs from paths alone, and evolves based on natural language feedback. It works—forms submit, data persists, APIs return JSON—but it's catastrophically slow (30-60s per request), absurdly expensive ($0.05/request), and has zero UI…
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Free LLM API Pricing Calculator▲175
Calculate and compare the cost of the latest LLM APIs
2024 · docsbot.ai · its alternatives →
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Tokenomy.ai▲105
See your LLM token bill before you hit send.
2025 · tokenomy.ai · its alternatives →
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The Grid▲59
Spot market API for cheaper LLM inference
May 2026 · thegrid.ai · its alternatives →
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AiPrice▲96
API for calculating OpenAI LLM tokens and pricing
2023 · aiprice.dev · its alternatives →
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Open-source LLM provider price comparison▲125
Looking for the cheapest place to deploy llama 3.1 model? Don't worry we have found it so you don't have to.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Costco for LLM Tokens▲6
Inference infrastructure for AI-native teams. Run, monitor, and optimize production AI workloads with lower cost, faster latency, and dedicated support from Inference.net.
2024 · inference.net · its alternatives →
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A private, flat monthly subscription for open-source LLMs▲31
Hey HN! We've run our privacy-focused open-source inference company for a while now, and we're launching a flat monthly subscription similar to Anthropic's. It should work with Cline, Roo, KiloCode, Aider, etc — any OpenAI-compatible API client should do. The rate limits at every tier are higher than the Claude rate limits, so even if you prefer using Claude it can be a helpful backup for when you're rate limited, for a pretty low price. Let me know if you have any feedback!
2025 · synthetic.new · its alternatives →
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LLM Explorer▲152
Find your best LLM for a local inference
2023 · its alternatives →
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Free LLM API▲86
Access 1 billion tokens per month for free
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Liquid Inference▲84
LLM router where providers compete for every prompt
16d ago · liquidinference.ai · its alternatives →
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Costbase▲6
Cut LLM Costs 30-80% 2-Minute Setup.
Dec 2025 · costbase.ai · its alternatives →
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Frugon – Find which LLM calls a cheaper model could handle (local, MIT)▲67
I started leaning in on AI heavily this year, as I wanted to get more done autonomously, but then my token usage climbed dramatically to the point where my weekly quota would run out before the end of the week, sometimes a couple of days into the week. I realised I had to do something about it else I'd have to double my spend. So I decided to start tracking my cost per task type. This revealed that a lot of my spend went to searches/scans or simple things like scouting tasks. I then decided to turn this into a simple CLI tool that can be used to read your OpenAI-style logs locally, and…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An unmetered LLM API–$6/month, no token tracking, no limits▲12
Hi HN, I was once given the advice: Don't waste expensive frontier model credits (GPT/Claude/etc.) on bulk work. Send the boring, repetitive, high-volume jobs to a smaller model, and save the expensive prompts for when you actually need frontier-level reasoning. I complained and told my manager that I shouldnt have to think about using certain models for certain coding tasks, and that one model should handle everything. Well, here we are anyway. If anyone needs a place to absolutely abuse an LLM with high-volume tasks, come beat ours up at https://yolo-auto.com. Here are…
Jul 2026 · yolo-auto.com · its alternatives →
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OptiLLM▲5
Intelligent LLM Cost Optimization Platform
Mar 2026 · optillm.puniminds.com · its alternatives →
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Promptly▲13
An AI Cost Optimization Infrastructure for LLM Applications
Mar 2026 · getpromptly.in · its alternatives →
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Afford AI▲11
Track LLM usage, costs & tokens with real-time insights.
2025 · affordai.io · its alternatives →
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I built a tool to find the best and cheapest LLM models for my projects▲5
Hey HN, I've been working on something cool that I wanted to share with you all. It's called Viewpoint, an analytics tool for LLMs like OpenAI, Anthropic models, and Gemini. The idea came from the constant flood of new LLM models and the need to figure out which ones work best for my projects without breaking the bank. With viewpoint, I can track token usage, costs, latency(WIP), and traffic over time, making it easier to compare different models and see which ones perform best and save money. The tool works asynchronously, so it doesn't add any latency to your LLM requests, and you have…
2024 · viewpointhq.com · its alternatives →
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AI Cost Bar▲13
Calculate LLM API call costs right from the menubar
2025 · aicostbar.com · its alternatives →
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LLMPrice▲1
Compare LLM API pricing and calculate real costs
Sep 2026 · llmprice.com · its alternatives →

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