Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to CheapRout
Cut your AI credit spending by up to 80% "automatically
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 4 we have checked on their own sites, 3 of them free or with a free tier.
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IQ Routing▲100Route every LLM call to the cheapest model that holds quality. Chatbots, RAG, agent loops, and finance. Cut spend 40 to 80 percent, measured on our own traffic, live in thirty seconds.
Aug 2026 · iq-routing.com · its alternatives →
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FastRouter.aifree tier, from $199/mo▲364Route requests to the right LLM for cost, latency & quality
21d ago · fastrouter.ai · its alternatives →
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We built a model router that plugs into coding agents (e.g. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.) and intelligently sends requests to the best model to serve them. Here's a quick demo of running it locally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKhAyivtfM. At Weave, we write most of our code with AI, and it's been getting more expensive. This came to a head when Opus 4.7 was released and, thanks to its tokenizer changes, our costs shot up. We knew we didn't need Opus for everything but we didn't want to lose out on the intelligence for the cases where you really need it. So we decided…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Descent▲160Set a budget and get alerted when flights get cheap
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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P402.io▲102Route, verify, and settle paid API calls with clear traces
Jan 2026 · p402.io · its alternatives →
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One API. Lowest token prices.
Jul 2026 · videorouter.sh · its alternatives →
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GitHub▲1Route every prompt to the cheapest model that can handle it
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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delegare▲70Hi guys, am building SecureLend.ai and when working on our underwriting agents (free trial, paid after) I had issues with seamless payment options. Of course I looked at x402 which I believe is a great protocol but not a fan of a) sharing private keys with the agent b) having a human in the loop or c) similar workaround e.g. pre-funded wallets So I started building out a solution. For my use case it was important to not only have stablecoins but also a fiat rail which is now implemented using Stripe. Initially I build a mandate system internally but am very glad and big shoutout to the guys…
Apr 2026 · delegare.dev · its alternatives →
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One API that auto-picks the best LLM. Save 40-60%.
Mar 2026 · clawrouters.com · its alternatives →
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Clean up your AI bills with one line of code
2025 · its alternatives →
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LLMLitefree tier, from $29/mo▲2One API endpoint to route prompts, cut costs & downtime
Jul 2026 · llmlite.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Cut your AI coding bill 70% with automatic task routing
Apr 2026 · coderouter.io · its alternatives →
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zinroutefree tier, from $0/mo▲2Cut LLM costs with smart routing & optimization
Mar 2026 · zinroute.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, We’re building https://www.switchpoint.dev – a drop-in replacement for OpenAI’s API that reduces LLM cost by smartly routing across models (e.g., Claude, Gemini, GPT-4) depending on subject and difficulty of the task. Why we built this: LLM costs are spiraling—especially for products doing retrieval, agentic reasoning, or even just high-volume chat. We were frustrated with paying GPT-4 rates when most queries didn’t need it. So we built a router that: - Starts with cheaper/free models (like Llama 8B, 4o-mini, 2.0 flash) - Streams responses and upgrades on failure - Acts…
2025 · switchpoint.dev · its alternatives →
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Seven AIs in. One money move you'd ship tonight.
Jul 2026 · vendorbutton.com · its alternatives →
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Duple.ai▲13Access ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and more in one place
2025 · duple.ai · its alternatives →
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