AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Free LLM API
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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 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Tokenwise▲143A smart LLM proxy that shows where you're overpaying
Jun 2026 · tokenwisehq.com · its alternatives →
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Calculate and compare the cost of the latest LLM APIs
2024 · docsbot.ai · its alternatives →
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LLM Gatewayfree tier▲296I built an OpenAI-compatible LLM gateway that routes requests to OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, vLLM, llama-server, SGLang... anything that speaks /v1/chat/completions. Single Go binary, one YAML config file, no infrastructure. It does the things you'd expect from this kind of gateway... semantic routing via a three-layer cascade (keyword heuristics, embedding similarity, LLM classifier) that picks the best model when clients omit the model field, weighted round-robin load balancing across local inference servers with health checks and failover. The part I think is most…
2025 · llmgateway.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I am proud to show you guys that I have built an open source alternative to Azure OpenAI services. Azure OpenAI services was born out of companies needing enhanced security and access control for using different GPT models. I want to build an OSS version of Azure OpenAI services that people could self host in their own infrastructure. "How can I track LLM spend per API key?" "Can I create a development OpenAI API key with limited access for Bob?" "Can I see my LLM spend breakdown by models and endpoints?" "Can I create 100 OpenAI API keys that my students could use in a classroom…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The turn key OpenClaw solution with unlimited LLM tokens
Mar 2026 · open.claw.cloud · its alternatives →
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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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MakeHub.ai▲118LLM Provider arbitrage to get the best performance for the $
2025 · makehub.ai · its alternatives →
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Hello hacker news, I’m the maintainer of liteLLM() - package to simplify input/output to OpenAI, Azure, Cohere, Anthropic, Hugging face API Endpoints: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/ We’re open sourcing our implementation of liteLLM proxy: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/cookbook/proxy-... TLDR: It has one API endpoint /chat/completions and standardizes input/output for 50+ LLM models + handles logging, error tracking, caching, streaming What can liteLLM proxy do? - It’s a central place to…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Free LLM API. Ads in your terminal pay for it.
Aug 2026 · infr.ad · its alternatives →
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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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I recently built a small open-source tool to benchmark different LLM API endpoints — including OpenAI, Claude, and self-hosted models (like llama.cpp). It runs a configurable number of test requests and reports two key metrics: • First-token latency (ms): How long it takes for the first token to appear • Output speed (tokens/sec): Overall output fluency Demo: https://llmapitest.com/ Code: https://github.com/qjr87/llm-api-test The goal is to provide a simple, visual, and reproducible way to evaluate performance across different LLM providers, including…
2025 · llmapitest.com · its alternatives →
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OpenAI-compatible gateway aggregating 8 free LLM providers
May 2026 · freellms.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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FreeGate▲1Free multi-provider LLM proxy with automatic failover
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Provides the same proxy OpenAI API for different LLM models
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Promptly▲13An AI Cost Optimization Infrastructure for LLM Applications
Mar 2026 · getpromptly.in · its alternatives →
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I'm a solo dev in Taiwan. I built 4 AI agents that handle content, sales leads, security scanning, and ops for my tech agency — all on Gemini 2.5 Flash free tier (1,500 req/day). I use ~105. Monthly LLM cost: $0. Architecture: 4 agents on OpenClaw (open source), running on WSL2 at home with 25 systemd timers. What they do every day: - Generate 8 social posts across platforms (quality-gated: generate → self-review → rewrite if score < 7/10) - Engage with community posts and auto-reply to comments (context-aware, max 2 rounds) - Research via RSS + HN API + Jina Reader → feed…
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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Talk to multiple LLMs thru a unified API
2025 · ai-gateway.dev · its alternatives →
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OmegaAPI▲2Get each day the chance, that we cover your API bill.
May 2026 · omegaapi.info · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! After struggling with complex prompt engineering and unreliable parsing, we built L1M, a simple API that lets you extract structured data from unstructured text and images. curl -X POST https://api.l1m.io/structured \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "X-Provider-Url: demo" \ -H "X-Provider-Key: demo" \ -H "X-Provider-Model: demo" \ -d '{ "input": "A particularly severe crisis in 1907 led Congress to enact the Federal Reserve Act in 1913", "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "items": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": {…
2025 · l1m.io · its alternatives →
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