Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to maslul

Smart LLM router — one call, the right model.

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 5 we have checked on their own sites, 3 of them free or with a free tier.

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   LLM Gatewayfree tier▲296

   I 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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   Any-LLM – Lightweight router to access any LLM Provider▲125

   We built any-llm because we needed a lightweight router for LLM providers with minimal overhead. Switching between models is just a string change : update "openai/gpt-4" to "anthropic/claude-3" and you're done. It uses official provider SDKs when available, which helps since providers handle their own compatibility updates. No proxy or gateway service needed either, so getting started is pretty straightforward - just pip install and import. Currently supports 20+ providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and AWS Bedrock. Would love to hear what you think!

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   FastRouter.aifree tier, from $199/mo▲364

   Route requests to the right LLM for cost, latency & quality

   23d ago · fastrouter.ai · its alternatives →

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   Arch-Router – 1.5B model for LLM routing by preferences, not benchmarks▲66

   Hi HN — we're the team behind Arch (https://github.com/katanemo/archgw), an open-source proxy for LLMs written in Rust. Today we're releasing Arch-Router (https://huggingface.co/katanemo/Arch-Router-1.5B), a 1.5B router model for preference-based routing, now integrated into the proxy. As teams integrate multiple LLMs - each with different strengths, styles, or cost/latency profiles — routing the right prompt to the right model becomes a critical part of the application design. But it's still an open problem. Most routing systems fall into two…

   2025 · its alternatives →

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   ModelPilot▲94

   Optimize Performance, Cost, Speed & Carbon for each prompt

   Nov 2025 · modelpilot.co · its alternatives →

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   Route your prompts to the best LLM▲298

   Hey HN, we've just finished building a dynamic router for LLMs, which takes each prompt and sends it to the most appropriate model and provider. We'd love to know what you think! Here is a quick(ish) screen-recroding explaining how it works: https://youtu.be/ZpY6SIkBosE Best results when training a custom router on your own prompt data: https://youtu.be/9JYqNbIEac0 The router balances user preferences for quality, speed and cost. The end result is higher quality and faster LLM responses at lower cost. The quality for each candidate LLM is predicted ahead of time…

   2024 · unify.ai · its alternatives →

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   OpenRouter Model Fusion▲144

   Hey HN, We've been building a multi-model API for LLMs called OpenRouter since we launched the Window AI extension in April this year [0]. The events of the last week make it clear the LLM landscape is unpredictable, so LLM aggregators are picking up interest. Unlike others, we're making a router on top of a public, explorable dataset. We recently built a way to rank and visualize this data, including the token counts we see going to and from different models, both open-sourced (like Llama, Mistral, finetunes, and variants) and closed-sourced (OpenAI, Anthropic). The API supports - 50+…

   Apr 2026 · openrouter.ai · its alternatives →

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   IQ Routing▲100

   Route 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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   GPT Router▲211

   Avoid OpenAI downtimes - one API for 30+ LLMs

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Agihalo▲68

    LLM Router for A.I Agent & Saas with x402

    Jan 2026 · agihalo.com · its alternatives →

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    RouKey▲98

    Route each task to the smartest AI for the job

    2025 · expireddomains.com · its alternatives →

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    Decisor▲5

    Smart LLM routing to cut AI costs by up to 90%

    Jan 2026 · decisor.io · its alternatives →

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    Multiroute AI - smart LLM routerfree tier, from $0.0005/mo▲2

    One API for every LLM — tuned per task, BYOK

    May 2026 · multiroute.ai · its alternatives →

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    Foreman, a self-hosted LLM gateway for cost aware model routing▲15

    Self-hosted LLM router. Cost effective, deterministic, and fast. Secure and private by default. - Northwood-Systems/millwright

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Perssua▲61

    Real-time guidance from any LLM (including local ones)

    Nov 2025 · perssua.com · its alternatives →

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    AnyLLM▲20

    10+ LLMs at 10x speed. Think we're kidding. Test it now!

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    OneRouter▲11

    The #1 Unified AI Gateway, One API for All Models

    2025 · infron.ai · its alternatives →

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    RAD AI — LLM Council Routerfrom $7500/mo▲8

    Auto-route to the best LLM for speed, depth & cost.

    2025 · itsradai.com · its alternatives →

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    modelchain▲4

    Cost-aware LLM router with streaming and tool calls

    Jun 2026 · davccavalcante.github.io · its alternatives →

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    LLM Router · One API for every provider▲3

    Dev tool that worries about your LLM API failures.

    Aug 2026 · llmrouter.dpdns.org · its alternatives →

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    LLM-Term – Simple Rust-based CLI assist tool▲32

    Current AI-assisted CLI tools are often part of larger systems and work better on Linux. I built llm-term to address these. It's a Rust-based tool that compiles into a single binary file. You only need to download the binary, add it to your PATH, and configure your OpenAI key to get started. While llm-term offers an option for gpt-4o, it works great with gpt-4o-mini. So it's not costly. I appreciate any feedback or suggestions.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Smart Router — AI API Gateway from $18.97/mo▲1

    Save 50-80% on AI API costs — automatically.

    Aug 2026 · 2229577636392.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Millwright – Rust-based, self-hosted LLM router▲10

    Hey HN, With the news of OpenRouter possibly being acquired and proliferation of hosted LLM routers (i.e. Ramp Router, Vercel’s AI Gateway), I saw the need for a self hosted solution focused on cost savings, transparency, and performance. So, I built an open sourced router with a simple CLI interface that can easily sit between coding agents and GenAI workloads. For the curious and lazy, at the moment, Millwright has the tools for, - Providers: OpenAI-compatible APIs, Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock - Routing: policy-controlled model roles (cheap, mid, frontier), cheapest healthy route selection -…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ClawRouter – Open-source LLM router that saves 78% on inference costs▲12

    The agent-native LLM router for autonomous agents. Every frontier model behind one wallet, <1ms local routing, USDC payments on Base & Solana via x402. - BlockRunAI/ClawRouter

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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