AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Token Relay
Pay AI APIs with USDT — No Credit Card Needed
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Sudo AI▲265Sudo — AI monetization infrastructure for developers 4 months ago, I kept running into the same problem building AI products: inference is expensive, subscriptions are blunt, and ads weren’t designed for generated content. So I started working on Sudo, an infrastructure layer that makes it easier to launch and monetize AI apps. ⸻ Key features (in beta now): • One API to route across top models (no vendor lock-in) • Real-time metering & billing (usage-based, subscriptions, or hybrid) • Optional AI-native ads — contextual, developer-defined, and personalized • Dashboard for tracking usage,…
2025 · sudoapp.dev · its alternatives →
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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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Token Harbor▲85The easiest way to access frontier AI models.
Aug 2026 · tokenharbor.ai · its alternatives →
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x402▲119Hi HN – excited to announce x402, initially developed by Coinbase (YC 12) x402 lets any HTTP API charge per request without issuing API keys or storing credit cards. Buyers (humans or AI agents) keep funds in their own wallet and dynamically discover compatible endpoints, call them as usual, and automatically pay a microtransaction in USDC or other tokens to settle. 90 second demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV-L2AfLhJg Problem: Every time we want to use a new API we have to: find the service online create a developer account, copy a secret key into env vars, pre-fund or…
2025 · x402.org · its alternatives →
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TokenBus▲2The transparent, ultra-fast proxy for DeepSeek API
Jun 2026 · tokenbus.org · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I’ve always loved building frontend-only apps—those you can prototype over a weekend, host for free on GitHub Pages, and scale to millions of users. Unfortunately, AI-enabled apps complicate things, as exposing your OpenAI key to the world is obviously a no-go. This also means mobile developers often have to run their own servers. That’s why I built ServerlessAI, an API gateway that lets you securely call multiple AI providers directly from client side using OpenAI-compatible APIs. You can authenticate users through any identity provider, like Google or Apple, and set per-user…
2024 · serverlessai.dev · its alternatives →
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TokenVeil▲12Self-hosted AI proxy. Your data never leaves your network.
Jul 2026 · tokenveil.eu · its alternatives →
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One API for GPT & Claude at 10% of official prices
Jul 2026 · frugalrelay.me · its alternatives →
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✦ Gemini ➜ OpenAI API proxy. Serverless! Contribute to PublicAffairs/openai-gemini development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cut your Claude and GPT API costs by up to 96%
Jul 2026 · cheap-ai-apis.carrd.co · its alternatives →
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Give your AI agents a payment gateway. No signup, no KYB
Jun 2026 · payram.com · its alternatives →
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No-KYC API Proxy — Claude, Qwen & DeepSeek at $1/M tokens
Jun 2026 · amzmate.top · its alternatives →
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AI without the billing headache. For developers — zero token costs. For users — one credit wallet across every app.
Jul 2026 · rnetai.org · its alternatives →
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One API key. 80+ AI models. No credit card required.
May 2026 · aitoken.sbs · its alternatives →
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Author here. Since the last post, RelayFreeLLM now supports NVIDIA's free catalog, adds 4-mode context management (with extractive summarization that doesn't need an LLM), session affinity, output normalization, and a global provider lock to eliminate 429 errors entirely. 8 providers, one endpoint, all free: https://github.com/msmarkgu/RelayFreeLLM
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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One gate for AI crawlers on ten stacks: WordPress, Drupal, Laravel, Next.js, Node, Cloudflare, nginx, Caddy, Traefik, Python. USDC on Base, no custody.
5d ago · forgemesh.io · its alternatives →
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Relay▲1agent payments infra: wallets, balances, billing and top-ups
Mar 2026 · y2hhbw.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! Built this after watching engineering teams repeatedly get surprised by AI API invoices — no visibility into spend until the bill landed. TokenWatch connects to your OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini keys and gives you: - Real-time spend dashboard across projects - Budget thresholds with proactive alerts - Anomaly detection for unusual cost spikes - Duplicate call detection (biggest source of wasted spend I've seen) Free tier supports up to 3 AI systems. Built this in ~2 days as a solo project. Happy to answer anything about the build or the problem space.
Mar 2026 · tokenwatch-ten.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Live token tracking for Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini
Jul 2026 · token-pulse.in · its alternatives →
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