AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Tokenthon
High-volume AI API. 4.5x cheaper than OpenAI
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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Tokenwise▲143A smart LLM proxy that shows where you're overpaying
Jun 2026 · tokenwisehq.com · its alternatives →
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TokenCounter▲117Count tokens and estimate costs for any AI model
2024 · tokencounter.co · 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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Every open-source model. One flat rate.
Feb 2026 · cheapestinference.com · 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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Compare OpenAI, Claude & Gemini costs for your exact task
Jul 2026 · officeskillset.com · its alternatives →
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Input token counts and costs for over 160 AI models.
2024 · zatomic.ai · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I built an alternative to Google translate that's fast, accurate, and 1/30th the price. 20+ supported languages, not billed until 100k tokens, and already used thousands of times with real language learning users. The landing page has a demo for you to test performance yourself for free with no card required. (Also landing page says 1/13 the price because had to account for all 3 big names, with varying prices each). I built this as a workaround for my language learning startup, and it was perfect at a fraction of the cost. Hopefully it can help other devs in accessibility…
2023 · translateapi.web.app · its alternatives →
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AI APIs shouldn't surprise you with the bill
Aug 2026 · daymora.com · its alternatives →
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Estimate price for using different AI model API's
2025 · tap2solve.com · its alternatives →
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Cheapest & Fastest Solana Token Creator — No Code, Free
2025 · its alternatives →
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See where your AI API cost & tokens go — no API key needed
Jul 2026 · reasoningdensity.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Token cost has started to become a high topic of concern to all of us. I tried a few (awesome) tools such as rtk, caveman, and the recent (hillarious but effective) ponytail. What they usually do, is in-line token reduction, e.g. try to compress requests / responses as much as possible. But then it hit me (and I’m sure others had similar ideas) - just like we have routers that pick the right model, why not have something that will also narrow down the amount of available tools, skills and mcps based on repo/context? People usually accumulate skills, agents, MCP servers,…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Compress AI prompts, cut token costs by 15%
Feb 2026 · its alternatives →
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I code on Claude's pay as you go API and started budgeting my token usage with my own CLI wrapper. Basically I set a budget for a task that I'm working on in my project: Task: "Fix mobile responsiveness" Budget: $3.00 and the budget updates after each prompt: Task: "Fix mobile responsiveness" Budget: $2.34 / $3.00 78% It helps keep an eye on my spending when working on projects.
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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