50 Ultra-Cheap AI APIs

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Why pay full price for frontier AI models? This insider guide lists 50 live, verified, OpenAI-compatible API providers that legally resell access to Claude, GPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek at a fraction of the cost. Includes direct base URLs, pricing per 1M tokens, and reliability ratings. Drop-in replacement for your stack!

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  Token HarborAug 2026 · tokenharbor.ai · ▲85

  The easiest way to access frontier AI models.

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  ApiLinkMay 2026 · apilink.io · ▲4

  One API for GPT, Claude, Gemini & every major AI model

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  CostPerPrompt – Live AI API pricing and real-workload cost calculatorsAug 2026 · costperprompt.com · ▲20

  Live pricing for 309+ AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, DeepSeek) plus real-world cost calculators: chatbots, API budgets, and token math. Updated 2026-09-06.

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  GPT Proto2025 · gptproto.com · ▲6

  The best generative AI text, image, video, and audio

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  Duple.ai2025 · duple.ai · ▲13

  Access ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and more in one place

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  WorldGate APIJul 2026 · worldgateapi.com · ▲3

  #ai #api #provider

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  Spira Maxima▲578

  Video model that turns script into viral social media videos

  AI · 16d ago · spira.ai

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  Rill Browser▲540

  The browser where Claude Code and Codex work beside you

  AI · 16d ago · rill.love

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  Germany's new sovereign AI model Kolibri▲424

  Kolibri is Aleph Alpha

  AI · 18d ago · tej.as

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  Giving Opus 5.5 a simulated paint canvas▲392

  Paintings by AI models: programs run through a simulation of oil paint.

  AI · 19d ago · stillwet.art

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  Onepin▲384

  AI voiceover with every name, price and date said right

  AI · 29d ago · onepin.ai

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  PixVerse R2▲381

  A real-time world model you can explore and change

  AI · 28d ago · world.pixverse.video

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  I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s▲2,935

  I might be the only SRE on Earth with his own bowling center. It's a more in-depth gig than you'd think. My family and I bought an abandoned 8-lane bowling center in the rural mid-west. In our small town there weren't many recreation options for families. You've heard of a food desert? This is an R&R desert. It had been abandoned for a good reason. The roof leaks, the electrical system was constantly surging, and my 70-year-old bowling equipment (still) doesn't work perfectly. The system that keeps your score is particularly interesting to me. It's the thing you watch during your game, but…

  Life & fun · Jul 2026

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  Elevators▲1,680

  How elevators push your buttons

  Life & fun · Jul 2026 · john.fun

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  18 Words▲1,160

  Play 18 Words, the free daily word puzzle. The official home is 18words.com. Tap Play now to open today

  Life & fun · Jul 2026 · 18words.com

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  Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)▲1,033

  Over the past few months, our team has been building more and more slidedecks using web frontend technologies with coding harnesses like Claude Code, but a common complaint is to make even small edits we need to edit the code either manually or via the harness. To avoid this loop, I ended up creating Bento, a single HTML file with everything you need in a slide tool including animations and shared editing. There's no install or cloud login, everything works offline. The default deck is around 560 KB and it doesn't need to fetch anything once you got it. Open it in a browser and then you can…

  Dev tools · Jul 2026 · bento.page

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  Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer▲937

  A few days ago I found myself trying out GLM 5.2 and was really positively impressed. The capabilities and security I was getting from this LLM are similar to those I've gotten from models like Claude or GPT, and this really surprised me. But then I thought, "I wonder how it would work on a normal computer like mine," and above all, "I wonder if it would work without going into OOM on a computer like mine." So I started working with the help of agents to test this possibility. I started converting the model to int4, understanding MTP usage, and if possible implementing DSA for long context.…

  AI · Jul 2026 · github.com

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  OpenSEO▲928

  Hello! For the last 2 months, I've been building OpenSEO. It's a user friendly UI wrapping the DataForSEO API which has high quality SEO data for keywords, backlinks, AI SEO and competitor research. Instead of paying $100+ per month, you buy DataForSEO credits and pay only for usage. The coolest thing about the project so far has been hearing about what people are building on top of it. People are using coding agents to quickly integrate with Google Search Console, Google Ads and building their own AI SEO and reporting features. Many were already building their own custom solutions around…

  Dev tools · Jul 2026 · openseo.so