About CheapGpt

We built the AI API gateway
developers actually wanted.

CheapGpt is an independent AI API aggregation platform. We route your requests to the best available models — at up to 70% less than official pricing — through a single, OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

50M+
API calls / month
1,200+
Active developers
99.9%
Uptime SLA
30+
Models supported
Our Mission

Lower the cost of building with AI. For everyone.

Frontier AI models are extraordinarily capable — but their official pricing puts them out of reach for indie developers, early-stage startups, and teams operating outside the largest markets.

CheapGpt exists to close that gap. By aggregating access to leading model providers and optimizing how requests are routed and fulfilled, we pass the savings directly to you — without compromising on model quality, reliability, or developer experience.

We believe great AI infrastructure should be a commodity, not a competitive moat. Our job is to make that true.

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Cost should not be a gatekeeper
Pricing that reflects the real cost of compute, not the margins of a hyperscaler.
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Freedom to choose the right model
GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama — your product, your call. Switch with one parameter change.
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Global by design
Built with APAC developers in mind, but running reliably for teams everywhere.
How It Works

An API gateway built for the multi-model era

We sit between your application and the major model providers — abstracting away complexity, consolidating billing, and optimizing every request.

01

You send a standard API request

Your code calls our endpoint using the OpenAI-compatible SDK you already use. Change two lines — base_url and api_key — and you're live.

02

Our gateway routes it optimally

We handle authentication, load balancing, failover, and regional routing across our multi-region infrastructure — invisibly, in milliseconds.

03

You get the response — at lower cost

The same model output, billed at our negotiated rates. One dashboard, one invoice, one key for all modalities.

architecture_overview.txt
Your Application
↓ OpenAI-compatible SDK · one key
CheapGpt Gateway · api.cheapgpt.org/v1
↓ intelligent routing · auth · failover · billing
OpenAI Anthropic Google Meta / Llama Image & Video providers
Our Principles

What we hold ourselves to

These are the standards that guide every product decision we make.

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Radical transparency

Pricing is published and stable. Our status page shows real uptime, not marketing copy. If something breaks, we say so — publicly, immediately, with a postmortem.

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Production-first reliability

We design for the worst case, not the demo. Multi-region redundancy, automatic failover, and a 99.9% SLA back our uptime commitments with real service credits.

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Developer experience above all

Drop-in OpenAI compatibility, real documentation, and human support in Discord under 4 hours. We build the tool we wished existed when we were shipping AI features ourselves.

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No lock-in, ever

We profit when you use us because we're genuinely better — not because you're trapped. Switching away should be a one-line code change, and we build everything with that constraint in mind.

CheapGpt vs. Direct Provider Access

Why an API gateway beats going direct

Feature
Going Direct
CheapGpt
Pricing vs. official
Full list price
Up to 70% off
Number of API keys to manage
One per provider
One key for everything
Billing dashboards
Fragmented across vendors
Single dashboard
Failover & redundancy
DIY or none
Built-in, multi-region
Model switching
Code changes + new keys
One parameter change
Image & video support
Separate integrations
Same key, same endpoint

Built for builders at every scale

From solo hackers to funded engineering teams, CheapGpt fits your workflow.

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Indie developers & hackers

$5 free credits to start. No contracts, no minimums. Experiment with 30+ models without worrying about vendor invoices piling up.

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Startups & early-stage teams

Cut your AI infrastructure spend by up to 70% and extend your runway. One unified API means less engineering overhead and faster iteration.

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Scale-ups & growing teams

Enterprise-grade reliability with transparent billing, usage analytics, budget caps, and human support — without enterprise-grade lock-in.

Ready to get started?

One API key. All the models. A fraction of the cost.

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