Provider prepaid tokens lock you to one model''s pricing. Gateway credits are model-agnostic dollars. Here is how the two differ and why credits fit a multi-model world better.
Most SaaS hides its best features behind the top tier. We unlock every feature on every tier and differentiate on a platform fee instead. Here is why that bet is better for customers and for us.
Most gateways quietly take a cut of every token. nRouter charges a platform fee on top at purchase and gives you 100% of your credits. Here is why that pricing model is more honest — and cheaper at scale.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs TrueFoundry AI Gateway. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, and per-team budgets — included on every plan, on an AI-native LLM gateway with 240+ models behind one API key. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. Focused LLM governance depth, not an AI Gateway bundled inside a broader MLOps platform.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs NotDiamond. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, and per-team budgets — included on every plan, on an AI-native LLM gateway with operator-controlled routing across 240+ models behind one API key. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. Governance-first depth, not an opaque ML-classifier routing layer.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs Kong AI Gateway. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, and per-team budgets — included on every plan, on an AI-native LLM gateway built around 240+ models behind one API key. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. Focused-LLM depth, not enterprise API-gateway plugin extension.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs Unify AI. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, and per-team budgets — included on every plan, on a focused LLM gateway built around 240+ models behind one API key. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. Operator-controlled routing, not benchmark-driven arbitration.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs Eden AI. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, and per-team budgets — included on every plan, on a focused LLM gateway built around 240+ models behind one API key. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. One base-URL switch on the LLM side.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs Cloudflare AI Gateway. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, and per-team budgets — included on every plan, and the same endpoint works from Cloudflare, Vercel, AWS, GCP, or your own infra. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. One base-URL switch.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs Vercel AI Gateway. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, and per-team budgets — included on every plan, and the same endpoint works from Vercel, Cloudflare, AWS, GCP, or your own infra. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. One base-URL switch.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs Helicone. Guardrails, evals, A/B tests, prompt management, and per-team budgets — included on every plan, no Pro or Enterprise upgrade. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. One base-URL switch.
Head-to-head: nRouter vs Portkey. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, and per-team budgets — included on every plan. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. One base-URL switch.
Head-to-head comparison: nRouter vs OpenRouter, Portkey, Helicone. Guardrails, A/B tests, prompt management, evals, budgets — included on every plan. 4% pay-as-you-go, 0% on Pro. One base-URL switch.