Pricingby IbisWays to buy model access
Gateways, cloud and data platforms, and developer hubs: what each adds to the token price.
12 of 23 gateways and platforms
| Gateway or platform | Fee on tokens | Pricing model | BYOK | Models | Fallback | Cache | Guardrails | Logs | Rate limits | Residency | Private net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent gateways | |||||||||||
0% markup on credits; plans by requests and seats (Pro $79 a month)BYOK 0% · 100+ models | None | 0% markup on credits; plans by requests and seats (Pro $79 a month) | Yes, 0% | 100+ | |||||||
$100 a month per model proxied (Konnect Plus); no token feeBYOK no | None | $100 a month per model proxied (Konnect Plus); no token fee | No | See page | |||||||
Open source, self-hosted with your own keys; enterprise license by quoteBYOK 0% · 100+ models | None | Open source, self-hosted with your own keys; enterprise license by quote | Yes, 0% | 100+ | |||||||
Provider list prices, no markup; prepaid Neon creditsBYOK no · 49 models | None | Provider list prices, no markup; prepaid Neon credits | No | 49 | |||||||
Provider list prices, no markup or platform fee on tokensBYOK 0% | None | Provider list prices, no markup or platform fee on tokens | Yes, 0% | See page | |||||||
Core features free; 5% fee on Unified Billing creditsBYOK yes | 5% | Core features free; 5% fee on Unified Billing credits | Yes | See page | |||||||
5% on top of model costs, pay as you goBYOK yes · 600+ models | 5% | 5% on top of model costs, pay as you go | Yes | 600+ | |||||||
Provider prices passed through; 5.5% fee on credit purchasesBYOK yes · 500+ models | 5.5% | Provider prices passed through; 5.5% fee on credit purchases | Yes | 500+ | |||||||
Provider prices passed through; 5.5% fee on card credit purchases (5% crypto)BYOK 5% · 500+ models | 5.5% | Provider prices passed through; 5.5% fee on card credit purchases (5% crypto) | Yes, 5% | 500+ | |||||||
No public pricingBYOK no · 200+ models | Not published | No public pricing | No | 200+ | |||||||
Per logged request: free 10k logs a month, Production from $49 a monthBYOK yes · 250+ models | $49/mo | Per logged request: free 10k logs a month, Production from $49 a month | Yes | 250+ | |||||||
Per user and per request ($25 per user a month on Pro)BYOK no · 1,600+ models | $25/mo | Per user and per request ($25 per user a month on Pro) | No | 1,600+ | |||||||
A tick means the vendor's own pricing page or docs say so; a dash means we did not find it stated. Unverified marks a row with facts not yet checked by hand.
Claude Sonnet 5 through each gateway
Calculator100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $400.00 direct from the lab.
Kong AI Gateway$400.00+0%
LiteLLM$400.00+0%
Neon AI Gateway$400.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$400.00+0%
Cloudflare AI Gateway$420.00+5%
Requesty$420.00+5%
Eden AI$422.00+5.5%
OpenRouter$422.00+5.5%
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
Questions
What is an AI gateway?
A proxy between your app and model providers that gives you one API for many models, with fallbacks when a provider fails, caching, logs, rate limits and spend controls.
OpenRouter vs Vercel AI Gateway: which is cheaper?
Vercel AI Gateway states no markup and no platform fee on tokens. OpenRouter passes provider prices through but charges a fee when you buy credits (5.5% by card). With your own keys, OpenRouter's first allowance is free and then 5%.
What is BYOK?
Bring your own key: you give the gateway your own provider API key, pay the provider directly, and the gateway charges nothing or a small fee for routing.
Is Claude or GPT more expensive on Bedrock, Azure or Vertex AI?
Usually not in the default region: AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry and Google Vertex AI mostly charge the lab's own list price, and some regional endpoints add about 10%. Each platform page lists every model it sells with the premium against the direct API.
How do Snowflake Cortex and Databricks price LLM calls?
In their own units: Snowflake bills Cortex AI functions in credits per million tokens and Databricks bills Foundation Model APIs in DBUs per million tokens. Their pages here convert those to dollars and state the credit or DBU price assumed.
Can I self-host an AI gateway?
Yes. LiteLLM, Portkey (gateway core) and Helicone publish open-source gateways you can run yourself; you pay only for hosting.