FastRouter

One API for 200+ AI models, with smart routing and built-in cost governance.

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What is FastRouter?

FastRouter is an API finder tool. FastRouter routes requests across 200+ models through one OpenAI compatible API, with auto routing, failover, cost controls and weekly savings insights.

FastRouter is a unified API gateway that gives engineering teams a single OpenAI compatible endpoint for more than 200 AI models, spanning text, image, video, embeddings, and speech. Instead of holding separate contracts and keys for each provider, a team points its existing SDK at FastRouter's base URL and selects a model ID. Adding or swapping a model later does not require code changes, which removes much of the integration work that normally follows every new model release. Behind that endpoint sits routing logic. The Auto Router picks a model per request based on cost, latency, or throughput priorities, and virtual model lists group several providers under one alias so fallbacks happen automatically when a provider struggles. Automatic retries and multi-provider redundancy keep applications running through outages. On the money side, project and API key limits, member roles, and spend alerts give engineering leaders a way to cap exposure before a traffic spike turns into a bill shock. The Insights feature reviews traffic that is already routed and returns a ranked list of changes, each backed by sampled requests, savings math, and a link to the screen where the change is made. A playground and model council support side-by-side comparison of latency, quality, and cost, and can combine outputs from several models for cross-checking. Dashboards, activity logs, evaluations, and guardrails round out the observability layer. FastRouter is built for enterprise AI teams: developers who want drop-in compatibility, engineering leaders who own the budget, and product teams that need evidence before committing to a model. It competes less with any single model vendor and more with the glue layer teams assemble themselves. For organizations that need prompts and logs to stay inside their own network, a self-hosted gateway is offered on the Enterprise plan. Smaller teams get free starting credits and pay the providers' list price with no markup, so the decision comes down to whether centralized routing and governance are worth adopting.

How do you use FastRouter?

  1. 1Claim free credits
    Sign up from the homepage to receive starting tokens. No credit card is required, so the gateway can be tested before any billing discussion.
    FastRouter — Claim free credits
  2. 2Point the OpenAI SDK at FastRouter
    Set the client base URL to the FastRouter endpoint and insert your FastRouter API key. Existing OpenAI SDK code keeps working with only those two values changed.
  3. 3Choose a model or a virtual list
    Pass a provider and model ID in the request, or create a virtual model list that groups several providers behind one alias for policy driven selection.
  4. 4Compare models in the playground
    Run sample prompts side by side to weigh latency, output quality and cost before committing a production workload to a model.
  5. 5Set limits and alerts
    Create project and API key spending limits, assign member roles, and configure alerts for usage spikes and error rates.
  6. 6Act on the weekly Insights report
    Open Insights to see the ranked cost opportunities with sampled requests and savings math, then apply each change on the screen it links to.
    FastRouter — Act on the weekly Insights report

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Single OpenAI compatible endpoint covers text, image, video, embeddings and speech modelsAI
  • Routing can be tuned for cost, latency or throughput without rewriting application codeAI
  • Automatic retries, fallback lists and multi-provider redundancy reduce outage riskAI
  • Project and key level limits, roles and alerts give finance and engineering shared controlAI
  • Models are billed at the provider list price with no markup addedAI

Cons

  • Costs are listed only as a 0 dollar markup and free credits; no subscription tiers are published on the homepageAI
  • Self-hosting is limited to the Enterprise plan, so smaller teams cannot keep data on their own networkAI
  • Value depends on volume: occasional single-model users gain little from a routing layerAI
  • Model availability and quality still hinge on third party providers, so the gateway cannot fix a bad upstream outputAI

How much does FastRouter cost?

Free trial

New accounts receive free credits sufficient to get millions of tokens, with no credit card required for signup.

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Pricing

Every model is offered at the provider's list price with 0 dollar markup and no set up fees, monthly minimums or credit card requirement. Plans beyond pay as you go, including the Enterprise tier with self-hosting, are not priced on the homepage; the pricing calculator estimates monthly model costs.

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Support

Demo booking and a sales contact page are available, and the team supports self-hosted deployments on the Enterprise plan. A public documentation site accompanies the product.

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Integrations

Works with the OpenAI SDK in Python and TypeScript, and a direct API is also documented. It aggregates multiple upstream model providers behind one endpoint; no other third party integrations are named on the homepage.

Features

Covers an OpenAI compatible gateway for 200+ text, image, video, embedding and speech models; smart routing by cost, latency or throughput; automatic retries, fallback lists and virtual model lists; project and key limits with roles and spend alerts; unified dashboards, activity logs and evaluations; a playground and model council for side-by-side comparison; guardrails; and weekly Insights reports with ranked savings actions.

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Frequently asked questions about FastRouter

  • How much does FastRouter cost?
    Every model is offered at the provider's list price with 0 dollar markup and no set up fees, monthly minimums or credit card requirement. Plans beyond pay as you go, including the Enterprise tier with self-hosting, are not priced on the homepage; the pricing calculator estimates monthly model costs.
  • Does FastRouter offer a free trial?
    New accounts receive free credits sufficient to get millions of tokens, with no credit card required for signup.
  • Does FastRouter have an API?
    Yes, FastRouter offers an API.
  • How do you use FastRouter?
    The walkthrough on this page covers 6 steps: 1. Claim free credits 2. Point the OpenAI SDK at FastRouter 3. Choose a model or a virtual list 4. Compare models in the playground 5. Set limits and alerts 6. Act on the weekly Insights report.
  • What platforms does FastRouter support?
    FastRouter is available on Web App.
  • What does FastRouter integrate with?
    Works with the OpenAI SDK in Python and TypeScript, and a direct API is also documented. It aggregates multiple upstream model providers behind one endpoint; no other third party integrations are named on the homepage.

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Added10/21/2026

Platforms

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Pricing

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