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Token streams flowing through a gateway, each tagged with a percentage fee

AI Gateway Fees Compared: Who Marks Up Your Tokens?

AI gateway pricing hides in two places — the platform fee on credits and the markup on tokens. Here's what OpenRouter, Vercel, Cloudflare, Portkey, LiteLLM, and LLM Gateway actually charge, and how to pay the least.

June 23, 2026
The same paragraph of text splitting into more tokens through a newer tokenizer

Claude Opus 4.8 Pricing and the Hidden Tokenizer Tax

Claude Opus 4.8 lists at $5/$25 per million tokens — the same as Opus 4.6. But Anthropic's newer tokenizer can turn the same text into up to ~35% more tokens, so your real bill can climb even when the sticker price doesn't.

June 23, 2026
Comparison of the best AI coding plans in 2026 routing to many models through one subscription

10 Best AI Coding Plans in 2026 (Compared)

An honest comparison of the best AI coding plans in 2026 — Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex and more — ranked on price, model access, and lock-in. DevPass tops the list with one flat rate for every model.

June 22, 2026
The best ChatGPT alternatives in 2026 — multiple AI models accessible through one chat app

10 Best ChatGPT Alternatives in 2026

The best ChatGPT alternatives in 2026, compared honestly on models, features and price. LLM Gateway Chat leads — every frontier model plus image generation on one subscription from $9/mo.

June 22, 2026
LLM Gateway deployed across AWS, GCP, and Azure

How to Deploy LLM Gateway on Cloud Platforms

What it takes to run LLM Gateway in production on AWS, GCP, or Azure — the components you need, how they fit together, and why Kubernetes is the path we recommend once you outgrow a single box.

June 20, 2026
LLM Gateway vs Portkey: An Honest Comparison

LLM Gateway vs Portkey: An Honest Comparison

Looking for a Portkey alternative? A straightforward comparison of LLM Gateway and Portkey — features, pricing, deployment, and trade-offs — so you can pick the right AI gateway for your stack.

May 26, 2026
What is an LLM Gateway?

What is an LLM Gateway?

Learn what an LLM Gateway is, why you need one, and how it simplifies integrating, managing, and deploying large language models in production.

January 25, 2026