Multi-Model AI Routing: Cut Your API Costs by 90% (opens in new tab)

The Problem: One Model Fits None Most teams default to GPT-4o for everything. Code generation? GPT-4o. Translation? GPT-4o. Simple classification? GPT-4o. That's like using a Formula 1 car to pick up groceries. Impressive. Expensive. Dumb. The Math That Should Scare You Task Type Monthly Volume GPT-4o Cost Smart Route Cost Simple classification (5M tokens) Easy $62.50 $0.50 (GLM-4-Flash) Code generation (3M tokens) Hard $37.50 $1.64 (DeepSeek Chat) Complex reasoning (1M tokens) Hard $12.50 $2...