Stop getting surprise per-token LLM bills: a flat-rate, auto-routing API approach (opens in new tab)

If you ship anything on top of an LLM API, you've probably had this moment: you check the dashboard at the end of the month and the bill is 3x what you modeled. Nothing broke. Usage just... drifted. A few prompts got chattier, one model started "thinking" more, and your per-token math quietly fell apart. I've been living in that loop, so I want to lay out why per-token pricing is hard to forecast, and a different billing shape that trades some theoretical savings for a number you can actually...