# AI tools for “cheap API”

1,674 matching tools; showing 24, ranked by relevance.

Filters: `group=coding-development`

Related categories: [ai-api](https://openaitools.app/category/ai-api.md)

| # | Tool Name | Monthly Visits | MoM Growth Rate | Pricing Model | Summary | Why it matched | Profile (Markdown) |
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| 1 | [DeepSeek](https://openaitools.app/tool/deepseek) | 372,761,591 | +4.3% | Freemium | High-efficiency open-weight and hosted reasoning AI powered by DeepSeek-V4 and R1 at ultra-low token costs. | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/deepseek.md) |
| 2 | [OpenRouter](https://openaitools.app/tool/openrouter-ai) | 19,941,437 | -6.2% | Paid | One API key for hundreds of AI models from every major provider | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/openrouter-ai.md) |
| 3 | [Kie.ai](https://openaitools.app/tool/kie-ai-affordable-secure-deepseek-r1-api) | 2,275,553 | -22.4% | Pay-as-you-go | One API key for video, image, music, and chat models | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/kie-ai-affordable-secure-deepseek-r1-api.md) |
| 4 | [APIMaster](https://openaitools.app/tool/apimaster) | 210,182 | +46.3% | Paid | One OpenAI-compatible key for discounted GPT, Claude and Gemini access | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/apimaster.md) |
| 5 | [Claude](https://openaitools.app/tool/claude-2) | 1,253,439,413 | +23.8% | Freemium | Anthropic's frontier AI workspace powered by Claude 5.5 for agentic coding, analysis, and nuanced writing. | category: ai-api; keywords 100% | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/claude-2.md) |
| 6 | [Treg](https://openaitools.app/tool/treg) | 452,935 | +223.4% | Freemium | One key for 4,100+ agent tools, pay per call | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/treg.md) |
| 7 | [Groq](https://openaitools.app/tool/groq) | 3,987,936 | +10% | Paid | Ultra-fast AI inference on the LPU and LPX platform | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/groq.md) |
| 8 | [TinyFish](https://openaitools.app/tool/tinyfish) | 1,124,952 | +199.7% | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | One API key for agent-grade web search, fetch, browsing and automation | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/tinyfish.md) |
| 9 | [Agnes AI](https://openaitools.app/tool/agnes-ai) | 902,184 | -25.8% | Freemium | One free API for text, image, and video AI models | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/agnes-ai.md) |
| 10 | [OpenAI Platform](https://openaitools.app/tool/openai) | 234,678,639 | -9.6% | Paid | Enterprise developer platform and API for deploying GPT-6 Astra, Sol, Luna, and realtime multimodal agents. | category: ai-api; keywords 100% | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/openai.md) |
| 11 | [AI/ML API](https://openaitools.app/tool/ai-ml-api) | 232,946 | -20.1% | Pay-as-you-go credits (free to start); enterprise custom pricing on request | One universal API for 500+ AI models and 1,000+ agentic tools | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/ai-ml-api.md) |
| 12 | [OrcaRouter](https://openaitools.app/tool/orcarouter) | 975,300 | -5.2% | Freemium | One OpenAI-compatible gateway for adaptive LLM routing, guardrails, and spend control | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/orcarouter.md) |
| 13 | [fal.ai](https://openaitools.app/tool/fal-ai) | 3,093,684 | -3.7% | Paid, pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing | One API for 1,500+ production-ready generative media models | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/fal-ai.md) |
| 14 | [Google AI Studio](https://openaitools.app/tool/google-ai-studio) | 112,620,020 | +2% | Freemium | Google's rapid prototyping IDE and developer API workbench for building multimodal applications with Gemini models. | category: ai-api; keywords 100% | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/google-ai-studio.md) |
| 15 | [Wokey](https://openaitools.app/tool/wokey) | 55,092 | +202.2% | Paid | One verifiable API key for Claude, GPT, Kimi and Grok at a fraction of list price | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/wokey.md) |
| 16 | [LiteLLM](https://openaitools.app/tool/litellm) | 576,967 | +7.9% | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | One open-source AI gateway for 100+ LLM providers | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/litellm.md) |
| 17 | [BeatAPI](https://openaitools.app/tool/beatapi-ai-model-data-web-apis-for-agents) | 99,987 | +1,012.7% | Freemium | One API key for 70+ AI models, 1,000+ data APIs and web tools | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/beatapi-ai-model-data-web-apis-for-agents.md) |
| 18 | [DeepInfra](https://openaitools.app/tool/deep-infra) | 457,810 | -8.9% | Paid | Low-cost serverless inference APIs for 200+ open models | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/deep-infra.md) |
| 19 | [Exa](https://openaitools.app/tool/exa-ai) | 1,062,574 | +16.8% | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | Web search API and crawler built for AI agents | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/exa-ai.md) |
| 20 | [APIMart](https://openaitools.app/tool/apimart) | 383,148 | +6.3% | Freemium, Paid | One OpenAI-compatible API for 190+ text, image, video and audio models | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/apimart.md) |
| 21 | [APIMODELS](https://openaitools.app/tool/apimodels) | 45,042 | +12% | Paid | One API key, 165+ image, video, audio and LLM models at up to 95% below official pricing | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/apimodels.md) |
| 22 | [ApiPass](https://openaitools.app/tool/apipass-api-marketplace) | 64,237 | -8.3% | Pay-per-use / Usage-based credits | One API key for 180+ leading AI models at a fraction of official pricing | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/apipass-api-marketplace.md) |
| 23 | [OfoxAI](https://openaitools.app/tool/ofoxai) | 239,718 | +12.7% | — | One API key, 100+ LLMs, official pricing with no platform markup | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/ofoxai.md) |
| 24 | [Flaq AI](https://openaitools.app/tool/flaq-ai-api-platform) | 328,715 | +127.9% | Paid | One API key for the world's leading image, video and language models | category: ai-api; keywords 100%; semantic match | [.md](https://openaitools.app/tool/flaq-ai-api-platform.md) |

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