Smart route selection
Requests can be directed to available compliant routes with lower current delivery costs, while preserving the selected model and API format.
Unified AI gateway
One API for leading AI models
Access multiple providers through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with unified billing, spending limits and usage analytics.
Up to 10× savingsAll top models in one placeOpenAI compatible
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curl https://api.model-gate.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer mg_live_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"your-model","messages":[...]}'Models and transparent pricing
View models and prices →All top AI models in one place
Use GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and other leading models through one API. Depending on the selected model and workload, Model Gate pricing can be up to ten times lower than standard direct access.
One balanceOne API keyClear per-token prices
How savings are created
Lower prices through efficient, compliant routing
Model Gate combines several commercial and technical mechanisms. The available route and final price depend on the selected model, current capacity and provider conditions.
Verified secondary capacity
Where provider rules and applicable law permit, we may use legitimately acquired unused service capacity or transferable contractual entitlements obtained from verified counterparties.
Volume discounts
Aggregated traffic allows us to negotiate volume-based commercial terms with multiple suppliers and pass part of that efficiency to customers.
We do not use unauthorized access, compromised accounts or capacity whose transfer is prohibited. Every route is subject to provider terms, applicable law and availability.
Built for production
Everything you need to operate multiple models
One endpoint
Switch providers without rewriting your integration.
Unified billing
Understand every request and control spending in one place.
API key limits
Set independent limits and lifecycle controls for every key.
Usage analytics
Inspect requests, costs, latency and errors.
Async callbacks
Receive completion events in your own systems.
Multilingual panel
Use Model Gate in the language your team prefers.
OpenAI-compatible
Migrate with minimal code changes
Keep familiar SDKs and request formats while Model Gate handles routing, accounting and operational controls.
- 1Create an accountVerify your email and open the dashboard.
- 2Create an API keyChoose limits that match your workload.
- 3Change the base URLStart calling models through Model Gate.
Model Gate News
View all news →Important AI developments
MG NEWS
Databricks makes Unity Gateway management APIs generally available
Databricks has made Unity Gateway APIs generally available for managing model services, provider services and MCP services. The release moves gateway administration further into infrastructure-as-code and SDK workflows, with practical consequences for platform teams governing AI models and agent tools.
MG NEWS
Claude API compaction turns long-context handling into a gateway compatibility issue
Anthropic has added beta API support for signed conversation compaction blocks and automatic context editing in Claude Messages. The change gives developers a more structured way to keep long sessions alive, but it also creates new compatibility, tracing and billing questions for gateways and enterprise teams.
MG NEWS
Cloudflare AI Gateway makes BYOK-only routing an explicit billing control
Cloudflare AI Gateway can now require provider credentials and block fallback to Cloudflare-managed Unified Billing. The change turns BYOK from a convention into an enforceable gateway policy, with real consequences for resellers, partner platforms and teams trying to keep AI invoices predictable.
From the blog
View all articles →Guides and product updates
Control-Plane Audit Trails for AI API Gateways: Reconstruct Key, Tenant, and Spend Changes During Incidents
Runtime logs explain model calls, but incident response often depends on admin history: who created a key, changed a spend limit, promoted a routing profile, or revoked access. Build an append-only audit trail that joins gateway, Partner API, identity, provider, and usage events without storing raw prompts by default.
Build a Responses API Compatibility Layer in an AI API Gateway
A Responses API gateway is not just a Chat Completions proxy with a new route. Preserve response items, state, tool calls, streams, reasoning continuity, usage attribution, and downgrade behavior with a first-class compatibility layer.
Customer-Scoped AI API Keys: Isolate Tenants, Budgets, and Abuse Without Provider-Key Sprawl
SaaS products, agencies, and reseller platforms need customer-level AI access without exposing upstream provider credentials. Use gateway-issued virtual keys as policy handles for tenant attribution, model access, budgets, rate limits, revocation, rotation, and usage ledgers.