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Show HN: ModelPlane, one OpenAI-compatible gateway for AI models

ModelPlane, a new OpenAI-compatible gateway, lets developers route AI requests across OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, and custom services through a single API, with features like model groups, fallback routing, and usage billing. The service offers 1 million free tokens without a credit card, and paid plans start at $0.02 per 1 million tokens.

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One endpoint.

Route across OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek and more behind a single API. Model groups, fallback routing, and usage billing - built in.

No credit card · First 1M tokens free

Six primitives. One gateway. #

Each works on its own. Together they replace the model-routing layer for every app you ship.

Model Groups

Package backends, models and routing policy behind one stable name your app calls directly.

Routing

Single-backend, weighted load-balancing, fallback, or conditional routing by request metadata.

Multiple Providers

OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, OpenRouter and any custom OpenAI-compatible service.

Coding Plans

Run coding-plan backends beside credit-based keys, with quota and balance visibility.

Thinking Output

One reasoning request format; read standardized reasoning text across every model.

Usage & Billing

Track spend and tokens per group, key and customer tier in a single console.

Failover before your users notice. #

Define a policy once. The gateway evaluates weights, retries, and fallbacks on every request — and hands back a standardized response no matter which backend answered.

Pay for credits, not seats. #

All plans draw credit at the same $0.02 / 1M-token rate.

Compare all plans $1 in credit to start · 1 active key · $0.02 / 1M tok

$20 credit included monthly · 10 active keys · $0.02 / 1M tok

Start shipping. #

One endpoint for every model. Free for the first 1M tokens — no credit card required.

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