Provider Name
Cheaper Inference
Provider Website
https://cheaperinference.com
API Documentation
https://cheaperinference.com/docs
API Compatibility
OpenAI-compatible
Available Models
The gateway serves 60 chat routes under their makers' own names, among them:
- claude-opus-5, claude-sonnet-5, claude-haiku-4.5 (Anthropic)
- gpt-6-astra, gpt-5.5, gpt-5.6-luna / -sol / -terra, gpt-5-mini (OpenAI)
- gemini-3.7-flash, gemini-3.1-pro-preview (Google)
- grok-4.5 (xAI), kimi-k3 (Moonshot), glm-5.3 (Z.ai)
- deepseek-v4-pro, deepseek-v4.1-flash (DeepSeek)
- qwen-3-8-max and other Qwen routes (Alibaba)
Plus 5 image models and 1 video model on their own endpoints.
Key Features
- one endpoint and one key for models from several makers
- the model id is the maker's own, with no vendor prefix
- an authenticated
GET /v1/models publishes per-model prices, context and output limits, and capability flags, so a client can read the catalogue rather than hard-code it
- four models are priced in two bands with a published long-context threshold
- the catalogue moves: four of the 60 routes changed price in the 23 hours between two readings, which is why reading it beats pinning it
Authentication Method
API Key
Pricing Information
https://cheaperinference.com/docs
Per-model rates come from the provider's own GET /v1/models response, which reports both the charged rate and the maker's list price.
Community Interest
Medium - Some users would benefit
Your Use Case
I use this gateway already and want Forge pointed at it without a custom OpenAI endpoint. What I get from it is one key for models from several makers, which matters when a session moves between a cheap model for bulk edits and a frontier one for the hard part - today that means re-configuring the provider mid-session. The models are addressed by their makers' own names, so the same model id works whether I go through the gateway or direct.
Contribution
Additional Context
The change follows #3623 (OrcaRouter): an entry in crates/forge_repo/src/provider/provider.json, the ProviderId in crates/forge_domain/src/provider.rs, the repo wiring, and a README row. Models are discovered from the provider's own /models endpoint, so no model list is hard-coded. 618 + 334 tests and clippy are green locally.
Provider Name
Cheaper Inference
Provider Website
https://cheaperinference.com
API Documentation
https://cheaperinference.com/docs
API Compatibility
OpenAI-compatible
Available Models
The gateway serves 60 chat routes under their makers' own names, among them:
Plus 5 image models and 1 video model on their own endpoints.
Key Features
GET /v1/modelspublishes per-model prices, context and output limits, and capability flags, so a client can read the catalogue rather than hard-code itAuthentication Method
API Key
Pricing Information
https://cheaperinference.com/docs
Per-model rates come from the provider's own
GET /v1/modelsresponse, which reports both the charged rate and the maker's list price.Community Interest
Medium - Some users would benefit
Your Use Case
I use this gateway already and want Forge pointed at it without a custom OpenAI endpoint. What I get from it is one key for models from several makers, which matters when a session moves between a cheap model for bulk edits and a frontier one for the hard part - today that means re-configuring the provider mid-session. The models are addressed by their makers' own names, so the same model id works whether I go through the gateway or direct.
Contribution
Additional Context
The change follows #3623 (OrcaRouter): an entry in
crates/forge_repo/src/provider/provider.json, theProviderIdincrates/forge_domain/src/provider.rs, the repo wiring, and a README row. Models are discovered from the provider's own/modelsendpoint, so no model list is hard-coded. 618 + 334 tests and clippy are green locally.