# RouteMux

> Reliability-first AI gateway with one API key and endpoint across model providers; redundant upstream routes and success-only billing; prepaid pay-as-you-go starts at $10.

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Categories: [Artificial intelligence](https://ledepress.com/categories/artificial-intelligence), [Developer tools](https://ledepress.com/categories/developer-tools)
Alternatives: [RouteMux alternatives](https://ledepress.com/projects/routemux/alternatives)
RouteMux is a reliability-first AI gateway. One API key and one endpoint reach models from OpenAI (GPT), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), xAI (Grok), Meta (Muse Spark), DeepSeek, Alibaba (Qwen), Moonshot (Kimi), Zhipu (GLM) and MiniMax, so developers and small engineering teams can use several providers without maintaining multiple integrations. It supports OpenAI Chat Completions and Responses, Anthropic Messages, and Google Vertex. Requests run over redundant upstream routes; failed requests and timeouts are not charged. The prepaid USD wallet uses pay-as-you-go billing and starts at $10, with no subscription, seat fees or monthly minimum.
## Features
- **Protocol-compatible API.** Supports OpenAI Chat Completions and Responses, Anthropic Messages, and Google Vertex; keep the SDK and change the base URL.
- **Redundant upstream routes.** Requests run over redundant upstream routes, reducing the chance that one provider's bad hour interrupts requests.
- **Success-only billing.** Failed requests and timeouts are not charged.
- **One console and shared balance.** Manage API keys, per-key quotas, usage and request logs in one console; text, image, video and speech use the same key and balance.
## Pricing
- **Pay-as-you-go (Starting at $10).** Prepaid USD wallet with no subscription, seat fees, or monthly minimum. Unused balance is refundable under the refund policy.
## Competitors
- [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/)
- [Requesty](https://requesty.ai/)
- [Portkey](https://portkey.ai/)
- [LiteLLM](https://litellm.ai/)
- [Eden AI](https://edenai.co/)
- [Together AI](https://together.ai/)
## Publications
- [RouteMux: A Reliability-First AI Gateway with Pay-as-You-Go Billing](https://ledepress.com/publications/routemux-a-reliability-first-ai-gateway-with-pay-as-you-go-billing) (2026-11-07). RouteMux connects multiple AI model providers through one API key and endpoint, with redundant upstream routes and success-only billing. Prepaid pay-as-you-go starts at $10. Product link in the article, anchor “RouteMux”, to https://routemux.com/. Categories: Artificial intelligence, Developer tools.

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