10 General AI combos

DeepSeek handles cost-sensitive tasks such as bulk tag classification and draft normalization. The OpenAI API is used selectively for complex comparison questions, structured responses, and high-quality final text. Routing rules are managed based on difficulty, expected tokens, and error rate, and adjusted through sample quality evaluation.

Pricing DeepSeek open-weight·API pay-as-you-go, OpenAI API pay-as-you-go per token

ChatGPT routes between low-cost and high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. In the LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo, the gateway consistently applies key management, call logs, and fallback model policies. Sample evaluations, error rates, and costs are compared to adjust routing rules periodically.

Pricing API pay-as-you-go + subscription (ChatGPT) / open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription

Claude routes between low-cost and high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. In the LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo, the gateway consistently applies key management, call logs, and fallback model policies. Routing rules are adjusted periodically by comparing sample evaluations, error rates, and cost.

Pricing Freemium (free + paid subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription

Gemini routes between low-cost and high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. In the LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo, the gateway applies key management, call logs, and fallback model policies consistently. Routing rules are adjusted periodically by comparing sample evaluations, error rates, and costs.

Pricing Freemium (free + paid subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription

DeepSeek routes between low-cost and high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. In the LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo, the gateway applies key management, call logs, and fallback model policies consistently. Routing rules are adjusted periodically by comparing sample evaluations, error rates, and costs.

Pricing Open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription

Grok-2 routes between low-cost and high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. The LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo has the gateway apply key management, call logs, and fallback model policies consistently. Sample evaluations, error rates, and costs are compared to adjust routing rules periodically.

Pricing Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / Open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription

Llama routes tasks to low-cost or high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. In the LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo, the gateway consistently applies key management, call logging, and fallback model policies. Routing rules are adjusted periodically by comparing sample evaluations, error rates, and cost.

Pricing Open source (free, license conditions apply) / Open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription

Mistral routes tasks to low-cost or high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. In the LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo, the gateway consistently applies key management, call logging, and fallback model policies. Routing rules are adjusted periodically by comparing sample evaluations, error rates, and cost.

Pricing Open source (free) + API pay-as-you-go / open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription

Qwen routes between low-cost and high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. In the LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo, the gateway consistently applies key management, call logs, and fallback model policies. Sample evaluations, error rates, and costs are compared to adjust routing rules periodically.

Pricing Open source (free) + Alibaba Cloud API pay-as-you-go / Open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription

Command R+ routes between low-cost and high-performance models based on task difficulty and expected tokens. In the LiteLLM + OpenRouter + PortKey combo, the gateway applies key management, call logs, and fallback model policies consistently. Routing rules are adjusted periodically by comparing sample evaluations, error rates, and costs.

Pricing Varies by model (open weights or API pay-as-you-go) / Open source + mixed pay-as-you-go/subscription