API alternatives

This product gives developers one API for calling text, image, and video models, with pay-as-you-go billing and a paid plan that includes a free trial. When choosing a replacement, compare which modalities you need, whether you need failover or routing, how budgets and spend are controlled, and how failed calls are billed.

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All 15 alternatives

Ranked by how well each one does what API does.

  1. 1
    Crun.ai API – Unified API for Multi-Model AI Content GenerationSame job

    Crun.ai API helps teams build AI-powered products faster by removing the complexity of managing multiple AI providers.

    Pick it if you need video, image, audio, and speech generation through one API, with a free tier to start and OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
  2. 2
    BlueDoAISame job

    Usage-based access to AI models through one API

    Pick it if you want an OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint, a model list, and a web console for reviewing request history and charges.

    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementPaidCosts more than APIView BlueDoAI
  3. 3
    APIKO AI APISame job

    One AI API for text, image & video models

    Pick it if you want automatic failover across provider channels and per-request logs of tokens, latency, and cost on one shared balance.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementPaidCosts less than APIView APIKO AI API
  4. 4
    Atlas CloudSame job

    The World's First Full-Modal Inference API Platform for Developers.

    Pick it if you need 3D asset generation or MCP server and CLI access alongside video, image, audio, and language models.

    • API
    • Web
    • CLI
    Drop-in replacementPaidView Atlas Cloud
  5. 5
    OceanTokenSame job

    Cheapest 500+ AI models for text, image, video and speech

    Pick it if you need per-member budgets across a workspace, command-line setup for coding tools, or managed hosting for higher-volume workloads.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
    • CLI
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Drop-in replacementPaidCosts less than APIView OceanToken
  6. 6
    RouterBaseSame job

    One API for GPT, Claude, Gemini & 200+ AI models

    Pick it if you want routing by price, latency, or availability, plus per-key usage analytics and spend caps across many providers.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementFreemiumCosts less than APIView RouterBase
  7. 7
    api-hub.aiSame job

    The Only AI API You'll Ever Need

    Pick it if you want a side-by-side model playground, hard budget limits, and exportable usage data with cost breakdowns by model.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementFreemiumCosts less than APIView api-hub.ai
  8. 8
    AvisSame job

    AVIS is a unified AI gateway and app marketplace

    Pick it if you want to switch models by changing an identifier and distribute your applications through an application marketplace.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementFreemiumCosts less than APIView Avis
  9. 9
    01RouterSame job

    One API key for video, image, audio, and chat models

    Pick it if you plan to resell generation capacity with a markup to end users, or need credit refunds for failed video or image generations.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementFreemiumCosts less than APIView 01Router
  10. 10
    WisGateSame job

    All The Best LLMs. Unbeatable Value.

    Pick it if you want a browser studio for text, image, and video generation alongside a documented REST chat completions endpoint.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementFreemiumCosts less than APIView WisGate
  11. 11
    PoYo.aiSame job

    One API for 500+ Leading AI Models

    Pick it if you run long generation jobs that need webhook callbacks, and you want no charge for failed generations.

    • Free plan
    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementFreeCosts less than APIView PoYo.ai
  12. 12
    OmniakeySame job

    Ai gateway

    Pick it if you use coding agents that need Anthropic-native or Gemini-native endpoints alongside OpenAI-compatible text and music generation.

    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementPaidView Omniakey
  13. 13
    APIMODELSSame job

    Unified AI API — 150+ models, one key, up to 95% off

    Pick it if you want billing only for successful requests with no monthly fee, automatic multi-channel failover, and MCP client support.

    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementPaidView APIMODELS
  14. 14
    codexhot.comSame job

    Paid GPT, Grok and Chinese-model APIs

    Pick it if you connect coding assistants or local agents and need Anthropic Messages protocol support with per-group API keys.

    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementPaidCosts more than APIView codexhot.com
  15. 15
    EvoLinkSame job

    Access top multimodal AI for chat, image, and video through a single EvoLink API integration.

    Pick it if you run batch image or video generation through an API and also want a web dashboard for manual generation.

    • API
    • Web
    Drop-in replacementPaidView EvoLink

API and its top 5, side by side

What we compared
APIThis product
Crun.ai API – Unified API for Multi-Model AI Content Generation#1
BlueDoAI#2
APIKO AI API#3
Atlas Cloud#4
OceanToken#5
What it doesAccess Top AI Models in One APICrun.ai API helps teams build AI-powered products faster by removing the complexity of managing multiple AI providers.Usage-based access to AI models through one APIOne AI API for text, image & video modelsThe World's First Full-Modal Inference API Platform for Developers.Cheapest 500+ AI models for text, image, video and speech
Fit for API users—Drop-inDrop-inDrop-inDrop-inDrop-in
PricingFreemiumFreePaidPaidPaidPaid
Free planNoYesNoYesNoYes
APIYesYesYesYesYesYes
Open sourceNoNoNoNoNoNo
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, APIWeb, APIWeb, APIWeb, API, CLIWeb, API, CLI, macOS, Windows, Linux

Questions about API alternatives

What are the best alternatives to API?

On AINave, the closest matches are Crun.ai API – Unified API for Multi-Model AI Content Generation, BlueDoAI and APIKO AI API.

Is there a free alternative to API?

Yes. 9 alternatives have a free plan, including Crun.ai API – Unified API for Multi-Model AI Content Generation, APIKO AI API and OceanToken.

Which API alternatives have an API?

15 alternatives have an API, including Crun.ai API – Unified API for Multi-Model AI Content Generation, BlueDoAI and APIKO AI API.

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