APIs and platforms for accessing large language models — 11 tools reviewed and compared.
| Tool | Rating | Pricing | Starting Price | Free Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face | ★ 4.7 | freemium | $9/month | Yes |
| Anthropic API | ★ 4.5 | paid | $0.25/million input tokens (Claude Haiku 3) | No |
| Mistral AI | ★ 4.5 | freemium | — | Yes |
| OpenAI API | ★ 4.5 | paid | — | Yes |
| OpenRouter | ★ 4.5 | freemium | — | Yes |
| Replicate | ★ 4.5 | paid | $0.00 | Yes |
| Together AI | ★ 4.5 | paid | $0.001/1k tokens | Yes |
| Fireworks AI | ★ 4.3 | paid | $0.10/1M tokens | Yes |
| Google AI Studio | ★ 4.3 | freemium | $0/month | Yes |
| Cohere | ★ 4.2 | freemium | — | Yes |
| Groq | ★ 4.2 | freemium | — | Yes |