AI Tool Podium

Ranking ยท updated 2026-10-14

The best API for open and frontier AI models

Our current podium for model apis and gateways, ranked by how well each tool does the job for a solo builder.

  1. 1
    OpenRouterTop pickopenrouter.ai

    One API and bill for hundreds of models from many providers.

    Visit
  2. 2
    Hugging Facehuggingface.co

    The hub for open models and datasets, plus hosted inference.

    Visit
  3. 3
    Groqgroq.com

    Very low-latency inference for popular open models.

    Visit
  4. 4
    Together AItogether.ai

    Hosted inference and fine-tuning for open-source models.

    Visit

Other use cases

The weekly podium

Ranking changes and new releases, once a week.

No issues yet. The first one is on its way.