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One OpenAI-compatible API for every model at 0% markup

SentioGate is an AI LLM router: change one base URL and reach OpenAI, Groq, DeepSeek, Mistral, xAI, Claude and Gemini through OpenRouter, or your own vLLM/Ollama server, with the provider keys you already have. Your providers bill you directly; SentioGate adds nothing per token.

Launch Live Console Manage Keys & Vault
Picks a capable model per request automatically
Automatically falls back to another model if one fails
Trims long conversations so you spend fewer tokens
Stops runaway agent loops
Free tier to start

What changes when you route through SentioGate?

Change one line (base_url): every request goes to a capable model at a good price, falls back automatically when a model fails, and long conversations cost fewer tokens.

Before: direct to a single providerSingle point of failure

Hardcoded provider & full frontier pricing

client = OpenAI(  # Direct to single provider endpoint  api_key="sk-proj-single_openai_key")res = client.chat.completions.create(  model="gpt-4o", # Overpays on routine tasks  messages=long_chat_history)
  • Overpays on routine prompts: extraction and classification still bill at frontier rates.
  • Breaks when a provider is busy or down: one rate-limited key drops the user request.
  • Long chats get expensive: multi-turn chats resend the full history every turn.
  • Scattered API keys: plaintext keys duplicated across services, no spend pause.
Result: high token bill & brittle uptimeNo automatic fallback
After: 1-line swap to SentioGate0% token markup (BYOK)

One API, automatic model choice & fallback

client = OpenAI(  base_url="https://api.sentiogate.dev/v1",  api_key="sg_live_your_gateway_key",)res = client.chat.completions.create(  model="auto", # Picks a capable model, falls back automatically  messages=long_chat_history)
  • Picks the model for you: each request goes to the lowest-cost capable model across your connected keys.
  • Automatic fallback: skips struggling providers and automatically falls back to another model if one fails.
  • Leaner long conversations: trims long conversations so you spend fewer tokens, and reuses answers to repeated requests.
  • Encrypted vault: up to 5 keys per provider in priority failover order, with optional spend and balance limits that pause a key.
Result: lower cost, automatic failover & 0% markupFull architecture comparison

Interactive live routing engine

Pick a sample workload or type your own to see how SentioGate classifies the task and picks a model.

  1. 1
    Task analysisDetects task requirements
  2. 2
    Token efficiencyOptimizes context & cache
  3. 3
    Provider selectionMatches lowest cost & live health
  4. 4
    Resilient deliveryZero-markup stream + failover
Sample prompt
Optimization goal
Lower coston this promptSample data
Metric Before: direct provider callopenai/gpt-4o After: SentioGate (model="auto")groq/llama-3.3-70b-versatile
Estimated cost$0.005000$0.000030 (Lower cost)
Latency (TTFT)Depends on one providerMeasured on a live run
Outage protectionSingle point of failure (a busy or down provider drops the request)Active circuit breaker + automatic model fallback
Context handlingUncompressed raw tokensWhitespace cleaned + edge cache

* Cost estimates reflect input prompt and generated output tokens calculated at standard provider list prices. Actual savings depend on request length, cache hit rates, and the selected routing strategy (cost vs. speed).

Output preview (Groq Cloud (via SentioGate))Sample output

Calibrated sample. Select “Route request” for a live run.

{
  "entities": [
    {"name": "Apple", "type": "Organization"},
    {"name": "M4 Max", "type": "Product"},
    {"name": "Cupertino", "type": "Location"}
  ],
  "date": "today"
}

Drop-in OpenAI SDK replacement

Change the base URL and key. If a model errors or rate-limits, SentioGate automatically falls back to another model.

from openai import OpenAI

# 3-line drop-in: point directly to the zero-markup SentioGate router
client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.sentiogate.dev/v1",
    api_key="sg_live_your_gateway_key",  # or pass provider_keys directly
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="auto",  # SentioGate picks the cheapest model that fits the task
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain vector embeddings in 10 words"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Open-source SDK (Apache-2.0): sentiogate-python on PyPI. The SentioGate service itself is proprietary.

Provider Performance Telemetry

Measured from requests routed through SentioGate in the last 24h. Auto routing uses it as a secondary factor after price.

Why engineering teams choose SentioGate

What is built and running today: one API, plus the controls, analytics and admin tools to run it.

Picks the model for you

Send model "auto" and each request goes to the cheapest capable model across your keys. Or pin any provider/model.

Automatic fallback

Automatically falls back to another model if one fails. Models that are struggling are skipped.

Leaner long conversations

Trims long conversations so you spend fewer tokens. Each response shows what was saved.

Stops runaway agent loops

Spots an agent repeating the same steps and stops the request before it burns more tokens. You can switch it off.

Per-request controls

Prefer cost, quality or speed, hint the task type, and switch caching, trimming, loop stop or the dangerous tool-call flag on or off per request.

Usage & cost dashboard

Requests, spend at your providers' prices, cache savings, latency, success rate and recent routing decisions. Optional trace export to your own Langfuse.

Keys, limits & model controls

Create and revoke gateway keys, keep up to 5 keys per provider in fallback order, turn models on or off, and set spend limits that pause a key.

Your own endpoints

Add any OpenAI-compatible HTTPS endpoint, such as vLLM or Ollama, with custom headers.

Encrypted keys, 0% markup

Keys are encrypted at rest and never shown back in full. Providers bill you directly; SentioGate charges only for the plan.

LLM Routing Guides and a Free API Key

Sourced guides on BYOK LLM routing, provider rate limits, and gateway architecture.

Free chatbot API: free tiers compared

Prototype with 600 requests every 5 hours on the free community pool (no credit card), or route across free-tier keys.

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