CheapAI — OpenAI-compatible API at $1/M tokens (1/15th the price of GPT-4o)
Hey IH 👋
We built CheapAI — an OpenAI-compatible API that charges a flat $1 per million tokens. No per-model pricing. No
surprise bills.
One line is all you change:
# Before
client = OpenAI(api_key="sk-...")
# After
client = OpenAI(
api_key="cheapai-...",
base_url="https://cheapai.space/v1"
)
Everything else stays the same — same /v1/chat/completions, same streaming, same SDK.
What you get:
- Chat, vision, and reasoning — all $1/M flat
- PayPal checkout, instant API key delivery
- Usage dashboard with daily breakdowns
- Free tier model for testing
Why we built this:
We run side projects ourselves. OpenAI bills were eating 30-40% of costs before we even had users. The AI API market
has gotten way cheaper on the supply side, but the big platforms haven't passed that through. CheapAI bridges that
gap.
Ask: Try the free model at cheapai.space with zero commitment. Honest feedback welcome — what's the one thing that
would make you switch from OpenAI?
