I launched Apiarium, one API key for GPT, Claude, image gen, TTS & transcription
Hey IH 👋
I got tired of managing 4 different API accounts every time I wanted to add AI to a project. OpenAI for text and images, Anthropic for Claude, separate billing for each...
So I built Apiarium. One API key, all the models, credit-based pricing so you always know what you're spending.
It supports:
- GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4o, Claude Haiku, Claude Sonnet
- Image generation
- Text to speech (6 voices)
- Audio transcription (Whisper)
and more updates coming soon
Free tier to start, no credit card required.
Would love feedback from other devs, especially on website, pricing and what models/features you'd want next.
👉 apiarium.dev
The interesting part to me isn't having one API key.
It's becoming the layer developers choose to build against.
Once someone integrates your API, switching costs start working in your favor.
I'd be curious whether that's the outcome you're optimizing for, or whether simpler billing is the bigger pull today.
Honest answer: right now simpler billing is the bigger pull. That's the pain I felt and built around.
But you're pointing at something real. The switching cost dynamic is what makes this interesting long-term, once someone builds their image pipeline or transcription workflow against Apiarium, they're not re-integrating four separate providers to save a few dollars.
The question I'm still figuring out is whether I need to optimize for that explicitly or whether it just happens as a byproduct of being reliable and keeping the API stable. Curious what you've seen work.
Happy to share.
What's the best email to reach you on? I think it'll be easier to explain the thought properly there.
I check this email regularly hello@apiarium.d ev
Sent over what I was getting at.
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Sent it over to apiariumdev@gmail.com.