Beta — introductory pricing

Every top AI model,
one key, up to 10× cheaper.

Claude, GPT, Grok, DeepSeek and more — the real models, behind a single endpoint that drops into Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, VS Code and any OpenAI-compatible app. Prepaid, transparent, billed to the fraction of a cent.

✓ No subscription  ·  ✓ One base URL  ·  ✓ Live in 2 minutes
request.sh
# one URL, any tool, any model
curl https://api.tokenlowcost.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-tlc-…" \
  -d '{
    "model": "claude-opus-5.5",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Ship it 🚀" }]
  }'

← 200 OK
{ "model": "claude-opus-5.5",
  "usage": { "cost": 0.00041 } }
Claude Opus 5.5
GPT-5.5
billed $0.00041
Works out of the box with
CursorClaude CodeCodexVS CodeClineOpenAI SDKZed
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Top models
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Endpoint for all
10×
Cheaper in beta
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Setup & subscription
Why TokenLowCost

Built like the tool you wish you had

A single drop-in endpoint with prepaid billing, per-key budgets and live usage analytics.

One key, every tool

The same base URL and key work across Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, VS Code and any OpenAI-compatible client. No per-tool juggling.

Up to 10× cheaper

Beta pricing at a fraction of standard rates. Prepaid balance, no subscription, no surprise invoices.

Live usage analytics

Watch tokens burn in real time, converted to USD, with your last requests and per-key spend.

Per-key controls

Create keys per project, pick a model, set a budget cap and an expiry date. Revoke any time.

Prompt caching

Repeated context is billed at the cheaper cached rate and passed straight to you — agent workflows get cheaper automatically.

Drop-in compatible

Anthropic Messages, OpenAI Chat and Responses — auto-detected from one URL. Change two lines, done.

Integrations

Change two lines.
Keep your workflow.

Point your favorite tool at TokenLowCost and go. The model you pick is the model you get — nothing swapped, nothing hidden.

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Codex
OpenAI SDK
Full setup guides →
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Pricing

Real models. Real prices. 10× lower.

Per 1M tokens. Our price is what you pay; the crossed-out number is the typical market rate.

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Beta pricing while we test capacity — rates may change as we exit beta.

Straight answers

How can it be this cheap?

We're in beta, and pricing is subsidized

We're onboarding early users and deliberately keeping prices low to grow. Rates rise as we leave beta — lock in cheap usage now.

Prompt caching cuts real cost

When your tool re-sends the same context (system prompts, files, history), the cached portion is billed far cheaper. Coding and agent workflows repeat context constantly, so a large share of your tokens qualify — and we pass those savings on.

You get exactly the model you choose

Pick Claude Opus 5.5 and you get Claude Opus 5.5 — the genuine upstream model, never a cheaper substitute. Pick a budget model when you want to save more.

Prepaid, no middlemen

No subscription, no seat fees, no minimums. You pay for tokens you actually use, billed to the fraction of a cent.

Start building for less today

Create a key, paste one URL, and keep the tools you already use.