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Best LLM APIs & Infrastructure tools for solo founders

Model APIs, gateways, evals, vector DBs and observability for founders building AI products.

3 tools, ranked by community upvotes. Every listing includes a note from its founder and real pricing.

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    Vercel

    Cloud platform for deploying web apps and AI agents with built-in scaling and security.

    Why built: To make deploying frontend apps (especially Next.js) as simple as git push, with no manual server, CDN, or CI setup. Best for: Frontend devs and teams using Next.js/React, and anyone who wants zero-config deploys with instant preview URLs per branch/PR. What…

    Pricing: Hobby: $0/mo; Pro: $20/mo + usage; Enterprise: custom pricing

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    Anthropic

    Claude models through apps and an API, from an AI safety company

    Anthropic builds the Claude models and offers them through the Claude apps and a developer API with tools such as code execution. A solo founder can use the API to add Claude to a product, or use Claude directly for writing and coding. The API is billed per million tokens, and…

    Pricing: API billed per million tokens; Claude Free, Pro €15/month billed annually

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    OpenRouter

    One API for 500+ AI models from 80+ providers

    OpenRouter gives you a single API and key for hundreds of models, with automatic fallbacks when a provider goes down and routing by price or uptime. A solo founder can compare and switch models without changing integration code. It has 25+ free models, charges a 5.5% platform…

    Pricing: Free tier (25+ free models); pay as you go with a 5.5% platform fee

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