OpenRouter Alternatives: How to Compare API Gateways and Migrate Safely
Compare API gateways by protocol, models, authentication, errors, billing, and observability, then migrate one controlled request before production traffic.
API & Integrations
AI APIs: Protocol, API Key, and First Request
Choose the API protocol your client expects, handle the key safely, send one minimal request, and verify model, status, tokens, and spend.
OpenAI-Compatible or Anthropic-Compatible API: Which One to Choose
How the two API protocols differ across requests, streaming, tools, and errors, plus a practical test before moving production traffic.
How to Connect Claude Desktop to a Custom Inference Gateway
Choose a direct Anthropic-compatible route or a local CC Switch route, configure Claude Desktop, and verify the request without exposing your key.
Claude API Access: Create a Key and Test Your First Request
Create a BetterToken API key, call an Anthropic-compatible endpoint, and verify the response, token usage, and cost in Workspace.
GPT Image 2: Your First Image API Request
Send a first GPT Image 2 request through BetterToken, decode the b64_json response into a PNG, and diagnose common key, endpoint, model, and balance errors.
Connecting Claude Code and Codex in Russia: Four API Aggregators Compared for Developers
A developer-focused comparison of BetterToken, PolzaAI, ProxyAPI, and provod.ai for connecting Claude Code and Codex from Russia.