Route to the cheapest AI model that works—save 50%+ on every inference call.
Solo founders of AI products face skyrocketing AI model costs that devour margins and prevent profitability despite solid user growth.
ModelMux is an intelligent router that analyzes your prompt, selects the optimal cheap/fast model from 10+ providers, and falls back seamlessly. Solo founders swap one endpoint, cut costs dramatically while maintaining quality via embedded benchmarks. Track per-request savings and A/B test models effortlessly.
Solo founders building AI-powered SaaS products with decent user growth but thin or negative margins
Live model benchmarking database updated daily, with prompt-type classification for 95% accuracy in routing.
edgy
Single POST URL routes to best model.
Quality/cost scores for 20+ models.
Split traffic between models.
Per-request and aggregate cost comparisons.
Auto-retry with next-best model.
User-tuned routing prefs.
RTT metrics per model.
Batch evaluate prompts.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| router_url | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| model_name | text | No |
| provider | text | No |
| quality_score | float | No |
| cost_per_million | float | No |
| updated_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| router_id | uuid | No |
| chosen_model | text | No |
| cost_saved | float | No |
| timestamp | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/routeIntelligent model routing
/api/benchmarksFetch model scores
/api/abtestSetup A/B test
/api/savingsRequest analytics
10k req/mo
1M req/mo
None
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 200 | 4% | $260 | $3,120 |
| Month 6 | 900 | 7% | $2,100 | $25,200 |
Target r/LocalLLaMA and Twitter AI tinkerers complaining about cloud costs, offer free Pro for prompt tests. Launch waitlist on Product Hunt 'Upcoming'. Engage in AI Discord servers.
Model aggregation
Manual selection
Auto-routing + benchmarks
Proxy
No intelligence
Smart selection engine
Daily benchmark data network effect from user requests.
Explosion of cheap/open models (Llama3, Mistral) but no easy router for production SaaS.
Model quality variance
Benchmarks + user feedback loop
Our inference costs
Markup on savings, cheap providers
Success: 30%+ avg savings
Success: 40% savings avg
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