AI/ML API review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
AI/ML API suits teams that want one endpoint in front of many vendors, with text, image and video models in one catalogue. Buyers who want a fixed subscription or a free allowance should look elsewhere, since the fee model is prepaid pay-as-you-go per model and input fees run $0.052 to $41.26.
Key facts
- Best for
- Teams wanting one OpenAI-compatible endpoint in front of many model vendors, with text, image and video in the same catalogue.
- Input price from
- $0.0516 to $41.26 (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Output price from
- $0.138 to $206.31 (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Models offered
- GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.5, GPT-5, GPT-4.1, GPT-4o, GPT-4, GPT-OSS 120B, Claude Opus 5, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 5, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemma 4 31B, Grok 4.6, Grok Imagine Video, Grok 4.20, DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek-R1, Qwen3.7 Max, Kimi K2.6, MiniMax M3, Fugu Ultra, Laguna S 2.1, Seed 2.1 Turbo, FLUX 3 Video, FLUX 2 Pro, Wan 3.0 Video, Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0 Pro, Qwen Image 3, Nova-3 General, ERNIE 5.0, Command A (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Largest context window
- 1,050,000 (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- OpenAI-compatible API
- Yes (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Legal entity
- Boiler Labs FZ-LLC (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Headquarters
- United Arab Emirates (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Support channels
- Email, Chat, Help-centre, Community (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Official website
- aimlapi.com
LLM gateways
- Fee model
- Pay-as-you-go per-model pricing per 1M tokens on a prepaid balance; minimum top-up $20 (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Providers routed
- from 1,000 (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- OpenAI-compatible API
- Yes (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Free tier
- No (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Legal entity
- Boiler Labs FZ-LLC (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Headquarters
- United Arab Emirates (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Support channels
- Email, Chat, Help-centre, Community (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
Apps and profiles
Pros and cons
Pros
- One OpenAI-compatible endpoint fronts from 1,000 providers, so a client can move between vendors by changing the model name.
- The catalogue in GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT 5.5 and GPT 5 mixes frontier text models with image and video endpoints such as FLUX 3 Video and Kling 3.0 Pro, broader than the single-vendor set at gpt 6 astra, gpt 6 luna and gpt 6 sol.
- A context window of 1,050,000 tokens ranks 5 of 72 tracked brands, so long documents travel in one request.
- The entry input range, $0.052 to $41.26, opens below Salad's $0.06, so a token-light trial is cheaper here while the top of the range runs well above it.
Cons
- Free tier: not available, so the catalogue cannot be sampled at no cost and a prepaid balance has to be funded before the first call.
- Billing is pay-as-you-go per model against a prepaid balance, and the fee model sets a minimum top-up, so spend follows usage rather than a tier you pick.
- On price the brand reads mid-field: entry input ranks 32 of 71 and entry output 26 of 70.
Who it suits
- Teams that want many vendors behind a single OpenAI-compatible client instead of one provider's catalogue.
- Product teams mixing text, image and video generation behind one balance and one endpoint.
- Engineers with long documents who want a 1,050,000 token window in the same catalogue.
Who should look elsewhere
- Azure AI Foundry, for teams standardised on one vendor's own hosted models rather than a routed marketplace.
- Salad, when the entry input rate of $0.06 is the deciding number and the media models are not needed.
- Supascale AI, for text and open-weight work where the list at DeepSeek V4 Pro, GPT 5.6 Sol and GPT 5.6 Terra is enough and video endpoints go unused.
What it does well
The useful part is breadth behind one door. The catalogue in GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT 5.5 and GPT 5 mixes frontier text releases with open-weight models and a media set that includes FLUX 3 Video, Kling 3.0 Pro, Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0 Video, so image and video calls run on the same client as chat. The endpoint speaks an OpenAI-compatible API, which means existing OpenAI client code can point at this host and change model names rather than rebuild the request layer. Context is the other lever: the largest window is 1,050,000 tokens, deep enough to keep a long document and its history inside one request.
Models and context
The list published on the pricing page, GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT 5.5 and GPT 5, spans text, image and video, with the current GPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok lines next to open-weight options such as GPT-OSS 120B, DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3.7 Max, plus cheaper flash tiers for high-volume calls. Set against gpt 6 astra, gpt 6 luna and gpt 6 sol and DeepSeek V4 Pro, GPT 5.6 Sol and GPT 5.6 Terra, the difference is vendor spread rather than model count: the Azure set is one vendor's own hosted catalogue, and the Supascale list is text and open-weight led. On context, the largest window on the price list is 1,050,000 tokens, and because the API is OpenAI-compatible, window size is a model choice rather than a host limit.
Where it sits among rivals
On the largest context window the brand sits at 5 of 72 tracked, so depth is a strength that does not sit at the top of that table. Price is the softer measure: entry input ranks 32 of 71 and entry output 26 of 70. The pattern is consistent, with the routing and catalogue end of the offer pulling ahead and the per-token numbers landing in the middle of the field.
Pricing
Prices attach to the model, not to a plan, and the fee model is pay-as-you-go per model on a prepaid balance with a minimum top-up. Across the list, input fees run $0.052 to $41.26 and output fees run $0.14 to $206.31, and the spread inside each one is where the real cost sits: a small open-weight model at the bottom and a frontier model at the top differ by a wide margin, so the entry figure is a floor rather than a typical bill. There are no introductory rates and no renewal rates to separate, because billing is prepaid usage, so the same per-token rate applies on the first top-up and on every later one. Against a single-vendor catalogue, the useful comparison is the rate on the specific models in the workload.
Who runs it
The contract is with Boiler Labs FZ-LLC, and the headquarters country is AE. That is the name a vendor form needs and the country to check for data handling questions. Support runs on email, chat and help centre, so documentation and a community forum carry much of the early work, with email and chat for anything that stalls. Phone is not among the listed channels, so a production incident is handled in writing.
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Frequently asked questions
What does it cost to start using AI/ML API?+
You fund a prepaid balance first, and the fee model is pay-as-you-go per model with a minimum top-up. Prices sit on the model rather than on a plan, with input fees running $0.052 to $41.26 and output fees running $0.14 to $206.31 across the catalogue. The entry figure is the cheapest model, not an average bill.
Is there a free tier or free allowance to try it?+
The free tier is not available, so the catalogue cannot be used for no-cost sampling. A prepaid balance and a minimum top-up come first, and only then do the per-token rates in $0.052 to $41.26 on input and $0.14 to $206.31 on output apply. Teams that need a free proof of concept will not find one here.
Do introductory prices differ from renewal prices?+
There is no subscription to renew. Billing is pay-as-you-go per model against a prepaid balance, so the per-token rate in $0.052 to $41.26 on input and $0.14 to $206.31 on output is the same on the first call and on the last. What changes with volume is how fast the balance drains, not the rate.
Can existing OpenAI code be reused unchanged?+
Yes, the API is OpenAI-compatible, so a client written against that shape can be repointed at this host and change models by editing the model name. Behind the endpoint, from 1,000 providers are routed, well above the 9 median across the brands on this site. That is the main argument against a single-vendor catalogue.
Which models can I call through the API?+
The list published on the pricing page, GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT 5.5 and GPT 5, covers text, image and video, with GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen and Grok releases next to open-weight models and video models such as FLUX 3 Video and Kling 3.0 Pro. That spread is wider than the single-vendor set at gpt 6 astra, gpt 6 luna and gpt 6 sol.
How large is the context window?+
The largest window on the list is 1,050,000 tokens, which puts the brand at 5 of 72 tracked on that measure. The site median across the brands tracked is 1,000,000 tokens, so this is a typical top-end figure rather than an outlier.
How do I reach support when a call fails?+
Support runs on email, chat and help centre, so a help centre and a community forum answer most questions, with email and chat for anything that stalls. Phone is not among them, which matters if your incident process expects to speak to someone. The contracting entity behind the account is Boiler Labs FZ-LLC.
Who is the vendor and where is it registered?+
The terms and conditions name Boiler Labs FZ-LLC as the legal entity, and the privacy policy places the headquarters in United Arab Emirates. Those are the details a procurement form needs before the prepaid balance is funded. Account terms sit under the same name, so escalation goes to one party.
Sources
- aimlapi.com checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Fee model, Providers routed
“Pay only for what you use”
- aimlapi.com checked September 26, 2026
Backs: OpenAI-compatible API, Support channels
“Simply change the endpoints in your existing setup, and you're ready to go. OpenAI & Anthropic compatible.”
- aimlapi.com/ai-ml-api-pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Largest context window, Input price from, Models offered, Output price from
“Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-061 ... 1.05M tokens”
- aimlapi.com/privacy-policy checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Headquarters
“Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, RAKEZ Business Zones, Business Center 03, unit B04-515, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE”
- aimlapi.com/terms-and-conditions checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Legal entity
“provided by Boiler Labs FZ-LLC ("AIMLAPI", "Company", "we", "us")”
- help.aimlapi.com/article/38-what-models-can-i-work-with-f... checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Free tier
“We do not offer free models at the moment.”
Compiled from 6 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
AI/ML API
Teams wanting one OpenAI-compatible endpoint in front of many model vendors, with text, image and video in the same catalogue.