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Conifer

API service

by Conifer

OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible inference gateway that puts over 200 models behind one key, picks the model and provider per request or lets the caller name one, fails over when a provider is down and returns the cost in the response; the command-line runtime and local inference are free and cloud tokens bill at the model's own rate with no upcharge.

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What it does

• Model inference
• Model hosting

Features 4

• One key, 200+ modelsFrontier-lab and open-weights models behind one endpoint, or bring your own provider keys.
• Per-query routingEach query gets the harness, model, provider and cache strategy chosen for it.
• Provider failover and costPicks the provider, fails over if one is down and puts the cost in the response.
• Free local runtimeThe runtime, the router and local inference carry no charge.

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

Home page: "No charge. The runtime, the router and local inference are free." and "Cloud tokens bill at the model's own rate and nothing on top."

Description

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

FAQ: "for each request Conifer picks the provider, fails over if one is down, manages the prompt cache and puts the cost in the response."

What it does

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

FAQ: "for each request Conifer picks the provider, fails over if one is down, manages the prompt cache and puts the cost in the response."

Constraints

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

Derived from the security facts on this page, from the same source.

Security

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

Terms of Service: "Conifer does not use your Inputs or Outputs to train any AI model".

Sold within

Pricing page · 19 Oct 2026

Self-serve key from the console with a free runtime; cloud tokens are billed at catalogue prices.

Name

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

Name as published on the product page.

URL

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

Product page, read 2026-10-19.

Deployment

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

FAQ: "A request to a local model never leaves the machine." Cloud routing runs through the vendor's gateway.

Interfaces

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

FAQ: an API at api.conifer.build, a CLI, a signed macOS desktop app and an open-source SDK.

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