TL;DR We are cheaper per token and support both API formats at once. Competitors are stronger with legal entities and in catalog breadth. The figures below were checked by hand.
We checked the data by hand against the services' websites on August 10, 2026. Prices change everywhere, so open the original source before you decide.
Comparing gateways by promises is pointless: everyone writes "no VPN, pay in rubles". So this page has only what you can open and verify yourself: price, payment methods and what the service can do.
| Model | codexkey | ProxyAPI | AITunnel |
|---|---|---|---|
| claude-sonnet-5 | Input / 1M: $0.52; Output / 1M: $2.6; Cache read / 1M: $0.06; Cache write / 1M: $0.64 | 800 ₽ / 4 500 ₽ | not listed |
| claude-opus-5 | Input / 1M: $1.08; Output / 1M: $5.4; Cache read / 1M: $0.12; Cache write / 1M: $1.38 | 1 516 ₽ / 7 579 ₽ | not listed |
ProxyAPI and AITunnel quote prices in rubles, and we quote them in dollars. Even at a rough rate of 100 rubles to the dollar, Opus output at ProxyAPI costs about 76 dollars per 1M, against 40 cents with us.
We take the price from the supplier and add a markup, like everyone else. The difference is where the purchasing comes from. If you want to understand the mechanics before topping up, ask support and we will answer plainly.
| codexkey | ProxyAPI | AITunnel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| API formats | Anthropic Messages and OpenAI Chat Completions through one endpoint | Provider format, original methods | Single API across the catalogue |
| Model catalogue | 9 models: Claude and GPT | OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek | 200+ models across providers |
| Payment | SBP, Russian cards, MTS, YooKassa, Platega, crypto | Cards | Cards, bank transfer |
| Business invoicing | No invoices or closing documents yet | Closing documents | Invoices, bank transfer, closing documents |
| Teams | Named keys, Premium and Cheap channels, Premium fallback for Cheap, expiry date, usage statistics | Not advertised | Not advertised |
| Minimum top-up | $1, balance never expires | Not stated on site | Not stated on site |
If you are a company and need an invoice, an act and bank transfer payment, AITunnel or RouterAI is more convenient today: they can do that, and we cannot yet. If you need a broad catalog of hundreds of models, go there too. We have focused on Claude and GPT and on how a team works with them.