ANTHROPIC ALTERNATIVE

Like Anthropic, with more model choice.

Anthropic's Claude 4 Sonnet and Opus lead on long-context reasoning. Runcrate hosts Claude alongside 200+ alternatives — DeepSeek-V3.2, Llama 4, Qwen3-Max — under one OpenAI-compatible API. Stay on Claude when you need it, switch to open models when cost or availability matters.

200+
Models
OpenAI-compatible
Format
Per-second
Billing

COMPARISON

Runcrate vs Anthropic.

Claude models
Runcrate: Sonnet, Opus available
Anthropic: Native
Open-source alternatives
Runcrate: 200+ models
Anthropic: Not offered
API format
Runcrate: OpenAI-compatible
Anthropic: Native Anthropic
Multi-modal (image, video, audio)
Runcrate: Yes
Anthropic: Image input only
Vendor lock-in
Runcrate: None
Anthropic: Anthropic SDK + API key
Pricing on open models
Runcrate: 5-50x cheaper than Claude Opus
Anthropic: Claude-only pricing

GPU PRICING

GPU pricing comparison.

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2
DeepSeek$0.27 / 1M
Reasoning, code, 128K ctx
anthropic/claude-4-sonnet
Anthropic$3 / 1M in, $15 / 1M out
Top-tier reasoning
meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout
Meta$0.20 / 1M
Open weights, multilingual
Qwen/Qwen3-Max
Alibaba$0.30 / 1M
30+ languages, 128K ctx
openai/whisper-large-v3
OpenAI$0.02 / min
Speech-to-text, 100+ langs
black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-pro
Black Forest Labs$0.04 / image
Photorealistic

WHY SWITCH

Why teams switch to Runcrate.

200+ models, one API key

Chat, code, image, video, audio, embeddings, vision — all under a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint with per-token / per-image / per-second billing.

OpenAI-compatible drop-in

Swap the base URL and your existing OpenAI SDK code keeps working. No custom client library, no rewrite, no lock-in.

Inference + GPU rentals

When the API isn't enough, rent a dedicated H100, H200, or B200 from the same account — same billing, same dashboard, no separate vendor.

Per-second billing, no minimums

Pay only for what you use. No hourly bucketing, no commitment, no idle charges. Prepaid credits never expire.

GET STARTED

Try it now.

import Runcrate from "@runcrate/sdk";

const rc = new Runcrate({ apiKey: "rc_live_YOUR_API_KEY" });

const response = await rc.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek/deepseek-v3.2",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello from Runcrate" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

FAQ

Common questions.

Try the Anthropic alternative.