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Use the Runcrate Models API as the inference backend for your SaaS product. One API key, one bill, 140+ models — no GPU management, no model hosting, no vendor lock-in.

What you’ll build

A production AI backend that handles:
  • Chat completions for customer-facing AI assistants
  • Structured output for data extraction and classification
  • Image generation for content creation features
  • Per-request billing that maps to your own pricing

Why open-source models for SaaS


Next.js API routes (Vercel AI SDK)

Chat endpoint for your product

Structured data extraction endpoint

Turn unstructured user input into structured data your app can store:

Image generation endpoint

Let users generate images from your app:

Python backend (FastAPI)


Content moderation middleware

Add a moderation layer before displaying AI-generated content:

Cost estimation

At DeepSeek-V3 rates, a typical SaaS workload: A SaaS serving 100K chat requests/month costs roughly **6/monthininferencenot6/month** in inference — not 600.