How to pick the right AI model for the job — without managing 4 accounts.

Most developers do this:

• Need fast, cheap responses → sign up for DeepSeek
• Need multilingual output → sign up for Qwen
• Need complex reasoning → sign up for GLM
• Need massive context → sign up for Moonshot Kimi

Four accounts. Four bills. Four API keys in your .env file.

Here's a better approach:

import openai
client = openai.OpenAI(
    api_key="mb-xxx",
    base_url="https://aibridge-api.com/v1"
)

# Routing logic — 20 lines, zero new accounts
def get_model(task):
    if task == "classify" or task == "simple_chat":
        return "deepseek-chat"        # $0.27/M, fastest
    if task == "translate" or task == "multilingual":
        return "qwen-max"             # Best multilingual support
    if task == "reason" or task == "debug":
        return "glm-4-plus"           # Complex reasoning
    if task == "review_codebase" or task == "long_document":
        return "kimi-k3"              # 1M context, always thinks
    return "deepseek-chat"            # Default fast/cheap

# One function call. Same endpoint. Different model string.
client.chat.completions.create(
    model=get_model(user_request),
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":prompt}]
)

That's it. No SDK switches. No config changes. Just a function that maps task types to model names, all pointing at one endpoint.

What you get
deepseek-chat for 90% of traffic ($0.27/M)
qwen-max for anything multilingual
glm-4-plus when the question needs real thinking
kimi-k3 when the context is huge and the problem is hard
One bill. One key. One dashboard showing total usage across all four.

The real win
You can add or swap models without touching application code. New model drops? Add it to the routing function. DeepSeek rate limits you at 2 AM? Swap to Qwen in the config and redeploy. Users never notice.

No more "we're down because our provider is down" incidents. No more "we can't use that model because we don't have an account." One abstraction layer. All the models.

15 Chinese AI models behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Free tier: 500K tokens/month. GitHub OAuth login. Free playground with no signup.

→ aibridge-api.com
→ aibridge-api.com/playground.html