The latest articles on DEV Community by Luokaiyuan (@aibigbro). https://dev.to/aibigbro https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4238712%2Fd359084f-4e89-4884-8e1d-a2f950069d34.png https://dev.to/aibigbro en Luokaiyuan Wed, 11 Nov 2026 09:12:27 +0000 https://dev.to/aibigbro/how-i-manage-multiple-ai-apis-without-going-broke-10pl https://dev.to/aibigbro/how-i-manage-multiple-ai-apis-without-going-broke-10pl <p>I’ve been heavily using different AI APIs for side projects and client work this year — mainly Azure OpenAI, Claude (via Bedrock), and Gemini (Vertex AI).<br> The biggest headache isn’t the models themselves, but finding <strong>stable, long-term sources</strong> with decent quotas and reasonable pricing. Official pricing is fine for testing, but once you scale, costs become painful and rate limits start hitting hard.<br> Currently my main usage is:- Azure GPT (East US 2) – still the most stable for me- Claude Opus (via AWS Bedrock)- Gemini series (Vertex AI)<br> Curious how others are handling this in 2026. Are you mostly sticking with official accounts, or do you also look for reliable third-party / upstream sources when volume gets high?<br> Also open to recommendations for stable providers (especially high-quota ones). Feel free to share your experience below 👇</p> openai ai webdev productivity