Hey folks —
I built A2Agent, a pay-as-you-go LLM API gateway similar to OpenRouter, but focused on Chinese open-weight models:
DeepSeek / GLM / Kimi / Qwen / MiniMax
One API key, OpenAI + Anthropic compatible
Priced below official vendor rates, no top-up fee, credits don’t expire
New accounts get $5 free credit (no card)
Where I am now
~500 registered users
Very few people top up after the free credit
People can sign up and create keys, but paid conversion is near zero
What I’m trying to figure out
Is this mainly:
Wrong audience (people want GPT/Claude, we don’t have them)?
Free $5 is enough to try and leave?
Trust / payment friction?
Weak differentiation vs OpenRouter / official APIs?
Something else in the product or docs?
Ask
If you’ve used OpenRouter or similar gateways: after free credit, what made you actually pay — or what made you never come back?
Honest takes welcome. Site: a2agent.me
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