What is Flatkey AI
Flatkey AI is a unified AI API gateway that lets teams call supported AI models through one API key, one base URL, and one dashboard. It unifies model access, routing, billing, usage analytics, and operational controls for teams shipping AI products.
How to use Flatkey AI
- Get one key: Create a flatkey account, open the dashboard, and generate an API key for your app.
- Change the base URL: Point your OpenAI-compatible client to
https://router.flatkey.ai/v1 and keep your existing SDK.
- Start calling models: Use the same API key to call any connected AI model without applying for each provider separately.
Features of Flatkey AI
- One-click access: One API key to call every connected AI model.
- Stable and reliable: Intelligent routing across multiple upstream accounts with automatic switching and load balancing.
- Pay as you go: Bill by actual usage, set quota limits, and keep team consumption clear.
- 200+ models behind one key: Access a wide range of models through a single endpoint.
- 24/7 usage and billing visibility: Monitor token spend, recharge records, and team usage in one dashboard.
- OpenAI-compatible base URL: Works with existing OpenAI-compatible clients without SDK changes.
Use Cases of Flatkey AI
- AI product teams: Add model access to your product without managing separate provider accounts, keys, and SDK changes.
- Operations and finance: Keep token spend, recharge records, and team usage visible in one dashboard.
- Automation builders: Route high-volume workflows to suitable models while keeping failures and cost easier to review.
- Model evaluation and iteration: Compare providers, switch models, and keep existing OpenAI-compatible clients pointed at the same base URL.
Pricing
Flatkey AI offers a pay-as-you-go model with prepaid account balance. Usage charges are calculated from model input, output, and cache-hit prices multiplied by token usage. The platform claims to be at least 40% cheaper than official provider pricing. Specific model prices include:
- GPT Image 2: $4 per 1M tokens
- Seedance 2.0: $0.063 per second
- Claude Opus 4.7: $4 per 1M tokens
- Claude Sonnet 4.6: $2.4 per 1M tokens
FAQ
What problem does Flatkey AI solve?
It reduces separate provider accounts, scattered API keys, inconsistent routing, and fragmented usage tracking for teams building AI features.
Who uses Flatkey AI?
It is built for developers, AI product teams, automation builders, and operations teams that need predictable access to multiple models.
How does routing work?
Flatkey intelligently routes requests across multiple upstream accounts with automatic switching and load balancing to avoid frequent errors.
