Before picking a platform, I think it's worth asking: why even bother with an aggregation layer? For me, the pain point became obvious once I started juggling more than two model providers. Different API keys, different billing cycles, different request formats, and the constant context-switching between docs. If you're building anything that needs to switch between GPT for reasoning, Claude for coding, or a local model for cost-saving, a unified API is no longer a nice-to-have—it's a productivity multiplier. It abstracts away the boring plumbing so you can focus on what you're actually building. OpenRouter — the established workhorse BasicRouter.ai — a newer alternative I'm exploring **Curious what the rest of you are using to wrangle multiple models. **Sticking with direct provider APIs, or leaning on gateways? Let's hear it. 🦞