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Leanroute

The only LLM Gateway that routes chat completions and MCP tool servers through.

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Pricing · PaidStable
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
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Saturation
Open
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Wrapper risk
Some
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Market trend

AI Models AI has a narrow moat on average, from the moat scores of its rated products. What protects AI Models AI tools, and the widest moats

The Brief

What Leanroute does

Leanroute is an AI gateway hosted in Singapore that gives developers a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint for more than 100 models from 14 providers. It is built for developers and teams running apps or agents who want routing, spend controls and MCP tools together. Named features include tier-based routing with failover, hard daily and monthly spend caps per org and key, seven starter guardrail rules covering PII, secrets and prompt injection, semantic and exact-match caching, MCP tools on any supported model, and a dashboard with cost and request logs. Plans are Starter at $15/mo and Pro at $25/mo with 14 days free, plus a credits option with a 5% platform fee.

How Leanroute compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Leanroute does not. All 5 offer an API, as Leanroute does. Leanroute offers a web app and a self-hosted version. Of the 1 alternatives with platforms on record, none offers a web app and none offers a self-hosted version.

Market position · AI Models

How Leanroute compares in AI Models

Leanroute has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Leanroute's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Leanroute compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
LeanrouteFounded 2026 · SingaporeHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, API, Self-hostedStable
JAXHighOpenFree—YesYesAPIHot
ncnnHighOpenFree—YesYesMobileHot
OmniRouteHighOpenFree—YesYesAPIHot
AxolotlHighOpenFree—YesYesAPIRising
Megatron-LMHighOpenFree—YesYesAPIRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in AI Models.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Leanroute exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

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Questions

Leanroute: common questions

How much does Leanroute cost?

As of Oct 2026, Leanroute's Starter plan is $15/mo and its Pro plan is $25/mo, with 14 days free on Pro and no card needed.

Source: leanroute.dev ↗

Is Leanroute free?

No. Leanroute is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Leanroute?

The closest alternatives to Leanroute that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are JAX, ncnn, OmniRoute, Axolotl, and Megatron-LM.

Is Leanroute still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Leanroute as operating at leanroute.dev.

Where is Leanroute based?

Leanroute is headquartered in Singapore.

Does Leanroute have an API?

Yes. Leanroute offers an API.

Who is Leanroute for?

Leanroute is built for developers and enterprises.

How do I sign in to Leanroute?

Sign in on Leanroute's own website, leanroute.dev. FalcoScan reviews Leanroute but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Leanroute directly.

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