The sticker price of a model is rarely the real cost. For most teams, the overhead of managing many providers quietly dwarfs the per-token savings of chasing the cheapest one.
The hidden tax of many accounts
Seven providers means seven contracts, seven sets of keys to rotate, seven invoices to reconcile and seven dashboards to check when something breaks. Every new model adds another.
One bill, one owner
Consolidating onto a single gateway turns procurement from an ongoing chore into a one-time setup. Usage lands on one invoice, spend is attributable per key, and adding a model is a config change rather than a vendor onboarding.
The result is not just tidier finance — it is faster iteration, because trying a new model no longer requires a purchasing conversation.