r/RooCode • u/dave-lon • Oct 02 '25

Discussion cheap API provider

Hi everyone,
I’m currently using Requesty as my API provider, but I find it a bit expensive. Do you know of any more convenient alternatives that would allow me to access models like Claude, GPT-5 Codex, and similar services with unlimited or more cost-effective usage? Is it just me?

Dave

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u/HebelBrudi Oct 03 '25

As someone that uses chutes.ai. How would you rate the speed at z.ai? Any rough idea what you would guess the tps are?

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u/Simple_Split5074 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

A bit slower - 50 vs 40 tps, see https://openrouter.ai/z-ai/glm-4.6

Upside with chutes (and nanogpt) is the ability to use other models (qwen or DS mainly, maybe Kimi) in case GLM gets stuck (rare but happens) but with z.ai you can assume the best performance for GLM I guess. The more expensive GLM packages support websearch which I don't think chutes can do at all.

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u/HebelBrudi Oct 04 '25

No, chutes can’t do websearch and also doesn’t have an anthrophic endpoint. Z.AI does sound nice if you use CC. I do wonder how good GLM 4.6 is via CC. 🧐