> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.inferoute.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is Inferoute?

> Inferoute is an OpenAI-compatible AI inference router that connects your app to every major LLM provider through a single API endpoint.

Inferoute is an AI inference routing platform that gives you one unified API endpoint for all major LLM providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and more. Instead of maintaining separate accounts, credentials, and integration code for each provider, you point your application at Inferoute and it handles the routing, fallback, and cost optimization automatically.

## Why use Inferoute

Managing multiple LLM providers directly means juggling different API formats, rate limits, billing accounts, and failure modes. Inferoute replaces that complexity with a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Because the API matches the OpenAI standard, you can switch to Inferoute without changing your existing application code — just update the base URL and API key.

Inferoute routes each request based on the criteria you care about most: lowest cost, lowest latency, or highest availability. When a provider is degraded or rate-limiting you, Inferoute automatically retries with a configured fallback so your application stays responsive.

## Who it's for

Inferoute is designed for developers and teams building AI-powered applications who want to:

* Use multiple LLM providers without maintaining separate integrations
* Reduce inference costs by routing to more affordable models when appropriate
* Improve reliability with automatic failover across providers
* Track token usage and spending across all providers in one dashboard

## Key benefits

* **OpenAI-compatible API** — works with any OpenAI SDK or HTTP client with no code changes
* **No vendor lock-in** — switch providers or add new ones through the dashboard without touching your application
* **Automatic fallback** — requests retry against backup providers when a primary provider fails
* **Usage tracking** — monitor token consumption and costs across all providers from a single dashboard

## Get started

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    Make your first API call through Inferoute in under five minutes.
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  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/docs/authentication">
    Generate an API key and learn how to authenticate every request.
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  <Card title="Routing concepts" icon="route" href="/docs/concepts/routing">
    Understand how Inferoute selects providers for each request.
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  <Card title="API reference" icon="code" href="/docs/api-reference/overview">
    Explore the full OpenAI-compatible REST API.
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