Cost & Model Gatewaysv1.4.1Cost ReductionUpdated 2026-10-22
LiteSpend: AI Cost Optimizer & Gateway Router
Ultra-lightweight reverse proxy enforcing prompt cache hits, tiered fallbacks, and token pruning.
P95 6ms added latency overhead
5,000 requests / second on edge distributed tier
3 Deliverable Packs
Commercial License From
$179
One-time fee • Zero royaltiesInstant GitHub Repo Access
Production Commercial Rights
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LiteSpend ROI Simulator
Sub-10ms Proxy OverheadDaily Token Volume25M tokens / day
5M / day100M / day200M / day
Prompt Cache Hit Target78% breakpoint hit
40% (loose)75% (typical)95% (strict)
Workload Base:
Standard Direct Cost
$4,050
per month without proxyOptimized with LiteSpend
$2,561
per month with cache & pruningProjected Net Savings
$1,489(-36.8%)
annualized: $17,863How LiteSpend achieves this reduction:
- Normalizes system prompt order for 90%+ Anthropic cache hits
- Heuristic cascade fallback (Haiku for trivial classifications)
- Token bucket rate limiters preventing runaway test billing
- Strips trailing whitespace and redundant context envelopes
Commercial Licensing
Simple, Transparent Licensing for Teams & Studios
One-time purchase with full source code. Zero recurring seat licenses or telemetry.
Commercial Single
For startups optimizing up to 3 internal or customer-facing apps.
$179
One-time license fee- Complete Cloudflare Worker & Node.js gateway source
- Prompt cache alignment and token pruning logic
- Tiered model cascade fallback rules
- Web-based token spend visualizer
- 6 months of version updates
Most Selected
Team / Studio
For growing organizations managing multiple product teams.
$449
One-time license fee- Everything in Commercial Single
- Multi-team workspace budget limits & notifications
- Deploy up to 10 gateway instances across regions
- Prometheus & Grafana telemetry exporters
- 12 months of prioritized gateway updates
Enterprise Full Source
Unlimited enterprise traffic proxy with custom gateway integrations.
$1,499
One-time license fee- Unlimited gateway deployments and traffic volume
- Custom SSO and OAuth2 team budget management
- Direct architecture review with Slabix systems team
- Perpetual enterprise source license
- Custom model endpoint adapter authoring
Frequently Asked Engineering Questions
No. The gateway is completely stateless by default. Only metadata (token counts, model name, response status) is tracked unless you explicitly enable debug logs.