Stop Overpaying
for Intelligence.
Route42 analyzes your prompt in milliseconds to bridge the gap between high-cost cloud APIs and your local hardware. Get elite-level reasoning for a fraction of the price by routing to the most efficient model automatically—without ever leaving your Windows desktop.
Your Prompt: "Summarize this function and add docstrings..."
Route42 Decision: Complexity 12/100 → Local Llama-3 (Free, Instant) Saved $0.04 vs cloud
Your Prompt: "Architect a distributed event-sourcing system with CQRS..."
Route42 Decision: Complexity 92/100 → Cloud GPT-4o (Elite reasoning required) $0.08 — cheapest qualified model
Every request scored 0-100 for complexity. The right model at the right price, automatically. Privacy included as a bonus—your data never logged.
API Arbitrage
Always route to the cheapest qualified model automatically.
Zero-Token Layer
Run high-volume tasks on your GPU for $0.00.
Complexity Scoring
Every prompt scored 0-100 for optimal routing.
Provider Freedom
One gateway to the entire ecosystem. No vendor lock-in.
Supported Providers & Models
Economic Intelligence for Every Prompt
Route42 doesn't just route—it optimizes. Every decision is driven by cost efficiency, model performance, and your specific workload patterns.
Intelligent API Arbitrage
The AI landscape shifts daily. Route42 ensures you aren't using a "frontier" reasoning model for a task that a smaller, cheaper API can handle. We track performance and price so you don't have to.
The Zero-Token Layer
Maximize the ROI of your local GPU. By keeping high-volume, repetitive prompts on your own "silicon," you build a private buffer that slashes your monthly API bill by up to 85%.
Complexity-Aware Routing
Not every prompt requires a massive model. Our ML engine assigns a complexity score (0-100) to every request, instantly selecting the most cost-effective "lane"—from local SLMs to elite cloud intelligence.
Provider-Agnostic Freedom
Avoid vendor lock-in. Route42 gives you a single gateway to the entire ecosystem. Swap providers instantly to take advantage of new price drops or performance breakthroughs without changing a single line of code.
Privacy Included — Zero Extra Cost
As a bonus, Route42's local-first architecture means your sensitive data stays on your hardware by default. Zero prompt logging, pass-through only, GDPR/CCPA aligned. You get enterprise-grade privacy as a natural side effect of optimized routing.
Calculate Your ROI
See the price difference between "Global Cloud" cost and "Route42 Optimized" cost. Input your daily usage and watch the savings stack up.
Route42 typically pays for itself within the first 100 prompts. Local models respond in milliseconds at $0.00 per token.
For simple tasks like summarization, translation, and Q&A, local routing is 10-40x faster.
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Route42 pays for itself in —
Based on the Pro plan at $4.20/month vs. your projected savings.
That's less than a cup of coffee for unlimited intelligent routing.
See Route42 in Action
Real routing results from real workloads. Route42 intelligently decides where each prompt should go.
Python Debugging
100 Python debugging prompts sent to Route42
Content Writing
50 content generation prompts analyzed
Daily Chat Tasks
200 mixed prompts (summarize, translate, Q&A)
Local Hardware Synergy + Cloud Power
Your local GPU is your "Free Tier" infrastructure. Route42 maximizes it and only bursts to cloud when the ROI justifies it.
Compatible with Ollama and LM Studio. Run 85% of your workload at zero token cost on hardware you already own.
- $0.00 Token Cost — Unlimited
- Sub-millisecond Routing
- Privacy as a Bonus — Data Stays Local
Only pay for cloud when you need elite reasoning. Route42 picks the cheapest qualified provider for every complex task.
- Elite Reasoning (Coding/Math/Architecture)
- Massive Context Windows
- Auto-Selects Cheapest Qualified Model
Behavioral Optimization Engine
As Route42 learns your specific work patterns—coding vs. creative writing vs. data analysis—it refines routing logic to further reduce costs. The more you use it, the more you save.
Complexity Scoring (0-100)
Analyzes prompt structure, depth, domain expertise required, and reasoning demands in milliseconds to assign a precise cost-routing score.
Cost-Optimized Selection
Routes to the smallest, cheapest model that meets the confidence threshold. Never overpay for a task a local SLM can handle.
Work Pattern Learning
Tracks which models perform best for your specific patterns (coding, writing, Q&A), continuously improving accuracy and reducing cost.
Budget-Aware Personalization
Adapts routing decisions based on your historical performance data, spending patterns, and budget constraints for maximum ROI.
Four Strategic Personas
Toggle between distinct "Financial Personalities" to match your strategic goal. Pick per project, per session, or per prompt.
Absolute Minimum Spend
Aggressively forces tasks to local hardware. Only uses cloud APIs as a last resort for extreme failures or deep reasoning.
- Local-first, cloud-last.
- Maximum cost savings.
Price-to-Performance ROI
The "Balanced" default. Selects the smallest/cheapest model (local or cloud) that hits a 90%+ confidence score for the task.
- Best bang for the buck.
- Smart cloud bursting.
Ultra-Low Latency
Prioritizes local hardware to eliminate network lag. Bursts to elite cloud models only when massive context windows are required.
- Instant local responses.
- Cloud for big contexts only.
Uncompromised Quality
Always routes to the highest-performing models available, while still offloading trivial "sanity checks" locally to prevent token waste.
- Top-tier models always.
- Trivial tasks still free locally.
Your Smart Proxy for Every AI Tool
Route42 runs as a local API at localhost:4242. Point any LLM-enabled app to it and instantly make every request cheaper and faster with optimal model selection.
Cursor IDE
Point Cursor's AI backend to Route42. Get local-first coding assistance with cloud fallback for complex tasks.
VS Code + Continue.dev
Swap your API endpoint in Continue.dev's config. Route42 handles the rest—routing, caching, and cost optimization.
Obsidian
Connect Obsidian's AI plugins through Route42. Keep your private notes local while getting cloud-quality summaries.
OpenClaw
Power OpenClaw's personal AI assistant with Route42. Intelligently route requests across chat apps, browser tasks, and system commands.
Any OpenAI-Compatible App
Route42 exposes an OpenAI-compatible API. Any tool that speaks OpenAI can instantly use intelligent routing.
One endpoint. Every AI tool. Instant cost optimization and intelligent routing. localhost:4242
How Route42 Orchestrates
1. Local API Hook
Route42 runs as a local API. Point your apps to localhost:4242.
2. Dynamic Routing
AI analyzes the prompt, checks local GPU availability, and pings cloud providers.
3. Optimized Return
The best model processes your data and Route42 serves the response seamlessly.
See How Route42 Thinks
No black boxes. Route42 shows you exactly how it decides which model handles your prompt—complexity analysis, category detection, and model scoring are all visible in real-time.
Live Routing Logic
Every routing decision is transparent. See the complexity score, category, and why a specific model was chosen—all in the Route Simulator below.
Adjustable ML Weight
Control how much the ML model influences routing vs. rule-based logic. Slide from pure rules to fully ML-driven and see results change in real-time.
Full Model Scoring
See the top 5 model candidates, their scores, cost estimates, and providers. Understand the trade-offs Route42 evaluates on every request.
Route Simulation
See how the routing engine thinks.
An Investment, Not a Cost
Route42 typically pays for itself within the first 100 prompts. By preventing just a handful of unnecessary calls to premium cloud models, the software is effectively free.
Community
- Unlimited Local Model Routing
- Static Performance Metrics
- Full Usage Statistics
- Actual Geo-Latency Tracking
Professional
- Real-time Geo-Latency (PRO)
- Behavioral Learning (PRO)
- Zero-Day Model Weight Updates
- Custom Model Tailoring