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CometAPI alternative for production AI API access

CometAPI is usually considered by teams that want broad AI model access through one provider. Crazyrouter is a focused alternative when selected models need clearer price rows, endpoint mappings, and console records before production traffic moves.

Use case

Use this comparison when broad model access is useful, but your backend team needs tighter control over model naming, endpoint paths, and billing verification.

Standard model names and pricing

Source: GET https://cn.crazyrouter.com/api/pricing, snapshot 2026-06-06.

gpt-image-2
$0.0377/image after 0.65x discount
Billing: per_image
Public endpoints: image-generation
Supported endpoints: image-generation, openai
nano-banana-2
$0.0369/image after 0.55x discount
Billing: per_image
Public endpoints: image-generation
Supported endpoints: image-generation, openai, gemini
Rule: i2i, 1K, verified
qwen-image-max
$0.0714/image
Billing: per_image
Public endpoints: image-generation
Supported endpoints: image-generation, openai
Rule: t2i, verified
grok-4-image
$0.044/image after 0.55x discount
Billing: per_image
Public endpoints: image-generation
Supported endpoints: image-generation, openai
veo-3.1-fast
$0.10/second
Billing: per_second
Public endpoints: unified-video
Supported endpoints: gemini, openai
Rule: t2v, 720p, verified
veo-3.1
$0.20/second
Billing: per_second
Public endpoints: unified-video
Supported endpoints: gemini, openai
Rule: t2v, 720p, verified

When Crazyrouter is the better fit

Crazyrouter works well when production calls need a clear contract: a copied model name, an endpoint from the docs, and a price row that can be checked before launch. This is especially helpful for teams that need to explain monthly spend to product or finance stakeholders.

  • Pricing source: GET https://cn.crazyrouter.com/api/pricing.
  • OpenAI-compatible Base URL: https://cn.crazyrouter.com/v1.
  • Console and billing records: https://crazyrouter.com.

Where CometAPI remains strong

CometAPI can be a good fit when the main requirement is access to a broad and frequently changing model catalog. Crazyrouter is intentionally better for the subset of models it exposes with documented pricing and endpoint behavior.

Migration path

Start by replacing one high-volume call path, not the whole catalog. Verify the Crazyrouter model row, run a small batch, compare latency and accepted-output cost, then move the next call path.

  • gpt-image-2: $0.0377/image after 0.65x discount; public_endpoint_types = image-generation.
  • nano-banana-2: $0.0369/image after 0.55x discount; public_endpoint_types = image-generation.
  • qwen-image-max: $0.0714/image; public_endpoint_types = image-generation.
  • veo-3.1-fast: $0.10/second; public_endpoint_types = unified-video.

Decision summary

Use CometAPI when catalog breadth is the primary requirement. Use Crazyrouter when the production priority is model clarity, pricing visibility, and a narrower set of documented workflows.

cn.crazyrouter.com test evidence

Only checks that returned 200 are shown here. API requests use https://cn.crazyrouter.com; account, billing, and console actions use https://crazyrouter.com.

CheckRequestStatusResult
Pricing API reachableGET https://cn.crazyrouter.com/api/pricing200Returned the public model pricing catalog used by these pages.
Target models visible to API keyGET https://cn.crazyrouter.com/v1/models200Authenticated check confirmed gpt-image-2, veo-3.1-fast, veo-3.1, nano-banana-2, nano-banana-pro, nano-banana, grok-4-image, qwen-image-plus, qwen-image-max, and qwen-image-2.0 are visible to the local Crazyrouter API key.

Implementation examples

cURL
curl -X POST https://cn.crazyrouter.com/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-image-2",
    "prompt": "A polished landing page hero image of an AI developer console on a laptop",
    "n": 1
  }'
Python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://cn.crazyrouter.com/v1",
)

response = client.images.generate(
    model="gpt-image-2",
    prompt="A polished landing page hero image of an AI developer console on a laptop",
    n=1,
)

print(response.data[0].url)