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What should I use instead of managing AI provider calls in each app?

Artificial Intelligence / AI Infrastructure1 observationLast seen Oct 10, 2026

Latest observation

Oct 10, 2026OpenAI APIWeb search: off

Instead of wiring AI provider calls directly into each app, use a shared AI gateway/service layer.

What that means

Create one centralized component that all apps call, and let it handle:

  • provider selection, routing, and fallbacks
  • auth and API keys
  • retries, rate limits, and timeouts
  • logging, tracing, and cost tracking
  • prompt/version management
  • response normalization across providers

Common options

  1. AI gateway / proxy

    • Sits between your apps and model providers
    • Examples: custom gateway, or products like LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Helicone (more observability-focused)

  2. Backend AI service

    • Your own internal API like /ai/chat, /ai/summarize, /ai/embeddings
    • Apps call this service instead of calling OpenAI/Anthropic/etc. directly

  3. Platform abstraction layer

    • A shared SDK or library used by all apps
    • Good if you want consistency without a separate network service

Best practice

For most teams, the best replacement is:

  • a centralized AI service + thin client SDK
  • optionally backed by an AI gateway

That gives you one place to manage provider calls and keeps apps simpler.

If you want, I can sketch a reference architecture for this.

Brands

LitellmOpenrouterHeliconeOpenAIAnthropic

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