Models & routing overview
Alfe gives every agent access to many large language model providers through a single endpoint. You don’t sign up with each provider, juggle separate API keys, or reconcile separate bills — your agent picks a model, and Alfe routes the request to the right provider on your behalf. All usage draws from your account’s shared credit pool.
One account, many providers
Section titled “One account, many providers”Every Alfe account can use models from all of the supported providers. There’s nothing extra to enable per provider — the full catalog is available as soon as you have an agent, and you choose which model to use per agent (and even per request).
The supported model families are:
| Provider | Models |
|---|---|
| Anthropic | Claude family |
| OpenAI | GPT family |
| Gemini family | |
| DeepSeek | DeepSeek family |
| MiniMax | MiniMax family |
| Mistral | Mistral and Codestral |
| xAI | Grok family |
| Zhipu AI | GLM family |
| OpenRouter | 300+ additional models from many providers |
The exact list of models — and which are enabled for your account — is shown in the dashboard when you configure an agent, and it can change over time as new models are added. New models can appear without any action on your part.
How routing works
Section titled “How routing works”You reference a model by its name (for example, a Claude, GPT, or Gemini model). Alfe forwards the request to the provider that serves that model and streams the response back. Because everything goes through one endpoint:
- You can switch models without touching your integrations. Changing the model an agent uses doesn’t require reinstalling or reconfiguring anything else.
- You can mix models across requests. The same agent can use a fast, cheap model for routine work and a stronger model for hard problems.
- Usage is metered centrally and billed from your credit pool, so there’s a single place to see what you’re spending.
What’s next
Section titled “What’s next”- Choosing a default model — set the model an agent uses by default.
- Bring your own key — use your own provider account for a given provider.
- How model usage is billed — how model usage draws from your credit pool.