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Eden AI is a solid product and it’s good that there are alternatives to OpenRouter out there.

We don’t brand ourselves as such, but if you’re looking for a European OpenRouter alternative focusing on media models (image, video etc.), I‘ve built that with https://lumenfall.ai


i would use this, but for the privacy issues:

- no zero data retention available for the router itself (rights to retain data flagged by content scanning).

- no stated privacy policies for the providers served on the api. quote: "we work with providers to understand their policies and can provide information about specific providers on request".

on openrouter, on the positive side, they have transparent retention agreements for almost all providers, and also offer zdr.

i wish there will be a time where privacy is for everyone, not just for people who can afford an enterprise sla


> You pay providers directly. We charge nothing extra.

How is it sustainable?


We have direct relationships with providers and get volume discounts.

Besides that, we‘ll introduce paid plans with additional features like observability soon.


We‘ve built an AI image and video model gateway called https://lumenfall.ai.

Right now I‘m working on adding a „simulation“ mode, that allows anyone to get free fake responses during development, instead of pricey real generations.


Missing from the comparison is MiMo V2 Flash (not Pro), which I think could put up a good fight against Step 3.5 Flash.

Pricing is essentially the same: MiMo V2 Flash: $0.09/M input, $0.29/M output Step 3.5 Flash: $0.10/M input, $0.30/M output

MiMo has 41 vs 38 for Step on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, but it's 49 vs 52 for Step on their Agentic Index.


I will try and add it. But I doubt it works well because Mimo V2 Pro is beaten by stepfun even at performance leaderboard (price is not a factor in this leaderboard), so I expect MiMo V2 Flash to perform even worse.


Mimo V2 Pro seems quite used by people as per OpenRouter's stats (second after Stepfun), it could be interesting to see indeed the difference!

https://openrouter.ai/apps?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenclaw.ai%2F


Mimi Flash matched Mimo Pro on https://sql-benchmark.nicklothian.com/?#all-data at double the speed and for $0.003 instead of $0.07


Interesting, I found the pro version to be very capable.

If stepfun is even better, then Chinese models are getting really good.


https://lumenfall.ai

Right now we are "OpenRouter for Images", with video following this week.

Our north star is creating a broader developer platform for AI media generation that includes observability, with fine-tuned vision models as a judge to monitor production traffic.

We also have a model arena and showdown page that ranks models by task, so you can find the best model for e.g. photorealism: https://lumenfall.ai/leaderboard

Our stack is Rails for the dashboard and Cloudflare Workers (Typescript / Hono) for the engine.


https://lumenfall.ai

A developer platform for AI image generation that includes observability, with fine-tuned vision models as a judge to monitor production traffic. (Still working on the last part.)

We also have a model arena and showdown page that ranks models by task, so you can find the best model for e.g. making infographics: https://lumenfall.ai/leaderboard

We just launched the MVP. Tech stack is Rails for the dashboard and Cloudflare Workers (Typescript / Hono) for the gateway.


This looks neat. Thank you!

How does this relate to the recent changes of not being able to use a Claude Code Max subscription outside of Claude Code anymore? I assume technically this would work with Gigacode but would still be against their ToS?


Very interesting that you can switch on having website content summarized locally. I wonder which model they are using for that.

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/12574142-chatgpt-atlas-d...

# Enable on-device summaries: Users on macOS 26 have the option to have web content summarized on their device, so that web contents are not sent to our servers.


Another Google Maps request: Places I‘ve labelled used to at least sometimes (if inconsistently) show up in search. Now they never shop up, even when I type the exact name of the label.


A combination of good pricing, sane behavior and an offering with many TLDs right now is https://www.netim.com, based in France. Their UI is quite outdated, but it works ok. I've switched here after leaving Gandi.

If you're fine with a US-based provider, https://porkbun.com/ also has good pricing and a tech oriented mindset. They don't support many ccTLDs though.

In general, https://tld-list.com/ is the best place to research domain registrars in my opinion.


Awesome, thanks! Will be moving this weekend. Infomaniak is dead to me.


Where does the point of being disagreeable come from and what purpose does it serve in the business world, in your opinion or according to these books?


You need at least one or two somewhat disagreeable folks in a team. Because without this, groupthink emerges, teams have too much inertia, they follow the assumed norm instead of challenging it for something better, they don’t debate the options enough. That disagreeable energy, in the right dose, leads to better decisions. If you don’t have it naturally, you can encourage someone to “play devil’s advocate” in decision discussions (or do it yourself) and you’ll find sometimes the devil’s advocate is actually right.


Disagreeable people are insurance policies. When the group is right, they are a drag. When the group is wrong, they are necessary.


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