Six patterns teams build on the gateway. Regulated-industry claims stay absent until contracts and controls support them.
Multi-model applications
Ship one integration and switch models per feature without redeploying. Route policies pin quality-critical paths and let cheap paths float to the lowest eligible cost.
cost-ranked routing inside your constraints; the charge is on every response
Enterprise governance
Give security a single control point for model, provider, region, and retention policy — inherited by every project and evidenced in audit.
policy changes preview affected routes before save
Cost control
Budgets with hard stops, per-key spend limits, and forecast alerts. Every request carries its charge, so attribution never depends on estimates.
per-request charge, not monthly guesswork
AI agents & tools
Parallel tool calls, structured output, and idempotent retries. Attempt timelines make agent loops debuggable instead of mysterious.
full attempt evidence per request
Evaluation
Run the same suite across models and endpoints with identical policy, then compare charge, latency, and failure classes side by side.
compare up to 4 models on one screen
Internal developer platforms
Projects and environments map to your teams; service accounts and scoped keys map to your workloads. Exports feed your own chargeback.
org → workspace → project → environment