#Model Routing

5 articles tagged with Model Routing

Stop Picking One AI Model: How Pros Route All Three in 2026

A blueprint for building high-performance multi-LLM routing gateways. We explore latency-aware semantic classification, dynamic cost budgets, and fallback orchestration across OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini.

9/2/202624 min read

Small Models, Big Jobs: Why Phi-4 Class SLMs Run Half Your Pipeline Now

The rise of Small Language Models (SLMs) in 2026. We examine Microsoft Phi-4 (14B), Apple OpenELM, and distilled edge models, showing how SLMs handle 50%+ of enterprise pipeline tasks at 1/20th the cost.

9/2/202622 min read

Model Routing in Production: When to Fall Back From Flagship to Lite

Slash LLM costs by 40-85%. A production architecture guide to cheap-by-default routing, complexity classification, circuit breakers, and gateway failovers.

8/1/202623 min read

The Real Latency Difference Between Flagship and Budget-Tier Models

Measuring Time-to-First-Token (TTFT) and tokens-per-second (TPS). A 2026 benchmark comparing GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna, Claude Sonnet 5 vs Haiku, and Gemini Flash.

8/1/202623 min read

Building a Model Router: Picking the Cheapest Model That Still Works

A step-by-step walkthrough of building a request router that sends each query to the cheapest model likely to answer it correctly, with fallback and confidence scoring baked in.

7/9/202612 min read