Orq.ai

What Orq.ai is

Orq.ai is an AI gateway and platform for routing, governing, and observing requests to AI models and tools. It lists access to more than 500 models from over 30 providers through an OpenAI-compatible API. Its Smart Router can select models using cost and quality strategies, with fallbacks, retries, and load balancing. Teams can set budgets and spend limits, apply guardrail rules, and redact personally identifiable information. Request traces, cost and token tracking, dashboards, and OpenTelemetry ingestion provide visibility into usage.

Listed integrations include OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, Python and Node SDKs, remote MCP servers, Azure AI Foundry, Vertex AI, and OpenAI-compatible model endpoints. The gateway supports Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and more than 25 agent frameworks. Orq.ai lists EU SaaS, VPC, and on-premises deployment. It states that prompts, outputs, and traces are not used to train models, and lists EU data residency and retention controls. The company describes the platform for engineering and product teams building and shipping LLM applications together. Pay-as-you-go has no platform subscription charge, while model traffic is billed at provider rates and additional usage charges apply beyond listed monthly allowances. Enterprise pricing is custom. Orq.ai was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Who it suits

Orq.ai suits engineering and product teams building LLM applications that need model routing, usage visibility, and gateway controls. Its listed integrations and deployment options may also suit teams working with multiple model providers, agent frameworks, or VPC and on-premises environments.

Limits

Pay-as-you-go includes 100,000 spans and 1 GB of processed data per month; additional usage costs €7 per 100,000 spans and €3 per GB. It lists 30-day retention and 100 requests per minute. BYOK includes 1 million requests per month free, then 4%; Orq-managed model fees are 4.5% on credits, and model traffic is billed at provider rates.

Getting started

1. Visit the Orq.ai website.
2. Choose EU SaaS, VPC, or on-premises deployment.
3. Connect through the OpenAI-compatible API or a listed integration.
4. Select Pay-as-you-go or contact Orq.ai about Enterprise pricing.
5. Configure routing, gateway controls, and observability for your requests.

Verdict

Choose Orq.ai if your team needs a gateway to route and govern model requests while tracking costs and usage. Pay-as-you-go provides a free allowance, but teams that exceed its span or data limits pay extra; Enterprise pricing is custom.