Looking for an alternative to Opper?

A Stockholm-based AI gateway and control plane: one OpenAI-, Anthropic- and Google-compatible API to 700+ models from 50+ providers, with fallbacks, spend and data-retention rules, and a CLI that launches Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes and Pi on its gateway.

Pricing: Pay-as-you-go credits at provider rates with no token markup. The fee is charged when you buy credits: 3% on Gateway, 5.5% on Control Plane, custom on Enterprise. LLM checks are billed per check on top. No minimum spend; free models work without a card. (Verified 2026-10-13.)

TL;DR

Opper is a strong European gateway for teams that want every model at provider rates with a 3% fee, zero retention by default and rules for spend and model access. It is metered, so it suits teams that manage their own models and budgets. Standard Compute is the alternative when you want the opposite trade: one fixed monthly price per developer key, routing chosen for you, and requests that stop at a published budget.

Where Opper shines

•Provider rates passed through with a 3% fee on credit purchases, one of the thinnest margins of any hosted gateway
•Hosted in AWS Stockholm, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, one DPA covering every model
•Gateway plan keeps "usage metadata only": no prompts or outputs stored
•Control Plane rules: org budget with caps per project, role, user or key, model allowlists, PII and secret checks
•Failed and fallback attempts are not billed
•`opper launch` starts popular coding agents on the gateway in one command

Why people look for an alternative

•Usage is metered per token, so long agent sessions on frontier models grow the bill with every step
•On the Gateway plan the spend control is a prepaid balance with auto top-up; budgets per key need Control Plane at 5.5%
•Checks that redact or block cost extra per check
•With 700+ models, choosing the model for each agent and task is your job; aliases and dynamic routes help, but you set them

Standard Compute vs Opper

Standard Compute is an OpenAI-compatible API with frontier-model compute at a flat monthly price (from $19/mo): no per-token billing and no 5-hour or weekly windows. Requests run at full speed until the monthly compute budget is used, then stop until renewal or an upgrade. There are no overage charges.

Pick Standard Compute when…

•You want a fixed monthly price per key with a published compute budget instead of a balance you watch
•Plan budgets are larger than the price ($89 buys $95 of compute) and requests stop at the budget, with no overage
•You would rather not pick models: model standardcompute routes each request across frontier and efficient models
•Companies and agencies that want plans per key and a workspace per client

Stick with Opper when…

•The gateway must be EU-hosted with zero retention by default. Standard Compute can restrict inference to European endpoints, but requests pass through our gateway and OpenRouter, which can process them outside the EU
•You pay per token and want the thinnest markup: provider rates plus 3% beats our pay-as-you-go top-ups at usage plus 15%
•You need 700+ models with exact pinning, PII redaction, or image, speech and video models under the same key
•Light or bursty usage, where a balance that only drains when you use it is the efficient choice

Buying for a team: EU LLM API for coding agents · LLM API for agencies · AI coding agent cost per developer

Switching takes one config change

Standard Compute is OpenAI-compatible, so any tool or SDK that lets you set a custom base URL migrates in minutes:

Base URL  = https://api.stdcmpt.com/v1
API key   = your Standard Compute key
Model     = standardcompute

Setup guides for OpenClaw, Hermes, OpenCode, Cursor, Cline, Aider and more are on the integrations page. Free tier to test it, no card required.

FAQ

Is Opper cheaper than Standard Compute?

Per token, yes: Opper passes through provider rates and adds 3% (5.5% on Control Plane) when you buy credits. Standard Compute plans are a fixed monthly price with a slightly larger compute budget ($19 buys $20, $249 buys $269), and smart routing sends routine steps to efficient models. If your usage is uneven, metered is usually cheaper; if an agent runs every day, a fixed plan caps the month.

Opper or Standard Compute for Claude Code and Codex?

Both work. Opper's CLI launches Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes and Pi on its gateway. On Standard Compute, Claude Code uses ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.stdcmpt.com, Codex uses /v1/responses, OpenCode picks us up through models.dev, and everything else uses https://api.stdcmpt.com/v1.

Does Opper have a subscription?

No. All three Opper plans are pay-as-you-go credits; the plans differ by the fee on credit purchases and the governance features. Enterprise adds volume pricing, SSO, audit logging and custom hosting regions.

Which keeps data in Europe?

Opper is hosted in AWS Stockholm and stores only usage metadata on the Gateway plan. Standard Compute's Europe rule keeps inference at European provider endpoints with zero data retention requested, but requests pass through our gateway and OpenRouter, which can process them outside the EU.

Sources: Opper pricing; Opper llms.txt (product and docs index)

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