quietmoneyLlmgateway
Provides an OpenAI-compatible unified API and a single key that routes to 40+ model providers, with usage and cost analytics, caching, and failover. It also sells DevPass, a subscription for coding agents such as Claude Code and Cursor.
An LLM gateway One-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Revenue over time
Real payments synced by TrustMRR, in USD, by calendar month, renewals included. TrustMRR sync stopped 1 months ago; no data for later months.
- MRR
- $78,764
- Revenue, last 30 days
- $259,539
- All-time revenue
- $1,000,116
- Active subscriptions
- 1,386
- Payments via
- Stripe
- Source
- TrustMRR, synced from the founder's payment account
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Provides an OpenAI-compatible unified API and a single key that routes to 40+ model providers, with usage and cost analytics, caching, and failover. It also sells DevPass, a subscription for coding agents such as Claude Code and Cursor.
- Users
- Developers and teams that need to call several LLMs at once, and individual users of coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode) who want one allowance to run multiple models
- Positioning
- Open source (core under AGPLv3), free forever if you bring your own keys, only a 5% fee on top-ups, and it combines allowances for several models into one subscription (DevPass), which is easier than opening an account with each provider.
- Pricing
- Free with your own keys; credit top-ups carry a 5% fee (plus 1.5% for non-US cards); Lounge chat subscription $9/month (fast models) or $19/month (flagship models); DevPass coding subscription Lite $29, Pro $79, Max $179 (monthly); team plans include 3 seats, each extra seat $10/month; Enterprise is custom Billing: mixed Free tier: yes Source: Homepage
- Prices on site
- $9/mo Lounge fast models; $19/mo Lounge flagship models; 5% fee on credit top-ups; 1.5% fee on non-US cards; Enterprise custom; bring-your-own-keys free forever
- Acquisition entry points on site
- Discord community
- Sharing mechanics
- open source, referral rewards 'Referral Program' link in nav and footer (reward terms not shown). 'The open-source LLM API gateway.' with GitHub repo link.
“'Referral Program' link in nav and footer (reward terms not shown). 'The open-source LLM API gateway.' with GitHub repo link.”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). Similarweb 2026-09: the top channel is direct at 61.7%, then organic search (organic is 99.88% of search traffic) and referrals; about 196.9K visits last month. Besides the brand keywords llm gateway and devpass, search terms include qwen image and new model names that follow model releases. South Korea is the top country (27.54%), and the referral sites include the Korean community arca.live (0.99%), which is speculated to be linked to DevPass spreading among Korean developers. The website blog keeps publishing guides such as Claude Code setup, comparisons with OpenRouter / LiteLLM, and weekly new model launches, and it sells new-model integration within 48 hours as a selling point; it has a referral program entry, a 50% discount top-up campaign on Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2025, and about 1.7k GitHub stars. TrustMRR has no self-reported founder channels.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 17% |
| 73% | |
| Other | 10% |
Direct + brand search 73%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| Korea, Republic of | 27.54% |
| United States | 8.38% |
| India | 8.37% |
| Morocco | 4% |
| Thailand | 3.83% |
Language
English
Social sources
LinkedIn, X, YouTube
Keywords
1.9K keywords · brand ~73% · organic 99.88% / paid 0.12%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| llm gateway |
| devpass |
| llmgateway |
| qwen image |
| fable 5.1 |
Non-brand queries: devpass, qwen image, fable 5.1
Referring sites
6 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| arca.live | 0.99% |
| autohand.ai | 0.72% |
| deepfrugal.com | 0.43% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 52% |
| Programming and Developer Software | 3.52% |
| Video Games Consoles and Accessories | 0.99% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 196.9K
- Visits MoM
- +10.97%
- Country rank
- Korea, Republic of #14883
- Category rank
- Programming and Developer Software (Korea, Republic of) #259
- Bounce rate
- 38.68%
- Pages / visit
- 3.90
- Visit duration
- 00:01:25
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Referrals (top channel 61.7%)
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Piggyback on a platform”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Viral
FAQ
How much revenue does Llmgateway make per month?
TrustMRR revenue sync stopped 1 months ago; the last full month was about $249,922, #7 of 563 TrustMRR sites.
Where do Llmgateway's new users come from?
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). The site has invite or share mechanics, and direct plus brand search is the largest source Similarweb 2026-09: the top channel is direct at 61.7%, then organic search (organic is 99.88% of search traffic) and referrals; about 196.9K visits last month. Besides the brand keywords llm gateway and devpass, search terms include qwen image and new model names that follow model releases. South Korea is the top country (27.54%), and the referral sites include the Korean community arca.live (0.99%), which is speculated to be linked to DevPass spreading among Korean developers. The website blog keeps publishing guides such as Claude Code setup, comparisons with OpenRouter / LiteLLM, and weekly new model launches, and it sells new-model integration within 48 hours as a selling point; it has a referral program entry, a 50% discount top-up campaign on Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2025, and about 1.7k GitHub stars. TrustMRR has no self-reported founder channels.
How much does Llmgateway cost?
Free with your own keys; credit top-ups carry a 5% fee (plus 1.5% for non-US cards); Lounge chat subscription $9/month (fast models) or $19/month (flagship models); DevPass coding subscription Lite $29, Pro $79, Max $179 (monthly); team plans include 3 seats, each extra seat $10/month; Enterprise is custom
Dossier confidence: medium. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The numbers: revenue comes from TrustMRR: real payments synced automatically from the founder's Stripe or other payment account, summed by calendar month, renewals included, in USD. Site visits come from the Similarweb public page; where it shows none, they are estimated from global rank or the TrustMRR payment count, as noted on the page.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-31.