Route by policy, not by one metric. Cheap models handle low-risk utility calls; verified channels handle user-facing or regulated output; latency caps protect interactive flows.
Compare, benchmark, and verify AI APIs before production.
youtoken.cc helps developers test any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with their own key, compare model output in a blind arena, and publish reproducible reports. We do not store BYOK secrets. We do not call verification absolute truth. We show evidence.
Cost is only useful after confidence is known. The system should record provider behavior, compare error modes, then pick the lowest-cost route that clears the trust threshold.
Three trust tools first. API resale later.
The MVP earns confidence before charging for routing. Each tool produces evidence users can inspect, share, and challenge.
Blind model comparison
Two models answer the same prompt anonymously. Users vote on usefulness, then the system reveals names and updates Elo.
gpt-4.1-mini beat deepseek-chat by 61% preference over 93 votes.
BYOK endpoint benchmark
Paste a Base URL and temporary key for the current browser session. Reports include TTFB, tokens/sec, total latency, node, and params.
Provider claim verification
Run knowledge cutoff checks, response pattern analysis, optional logprob fingerprinting, and output a probability score with caveats.
Public reports are the growth loop.
Every useful test becomes a shareable artifact with enough metadata to reproduce or dispute the result.
Reproducible by default
Reports include model, endpoint class, timestamp, geographic node, parameters, tool version, limitations, and appeal status. No raw API keys. No private prompts in public reports unless the user explicitly publishes them.
Trust products must explain themselves.
The methodology page is part of the product, not documentation nobody reads. It tells users where the data is strong and where it is not.
Status, risk, and operations are first-class.
Developers will not trust a trust platform that hides incidents. The status board becomes the public operating ledger.
Implementation path
The static page ships the story now. The product grows only where trust and compliance are ready.
Static trust prototype
Replace the old identity positioning with AI Trust Layer landing, tools mock, methodology, status, and waitlist.
Working tools
Build Arena, BYOK Perf, Verifier, public reports, limits, and provider appeals without payments.
Growth back office
Launch tools directory, code snippets, TrustMark workflow, audit log, SEO report pages, and moderation.
Commercial API
Only after entity, payment, compliance, cost model, abuse ceilings, and observability are verified.
Join the trust layer before it becomes a gateway.
Early users get Arena voting, BYOK benchmarking, verifier reports, and provider retest workflows first. Paid routing comes later, after the boring parts are real: entity, tax, privacy, audit logs, risk controls, payment rails.