# IonRouter

8 Hacker News commenters recommended IonRouter and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for inference on open-source and fine-tuned models, with a $10 minimum load and claimed higher throughput and lower prices. Critics say it still costs more than some rivals and does not clearly differ from other providers.

## Why people recommend it

- Cheaper with higher throughput than rivals (2 comments): "Usually we are cheaper for many models and can get up to double the TPS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372129)) "our SLA is actually higher and we are lower priced" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47357256))

## What people warn about

- Costs more than rivals despite throughput (2 comments): "While your throughout is around 2x you still cost more then vercel" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360086)) "seems like this is trailing the pareto frontier in cost and speed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47356058))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [DeepInfra](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepinfra.md): 36 recommend
- [Together AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/together-ai.md): 20 recommend
- [fal.ai](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fal-ai.md): 19 recommend
- [Neuralwatt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neuralwatt.md): 18 recommend
- [Baseten](https://hackerapproved.com/p/baseten.md): 15 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "IonRouter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ionrouter/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).