Premium prices for junior work
Not every prompt needs a frontier model. Simple tasks carry frontier costs when routing is absent.
MERCURY FLUX
AI spend that flows to the right model.
Route every task to the cheapest model that can do it well — premium, budget, or your GPUs — and prove quality with real tests before anything ships.
PROBLEM
Most AI spend is misrouted
Locked to one vendor
Single-provider dependence limits negotiation, uptime, and model choice.
Black-box bill
No per-project truth means CFOs see a lump sum, not value per call.
ROUTING
How it works
01
Triage difficultyScore the task by complexity, latency, and risk.
02
Route local → cheap → mid → premiumMatch the cheapest capable model to the job.
03
Verify with real testsSandbox evaluation before production traffic.
04
Learn from outcomesContinuous feedback tightens routing decisions.
OPEN-CORE
Three layers, one routing brain
Herdr Core
Open engine, self-host
The routing engine you can run yourself, on your own GPUs or infrastructure.
Flux Cloud
Dashboards, budgets, alerts
Hosted control plane with project-level budgets, usage alerts, and cost visibility.
Flux Intel
Cross-fleet routing intelligence
Model performance, price, and capability signals across your whole fleet.
Stop paying senior prices for junior work.
Route AI spend to the right model without cutting quality.