--- title: "The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-pulse-a-new-trend-smart-model-routing-7isetwf3b source_url: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-pulse-a-new-trend-smart-model-routing type: article source: "The Pragmatic Engineer" published: 2026-07-02T18:54:48.465Z updated: 2026-07-03T02:22:33.025Z tags: ["llm", "finops"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing **[The Pragmatic Engineer](https://daily.dev/sources/pragmaticengineer)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A growing trend of intelligent AI model routing is emerging, driven by the 10-20x cost difference between cheap and frontier models. Several vendors now offer smart routing solutions including Factory Router (20-25% savings), Not Diamond (~30% savings), Augment Code's Prism, Morph's Model Router, and Weave Router. AI gateways with built-in routing include OpenRouter, Kilo Gateway, Requestly.ai, LiteLLM, and Envoy AI Gateway. Cursor and GitHub Copilot also offer auto model selection, though with limitations. Enterprise demand is high, with open models reportedly sufficient for ~60% of coding-related token spend. Intelligent routing is expected to become standard across all AI vendors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Pulse: a trend of trying to cut back on AI spend within eng departments?](https://daily.dev/posts/the-pulse-a-trend-of-trying-to-cut-back-on-ai-spend-within-eng-departments--w8ajw2l3h) · The Pragmatic Engineer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#finops](https://daily.dev/tags/finops) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-pulse-a-new-trend-smart-model-routing-7isetwf3b)