Switchyard
Switchyard is an open-source model routing system developed by NVIDIA. It automatically selects between various AI models to optimize request costs using market data.
Switchyard specs and pricing
- Provider: NVIDIA
- Released: September 21, 2026
- Context window: 1M tokens
- Input: text
- Output: text
- Price: — input / — output per 1M tokens
What Switchyard is good at
- Managing AI request costs
- Automating model selection
- Integrating multiple model capabilities
To-dos to try with Switchyard
- Configure the routing system to prioritize the most cost-effective models for text processing
- Connect the system to OpenRouter market data to enable automated model switching
- Set up the routing infrastructure to handle text-based queries across different underlying models
FAQ
- What is the primary function of Switchyard? Switchyard acts as a routing system that directs requests to different AI models to optimize for cost.
- Who developed Switchyard? Switchyard is an open-source project provided by NVIDIA.
- How much does Switchyard cost? Switchyard costs — per million input tokens and — per million output tokens through OpenRouter. In todo.is a typical agent step costs about — credits ($1 = 100 credits).
- What is the context window of Switchyard? Switchyard can read up to 1M tokens at once.
- Can I use Switchyard without coding? Yes. In todo.is you pick Switchyard as your agent's model and write to-dos in plain words, on the web, the Android app, WhatsApp or Telegram. No API key needed: credits are included, or you can bring your own key.
JavaScript is required to use the todo.is app.