Model Router Fingerprint Sentinel
One click to check if your API proxy secretly swapped in a cheaper model
- Problem
- More developers call models through third-party proxies, but fear being routed to cheaper or throttled models. Communities debate whether region, IP, or environment cause throttling, and some already run open-source fingerprint checks, yet ordinary users lack a simple, trustworthy, repeatable verification entrypoint.
- Solution
- Paste your proxy endpoint and key; the tool sends a standardized probe suite and compares latency, token distributions, refusal patterns, and knowledge boundaries against the official model to produce a routing/throttling risk score. Schedule re-tests, log changes, and compare multiple proxies side by side.
- Users
- Developers using third-party API proxies, AI app teams, founders buying tokens, paid users sensitive to model degradation
- MVP
- Standardized probe prompt suite; proxy vs. official response comparison; risk score with confidence interval; scheduled re-test reminders; shareable result page
- Revenue
- Free single check, subscription for scheduled re-tests, multi-proxy management and trend history; paid certification badge partnerships with trustworthy proxy providers
- Why now
- The proxy ecosystem is exploding and model routing skepticism is mainstream, while open-source fingerprint projects already exist; an indie dev only needs to productize usability on top.