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name: Preto.ai
domain: preto.ai
kind: product
relation: substitute
segment: AI Development and Deployment Infrastructure
descGrounded: 0.63
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# Preto.ai

An AI cost-optimization proxy that sits between an app and its LLM provider to identify wasted spend and recommend cheaper model choices.

**Route:** surfaced by the AI Development and Deployment Infrastructure lane's de-branded queries → substitute to vercel.com.

**Why it's on the map:** A buyer choosing Preto replaces the anchor's own AI deployment infrastructure with a proxy layer that audits and reroutes model calls — the anchor becomes unnecessary because the optimization is done outside it.

**Receipts** (verbatim from its page this run):

> Preto sits between your app and your LLM provider

> It finds which calls use the wrong model, which users are unprofitable, and exactly what to change

> Swap your OpenAI base URL to proxy.preto.ai
