Compress prompts and reduce LLM API costs while preserving answers
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Startup
Founded
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2024
Based in
NG
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Pricing model
Freemium
Free
Pricing
Developer plan with free usage tier and pay-as-you-go pricing; Growth plan with higher rate limits and access to all 6 models; Enterprise plan with custom contracts. New accounts receive $50 in starter credits. Pricing available in NGN, KES, GHS, ZAR, UGX, TZS, and EGP with no conversion fees.
Open beta: $0/month with unlimited API calls, all features, and no credit card required. After beta: a generous free tier and simple usage plans with early users keeping their perks.
Key features
Wakanda agentic developer workspace with code generation and command execution
REST API with chat completions and streaming support
Tera intelligent routing layer that matches requests to specialist models
Rantera Kasi stratospheric AI infrastructure at 20km altitude
Compress long prompts, logs and documents by removing filler while preserving code, numbers and facts
Convert web pages to clean Markdown instead of raw HTML
Shrink JSON responses into TOON format with headers and CSV-like rows
Available as MCP server for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf and VS Code
Gateway integration for OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs
REST API for direct integration
Self-hosted or hosted gateway options
Dashboard showing token and cost savings
Works with any chat model including local models
Output modes to control answer verbosity: lite, caveman and ultra
What makes it different
Models trained on African context and languages, not adapted from elsewhere
Pricing denominated in local African currencies with no conversion fees
Rule-based compression takes milliseconds without using another LLM
Your API key never leaves your infrastructure when using self-hosted gateway
Streaming, tool calling and function calling work unchanged
Real-world savings up to 42% on monthly LLM bills according to calculator
Rantera
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