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[P] QORE - a normalized pricing unit (NTU) of cross provider AI comparison and routing

Reddit r/MachineLearning / 3/16/2026

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Key Points

  • QORE proposes a normalized pricing unit (NTU) to standardize AI usage across providers and modalities, enabling unified pricing, routing, and auditing.
  • It aims to eliminate token-system incompatibilities by offering a universal API wallet and cross-provider price simulation (example command: qore usage simulate --provider openai --model gpt-4o --input-tokens 1000 --output-tokens 500).
  • The toolset includes commands such as pip install qore, qore price list, qore usage simulate, and qore health, along with silent model substitution detection for auditing.
  • The project emphasizes cross-provider interoperability and auditable usage across AI services to simplify comparisons and routing.
  • The repository is hosted at github.com/isaiadev347/qore-site and referenced via a Reddit MachineLearning post.

One unit across every provider and modality. Price, route, and audit

AI calls without converting between incompatible token systems.

pip install qore

$ qore price list

$ qore usage simulate --provider openai --model gpt-4o --input-tokens 1000 --output-tokens 500

$ qore health

Silent model substitution detection built in.

Universal API wallet.

github.com/isaiadev347/qore-site

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