By The Cloudflare Blog
Publication Date: 2026-04-16 14:00:00
AI models change quickly: the best model that can be used for agent coding today could be a completely different model from a different vendor in three months. Additionally, real-world use cases often require calling more than one model. Your customer service representative may use a quick and cost-effective model to classify a user’s message. a large reasoning model for planning its actions; and a lightweight model for performing individual tasks.
This means you need access to all models without committing yourself financially and operationally to a single provider. You also need the right systems to monitor costs across all providers, ensure reliability if one of them fails, and manage latency no matter where your users are.
These challenges are always present when you build with AI, but they become even more pressing when building agents. A simple chatbot could do one conclusion Call per user prompt. An agent could string together ten calls to complete a single task and suddenly…
