# Am I paying for a giant model I don't need?

**Published:** October 14, 2026
**Author:** Microsoft Developer
**Source:** YouTube — Microsoft Developer
**Language:** en-US
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While it may be tempting to use the most powerful language model possible for everything your agent does, you may actually be paying for intelligence you don't need. And that's where Model Router comes in. Model Router routes your prompts to the most suitable language models,…

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**Tags:** #OpenAI #Microsoft #YouTube

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