No Anthropic Pro? No ChatGPT Plus? No problem. AdToken Open routes through Llama 4, DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen, and GPT-OSS — top open-source models that are 10–50× cheaper to run than Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-5. So a single 3¢ ad-watch funds 12–50 minutes of real coding, not 1 minute.
npm i -g @adtoken/cli adtoken init # paste any sk-… key (used to mint your user id) adtoken open "explain this regex: /^[a-z]+$/i"
Default model = Llama 4 405B (US-origin, no political baggage). Override with --model=deepseek/deepseek-chat, --model=qwen/qwen-3-32b, --model=mistralai/mistral-large, or any OpenRouter-compatible id.
Compare to Claude Sonnet 4.6 (~1.1 min/3¢) or GPT-5 (~1.8 min/3¢). The unit-economics inversion is the whole point. → See the full Lane 3 phase trajectory
Anthropic and OpenAI's commercial APIs prohibit reselling. AdToken's Lane 1 (adtoken claude) and Lane 2 (adtoken codex) sidestep that with permanent BYO-key — the user pays Anthropic/OpenAI directly. AdToken just routes ad money to top up the user's bill.
Open models have no reseller gate. AdToken can run a centralized OpenRouter key, debit users' wallets in cents per call, and never need a partnership with anyone. Lane 3 is the only lane where AdToken can be a full ad-funded service today, with no float, no Stripe rebate, no waiting for a partner deal.
Strategic plan locks "no partnership with Anthropic or OpenAI" as of 2026-04-30. Lane 3 is the production lane this implies.