Velvet
About Velvet
Velvet is an innovative AI gateway designed for engineers to analyze and optimize their AI features effortlessly. By simply adding two lines of code, users can warehouse OpenAI and Anthropic requests to a PostgreSQL database, allowing for easy monitoring, analysis, and cost reduction.
Velvet offers a free tier for up to 10k requests monthly, allowing users to start without initial costs. As users grow, they can explore premium plans that enhance storage capabilities and advanced features, maximizing their efficiency and optimizing AI usage while ensuring scalability.
Velvet features a clean, user-friendly interface that simplifies navigation and management of database logs and AI experiments. Its seamless layout ensures users can access tools effortlessly, enhancing their experience while monitoring API usage and optimizing performance with real-time insights.
How Velvet works
Users begin by creating an account on Velvet's platform and then reading the documentation to understand the setup process. By setting the baseURL to the Velvet gateway and connecting their database, they can log every request made to their AI models. With data warehoused in PostgreSQL, users can analyze and evaluate AI performance, implement caching strategies, and conduct experiments, all facilitated by Velvet's robust framework and intuitive interface.
Key Features for Velvet
Warehouse AI Requests
Velvet's unique ability to warehouse every AI request to a PostgreSQL database gives engineers a clear data source for analysis. This feature enhances users' insights into AI models' performance, enabling effective optimizations and fine-tuning for improved outcomes.
Granular Observability
With Velvet's granular observability, users can store data in customizable JSON formats, allowing for detailed analysis of API usage and costs. This feature helps engineers optimize AI features, troubleshoot issues effectively, and monitor their models comprehensively, enhancing overall productivity.
Intelligent Caching System
Velvet's intelligent caching system reduces costs and latency by optimizing how data is retrieved and stored. This feature ensures quick responses for identical requests, enabling engineers to focus on development while minimizing unnecessary expenditures, enhancing operational efficiency.