The Cheapest Way to Add AI to Your Project in 2026

If you just need to add summarization, translation, sentiment analysis, or research capabilities to your project, you don't need to manage API keys for five different providers, handle model selection, or build prompt templates. Here's the cheapest way I've found to do it. Option 1: MCP server (for Claude Code / Cursor / Cline users) If you're already using an AI coding assistant, you can add 65+ tools in two commands: pip install aipaygen-mcp claude mcp add aipaygen -- aipaygen-mcp For Cursor or Cline, add this to your MCP config: { "mcpServers" : { "aipaygen" : { "command" : "aipaygen-mcp" } } } Once connected, your assistant can call tools like research , summarize , translate , sentiment , scrape_website , and dozens more — directly from your IDE. Option 2: REST API (for any project) # Get a free API key curl -s -X POST https://api.aipaygen.com/auth/generate-key \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"label":"my-app"}' Then call any tool: # Summarize text curl -X POST https:/