Make It Cheaper<br>Make It Cheaper<br>A BOM price optimizer that identifies drop-in alternatives without a board respin. Upload a KiCad or spreadsheet bill of materials, find layout-compatible cheaper parts per line, re-price against distributors, and export a new BOM. Always double-check footprint compatibility and vendor quotes for accuracy before ordering.
AI provider<br>Key required<br>xAI · expand to configure
Provider<br>xAIOpenAIAnthropicOpenRouterGoogleMistralDeepSeekMiniMaxZ.AI
Model (pricing varies)Grok 4.5 — best quality · higher $/tokGrok 4 — strong · mid priceGrok 3 — solid · mid priceGrok 3 Mini — fast · lowest $<br>NWorkers<br>concurrent line lookups · 1–20
xAI API key
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Provider, model, NWorkers, and keys save in this browser. console.x.ai
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Checked vendors are used for live pricing and idiot metrics. Unchecked vendors are ignored.<br>AddReset
Expand AI settings, pick a provider/model, set NWorkers (default 5), paste the API key, and Save.
Drop your BOM here<br>CSV or Excel from KiCad, Altium, CircuitMaker, or any tool that exports Reference / Value / Footprint columns.
Choose fileLoad sample BOM<br>.csv · .xls · .xlsx · up to a few hundred lines