Two ways to get your AI into Jents — and they're not competitors, they're a staircase. In one line: an account import is your bill (broad, zero-setup, daily); a gateway is a checkpoint every call passes through (deep, live, controllable). Most teams start with the account to see everything, then route their important agents through a gateway for the detail.
The one-line difference
- Account import = connect the account where your AI is billed (OpenAI / Anthropic / cloud) → Jents reads the bill. Broad, but only as deep as a daily statement.
- Gateway = your AI's calls flow through a gateway → Jents sees each call as it happens. Deep and live, but only sees what you route.
Side by side
| Account import (the bill) | Gateway (the checkpoint) | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Paste one key — no code | Route your traffic through it |
| Time to value | Minutes | A config change per app |
| Coverage | Everything that bills to the account | Only what you route through it |
| Cost | ✅ Real $ (daily, from the bill) | ✅ Real $ (per call, live) |
| Models used | ✅ | ✅ |
| Per-call detail | ❌ daily totals only | ✅ every individual call |
| Speed / latency | ❌ | ✅ |
| Errors & retries | ❌ | ✅ (the wasted spend) |
| Who triggered each call | ❌ (a key isn't a person) | ✅ |
| Sessions / runs | ❌ | ✅ |
| Freshness | Hours behind (daily) | Live |
| Control (block · budget · route) | ❌ read-only | ✅ |
When to use which
- Start with the account import when you want to see everything fast — every agent and what it costs, across your whole org, with zero setup. Great for discovery, cost, and a first ROI picture.
- Add a gateway for the agents you want to act on — where you need live per-call detail (latency, errors, who), or the power to block a key, set a budget, or route a model.
Why it's a staircase, not a choice
The account tells you what you run and what it costs. The gateway tells you how each call behaves — and lets you change it. You don't pick one: connect the account to map everything, then route your most important agents through a gateway to go deep where it pays.
An account-imported agent even says so — its page shows the daily cost + models, and points you at a gateway for the live detail, so the upgrade path is always one click away.
Related: Connect an account · Connect your own gateway.