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# What is model routing on Atlabs?

### The one-interface advantage

Most AI models live behind their own apps, accounts, and API keys. Atlabs brings them together: one interface, one credit balance, many models. That's what "model routing" means: you work in a single place, and Atlabs connects each job to the right model behind the scenes.

### How it works in practice


* **Sensible defaults.** When you pick a workflow or a visual style, Atlabs starts you on a model that suits it, so you get a good result without choosing anything.
* **Your call to override.** Any time you want more control, open the **Model** dropdown and switch. See [How do I switch AI models in a workflow?]
* **Right model per job.** Because the models sit side by side, you can use a photorealistic model for one scene and a stylized one for the next, in the same project.


💡 **Why it matters:** you get the strengths of many specialist models- cinematic motion, photorealism, stylized animation, expressive lip sync- without juggling separate tools or subscriptions.


> Confirm how routing presents in the live product: is a default model auto-selected per workflow/style (as described), or does the user always pick first? Adjust the "Sensible defaults" line to match, and add a screenshot of a workflow showing its default model.


## Choosing for yourself

When you do want to pick, [Which AI model should I use?] maps each model to the kind of video, image, or lip sync it's best at.