OpenRouter
by OpenRouter, Inc
The Launchpad take
Verdict
Multi-provider LLM router. Official pricing (openrouter.ai/pricing): 25+ free models, 50 requests/day; Standard pay-as-you-go plus 5.5% platform fee; Business 8% fee plus EU/US in-region routing; Enterprise custom; BYOK $25k/mo fee-free then 5%. Data-policy routing is paid-only. Whether free-model providers log prompts is unverified.
Developers who want a single key across vendors; paid data-policy routing
Best for
developers
Quick facts
- Free tier
- 25+ free models; free-model rate limits are 50 requests/day, rising to 1,000/day once you've bought at least $10 of credits.
- Starting price
- No fee up to $25,000 of list-price inference per month, then 5%
- Platforms
- Web, API
- Company
- OpenRouter, Inc
Pricing
Fee on credit purchases: "5.5% on Standard and 8% on Business, never on individual requests".
| Plan | Price | Key limits |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 5.5% fee on credit purchases | Never on individual requests |
| Business | 8% fee on credit purchases | Never on individual requests |
| BYOK | No fee up to $25,000 of list-price inference per month, then 5% | |
| Enterprise | Custom |
Prices checked 2026-10-14
Key capabilities
Works with
- text
Outputs
- text
Get it
How to use OpenRouter on phones and tablets.
- Mobile web: Works in a mobile browser (responsive or dedicated mobile site).
Technical details
- Offline
- No
- API
- Yes
- Languages
- Not listed
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Privacy
- Medium
- Models
- Third-party models (aggregator)
What changed
- 2026-10-14 · plans — Credit-purchase fees, BYOK, and Enterprise. All models third-party.
Sources & notes(2)
- Company: https://openrouter.ai/pricing
- Models: https://openrouter.ai/models
- Checked 2026-10-13 (from catalog copy)
- Some catalog figures are marked unverified.