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5.5% per transactionFreemium · no commitment

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OpenRouter is a unified API gateway that routes requests to 600+ AI models from 80+ providers through one endpoint. Developers and teams use it to compare models, switch providers, set spend controls and chat with models, and a free tier offers 25+ free models.

Facts at a glance

FactValueSource
Launched2023. Started in early 2023 as an LLM marketplace, per the about pageopenrouter.ai/about, checked 10 Nov 2026
Free planFreemium: a free plan existsopenrouter.ai/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026
Starting price5.5% per transactionopenrouter.ai/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026
PlatformsWeb, APIopenrouter.ai/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026

Pricing & plans

Starts at

5.5% per transaction

no commitment

Model

Freemium

Free plan available

Price tiers

PlanPer monthUsage, as the vendor states it
FreeFree25+ free models, 50 requests per day and community support
StandardPay-as-you-go with a 5.5% fee on credit purchases, 600+ models and email support
BusinessPay-as-you-go with an 8% fee on credit purchases, adding EU and US in-region routing and 1,000 workspaces
EnterprisePricing set by contract, with SSO/SAML, contractual SLAs and a dedicated support team

Prices are the vendor's list prices in USD.

  • Inference is billed at each provider's list price, and the platform fee is charged when credits are bought, 5.5% on Standard and 8% on Business

Source: openrouter.ai/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026

OpenRouter Free, in practice

What the free plan covers and where it stops.

Free plan limits

  • 25+ free models from 4 free providers
  • 50 requests per day
  • 5 workspaces
  • Community support only

Sources: openrouter.ai/pricing

Features & platforms

  • Access to 600+ models from 80+ providers

  • Chat and API access on every plan

  • Auto-routing and preferred vendor selection

  • Budgets and spend controls

  • Prompt caching

  • Data policy-based routing by model and provider

  • Web
  • API

Sources: openrouter.ai/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026

Alternatives

Vercel AI Gateway: Describes one API key and no markup across 400+ models covering text, image, video and audio.

LiteLLM: Open-source gateway and proxy offering a single API for 100+ LLMs, plus spend tracking, auth and guardrails.

Cloudflare AI Gateway: Documents caching, rate limiting, spend limits and routing features for requests sent to supported AI providers.

Sources: vercel.com/ai-gateway, litellm.ai, developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway

Data & privacy

  • Inputs that include personal data are collected by OpenRouter

  • OpenRouter says it does not control how model providers handle inputs and outputs, including for model training

  • Inputs go to the model provider that is selected or chosen by automatic routing, and providers' data practices differ

Privacy policy

Source: openrouter.ai/privacy, policy last updated August 31, 2026, checked 10 Nov 2026. These points restate the policy and are not legal advice.

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