OpenRouter
Best multi-model router for agents that need failover and experimentation. Pin providers in production; don’t…
Best multi-model router for agents that need failover and experimentation. Pin providers in production; don’t treat OpenRouter as your only SLA. Strengths: One key for dozens of models/providers; Fantastic for prototyping and failover; Transparent model playground.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Best multi-model router for agents that need failover and experimentation. Pin providers in production; don’t treat OpenRouter as your only SLA.
Strengths
- · One key for dozens of models/providers
- · Fantastic for prototyping and failover
- · Transparent model playground
Weaknesses
- · Extra platform fee and abstraction layer
- · End reliability = weakest upstream
- · Not ideal as sole production critical path without pinning providers
Pricing notes
As of 2026-09-14: Multi-provider LLM router with OpenAI-compatible API; pass-through model pricing plus small platform fee. Best for prototyping multi-model and failover; production should pin critical paths to direct providers.
Sourced pricing
Contract status ambiguous · input_output_split_not_a_single_rate. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=openrouter
- anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $2 · sourced_token_price
- anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $10 · sourced_token_price
- x-ai/grok-4.7 · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $2 · sourced_token_price
- x-ai/grok-4.7 · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $6 · sourced_token_price
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