OpenRouter
The unified interface for every model. Find the best models & prices for your prompts
Our verdict
OpenRouter positions itself as the unified interface for every model. Find the best models & prices for your prompts. No free tier is advertised, though pricing is at least public. Developer documentation and a public changelog are both maintained, which is a good sign for anything you intend to build on. We have not verified the prices by hand, so we do not quote them here. Everything above was checked on 2026-08-26.
Reviewed by AI Review Rating desk review How we score
Pricing
- Free tierNo
- Public price listYes
We do not republish prices we have not checked by hand, because automated price extraction proved unreliable enough to mislead. The vendor’s own page has the current figures. Why we do this
View pricing on openrouter.aiWhat users actually say
- ELI5: how does Openrouter work? Reddit · 2025
- State of AI | OpenRouter | Paper Reddit · 2025
- Question on privacy when using Openrouter API Reddit · N/A
- What are Openrouter's rate limits? Can we scale with it? Reddit · N/A
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Side by side
| Tool | Our score | From | Free tier | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter this page | 3.6 | - | - | ||
| 🥇Anyscale | 4.7 | $3 | Yes | ||
| 🥈Cerebrium | 4.6 | $0.00 | Yes | ||
| 🥉Artificial Analysis | 4.5 | - | - | ||
| Hugging Face | 4.5 | $9 | - | ||
| Modal | 4.5 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Cerebras | 4.2 | - | Yes |
Questions
Is OpenRouter free?
We found no free tier or trial advertised on OpenRouter’s own site. Check the vendor’s pricing page, since this can change.
How much does OpenRouter cost?
OpenRouter publishes pricing on its own site. We deliberately do not republish prices we have not verified by hand, because automated price extraction proved unreliable enough to mislead. Use the link on this page for current figures.
Does OpenRouter have an API or developer docs?
Yes, OpenRouter publishes developer documentation.
How is OpenRouter scored here?
OpenRouter scores 4.2 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.