OpenRouter
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OpenRouter
A router for LLMs and other AI models
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A router for LLMs and other AI models
Models
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/llmdevs › openrouter experience
r/LLMDevs on Reddit: OpenRouter experience
February 11, 2025 -
I am curious about openrouter. Is it just for distributing your api calls to the current cheapest provider? Or are there other useful aspects? Also uses it the normal OpenAi API structure, because I’ve already build a fairly big app and rewriting the api integration would take a bit. Also how reliable is it?
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Basic idea is this: When you call a certain LLM model with their API, it finds the most fastest API provider for the cheapest price possible at that moment in time. For example, if you want DeepSeek R1, it'll check which API status is good and pass your call to that API. This means that you don't have to sign up for 20 different API providers for keys nor write custom code in 20 different API requirements. For this reason, they charge you 5% on top of the chosen API provider's price. Downsides include: Costs 5% more May select an expensive API provider when cheaper API providers are down (instead of just throwing an error or being slow). Most API providers are using OpenAI's API language now so it's kinda easy to do what OpenRouter does, yourself.
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I love it. I used to be signed up to multiple providers and the list was growing. But now most of my usage is just with openrouter. I think the +5% cost is worth the freedom and flexibliity, with simpler config. I still use gemini because its beta/free models are unreliable on openrouter due to google's rate limiting. (I could upload the gemini key to openrouter as another way to solve this.)
Videos
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How to use Openrouter (Access Every LLM At Once) - YouTube
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The AI Tool Most Serious Writers Are Using (OpenRouter Review) ...
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OpenRouter: Easily access multiple AI models (including FREE ones) ...
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Access 300+ AI Models in Make.com with OpenRouter! - YouTube
Turbocharge Your Coding with OpenRouter.ai! - YouTube
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Trace OpenRouter Calls to LangSmith — No Code Changes Needed ...
State of AI: An Empirical 100T Token Study with OpenRouter
I do question this finding: · It's important to remember that this data is from OpenRouter... a API service. Small models are exactly those that can be self-hosted More on news.ycombinator.com
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2 weeks agoELI5: how does Openrouter work?
Still i don’t understand why someone would pay a fee on the api. All major ai providers offer api access. Why should I pay someone in the middle ? More on reddit.com
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September 10, 2024OpenRouter experience
Basic idea is this: When you call a certain LLM model with their API, it finds the most fastest API provider for the cheapest price possible at that moment in time. For example, if you want DeepSeek R1, it'll check which API status is good and pass your call to that API. This means that you don't have to sign up for 20 different API providers for keys nor write custom code in 20 different API requirements. For this reason, they charge you 5% on top of the chosen API provider's price. Downsides include: Costs 5% more May select an expensive API provider when cheaper API providers are down (instead of just throwing an error or being slow). Most API providers are using OpenAI's API language now so it's kinda easy to do what OpenRouter does, yourself. More on reddit.com
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February 11, 2025DataCamp
datacamp.com › tutorial › openrouter
OpenRouter: A Guide With Practical Examples | DataCamp
August 14, 2025 - OpenRouter solves this complexity by providing a unified API that connects you to over 400 models from dozens of providers. You can access GPT-5, Claude 4, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and hundreds of other models using a single API key and consistent interface.
Medium
medium.com › @phsaurav › breaking-free-from-ai-subscriptions-cost-effective-all-in-one-solution-with-openrouter-a1f596ce1227
Breaking Free from AI Subscriptions: Cost-Effective All-in-One Solution with OpenRouter | by Parvez Hossain Saurav | Medium
March 15, 2025 - In my search for a comprehensive AI solution, I explored various approaches and discovered OpenRouter — a unified API gateway that provides access to (about 300 models) virtually all the models I know of from major providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and many others.
Optimize Smart
optimizesmart.com › what-is-openrouter-api-and-how-to-use-it
What is OpenRouter API and how to use it. - Optimize Smart
September 22, 2025 - Think of OpenRouter as a universal booking counter at an airport.
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GitHub
github.com › simonw › llm-openrouter
GitHub - simonw/llm-openrouter: LLM plugin for models hosted by OpenRouter
Most OpenRouter models support tool calls.
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Forked by 35 users
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Home Assistant
home-assistant.io › integrations › open_router
OpenRouter - Home Assistant
The OpenRouter integration allows you to generate data using AI models available on OpenRouter.
Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com › item
You can use something like OpenRouter, which lets you access essentially all com... | Hacker News
September 5, 2024 - You pay a different rate per model (OpenRouter shows the pricing transparently). You load your account with credits. I use it daily (undoubtedly far more than the average user) and loaded 50$ with credits five months ago, but I still have over 1/2 of it left · I think it is hard to believe ...
Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com › item
State of AI: An Empirical 100T Token Study with OpenRouter | Hacker News
2 weeks ago - I do question this finding: · It's important to remember that this data is from OpenRouter... a API service. Small models are exactly those that can be self-hosted
Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com › state-of-ai
State of AI: An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter | Andreessen Horowitz
3 weeks ago - OpenRouter now serves over 5+ million developers and routes traffic across 300+ models from more than 60 providers. The platform has grown from handling roughly 10 trillion tokens per year to more than 100 trillion as of mid-2025.
Menlo Ventures
menlovc.com › home › investing in openrouter, the one api for all ai
Investing in OpenRouter, the One API for All AI | Menlo Ventures
June 25, 2025 - We are thrilled to announce our investment in OpenRouter: one API, centralized billing, and access to 400+ AI models across 60+ providers.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/chatgptcoding › eli5: how does openrouter work?
r/ChatGPTCoding on Reddit: ELI5: how does Openrouter work?
September 10, 2024 -
https://openrouter.ai/
How does it work? Is it spammy/legit? I only ask because with all my recent comments about my workflow and tools I use, I have been getting unsolicited DMs, inviting me to "join, we have room". Just seems spammy to me.
My bill this month for ChatGPT Pro + API, Claude Sonnet + API, and Cursor will probably be over $60 easy. I'm okay with that.
BUT if this OpenRouter service is cheaper? why not, right?
I just don't get it.
ELI5?
LinkedIn
linkedin.com › company › openrouter
OpenRouter, Inc
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Cloudflare
developers.cloudflare.com › directory › ai gateway › using ai gateway › provider native › openrouter
OpenRouter · Cloudflare AI Gateway docs
1 month ago - OpenRouter is a platform that provides a unified interface for accessing and using large language models (LLMs).
TypingMind Docs
docs.typingmind.com › manage-and-connect-ai-models › openrouter-models
OpenRouter Models
Open Router (openrouter.ai) is a new service that gives you access to LLM models that you normally won’t have access to (GPT-4 32K, Google PaLM, Anthropic, etc.).
X
x.com › OpenRouterAI
OpenRouter (@OpenRouterAI) / X
July 18, 2023 - Discover and use the latest LLMs. 500+ models (incl. 50+ free), explorable data, private chat, & a unified API. https://openrouter.ai/discord
Microsoft Learn
learn.microsoft.com › en-us › connectors › openrouter
OpenRouter (Independent Publisher) - Connectors | Microsoft Learn
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LiteLLM
docs.litellm.ai › supported models & providers › openrouter
OpenRouter | liteLLM
import os from litellm import completion os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"] = "" os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_BASE"] = "" # [OPTIONAL] defaults to https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 os.environ["OR_SITE_URL"] = "" # [OPTIONAL] os.environ["OR_APP_NAME"] = "" # [OPTIONAL] response = completion( model="openrouter/google/palm-2-chat-bison", messages=messages, )
YouTube
testingcatalog.com › you-can-now-test-upcoming-gpt-5-1-on-openrouter
You can now test upcoming GPT-5.1 on OpenRouter
November 8, 2025 - A new stealth model, "Polaris Alpha," is now available on OpenRouter. 256k context window and a quite good performance.
GitHub
github.com › OpenRouterTeam › openrouter-runner
GitHub - OpenRouterTeam/openrouter-runner: Deprecated inference engine
This repo is an artifact from the early days of OpenRouter, when the opensource LLM provider ecosystem was much more nascent.
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