OpenRouter
Unified API gateway for accessing 200+ AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and more
FreemiumFree models available, paid models at cost + small markup, no subscription required API web api
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OpenRouter provides a single API to access hundreds of AI models from multiple providers. Developers can switch between models without changing code, compare model outputs, and benefit from automatic fallbacks. The platform offers competitive pricing with transparent per-token costs and supports the OpenAI-compatible API format.
Key Features
- 200+ models via single API
- OpenAI-compatible format
- Automatic fallbacks
- Model comparison
- Usage analytics
- Rate limiting
- OAuth support
Pros
- Access all major models via one API
- Competitive pricing
- Easy model switching
- Good free model selection
Cons
- Additional latency from routing
- Depends on upstream providers
- Less control than direct API access
Tags
api-gatewayllm-routingmulti-modelopenai-compatible
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