OpenRouter

OpenRouter is a single API for hundreds of AI models from many providers, with automatic fallbacks and one bill. It exposes an OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint plus TypeScript and Python SDKs and an agent SDK.

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OpenRouter at a glance

From official pages, checked Nov 15, 2026. Tap the arrow for each source.

Free tier: Yes
25+ free models, 20 requests/min and 50/day (1,000/day after $10 in credits).
Starting price: 5.5% fee on credits
Standard pay-as-you-go plan; model usage billed at provider rates.
Rate limit: 20 requests/min
Free (:free) models; 50/day under $10 purchased. No plan limit on paid models.
Official SDKs: PythonJavaScript / TypeScript
Trains on your data: No
OpenRouter doesn't train on inputs/outputs; some providers may. Models that don't train are labeled.
EU hosting: Yes
EU in-region routing via eu.openrouter.ai on Business and Enterprise plans.
Compliance: SOC 2GDPR

What you can build with OpenRouter

OpenRouterPro archiveIntegrationConfig

Call hundreds of AI models through one API with OpenRouter

Swap between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more by changing one model string. One key, one endpoint, TypeScript or Python.

Free tier: YesFrom 5.5% fee on credits

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Nov 13, 2026
OpenRouter removes the "client" scope from deferred_tools: requests that send it now return 400 (November 9, 2026)
OpenRouter's deferred_tools.scope now accepts only "all" or "mcp". Requests and saved presets that send "client" return 400.
Nov 12, 2026
OpenRouter launches the Extractions API in alpha: typed fields from text, images and PDFs (November 10, 2026)
New alpha route POST /api/alpha/extractions returns typed fields with source spans and confidence. Input from $0.02 per 1M tokens.
Nov 8, 2026
OpenRouter launches a rebuilt Auto Router and a new Auto Code router (November 6, 2026)
openrouter/auto and openrouter/auto-code pick a model and reasoning effort per request. No router fee; you pay the chosen model's price.
Oct 30, 2026
OpenRouter S3 observability now requires an external ID in the IAM trust policy (October 28, 2026)
OpenRouter S3 trace destinations reject GovCloud and China role ARNs, and IAM roles must require the external ID or delivery returns 403.
Oct 24, 2026
OpenRouter renames end users to external users, and /messages streams drop data: [DONE] (October 21, 2026)
Python SDK 1.3.70+ needs client.external_users. /messages streams now end at message_stop. Bulk member calls cap at 500.