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About

OpenRouter is a unified API and chat interface for accessing large language models from multiple providers through a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint. It supports model browsing, routing, fallback selection, and API key management for developers integrating LLMs into applications.

The free plan includes access to 25+ free models from 4 free providers, with chat and API access, 50 requests per day, and free-model-only token pricing. It is aimed at developers who want to test or build against multiple model providers without a subscription, while accepting daily request limits and provider-side rate limiting on popular models.

  • OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
  • 25+ free models
  • 4 free providers
  • 50 requests per day
  • Free models only token pricing
  • Chat and API access
  • Routing and fallback support

Free Tier Value

49
FTV score
Credit card Required
Feature parity 60%

The pricing page shows a capped Free plan with 25+ free models, 4 free providers, chat/API access, 50 requests/day, and free-model-only token pricing. Because the free tier is capped and the page does not provide a concrete dollar credit or trial, the conservative FTV is null rather than estimated from model prices. Paid plans are pay-as-you-go (5.5% platform fee, usage-based) and Enterprise (custom/contact sales), and the free tier clearly omits many paid features like logs, routing controls, budgets, prompt caching, admin controls, SSO/SAML, and SLAs, so feature parity is about 60%.

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What's included in the free tier

  • Access to 25+ free models.
  • Access to 4 free providers.
  • Chat and API access.
  • 50 requests per day.
  • Free models only for token pricing.
  • Community support.

See OpenRouter pricing for current limits.

Paid plans

Pay-as-you-go

Usage-based
5.5% platform fee; no minimum spend
free reqs/month on BYOK
1M
rate limit on free models
20 RPM
platform fee
5.5%
minimum spend
none
  • 300+ models
  • 60+ providers
  • Chat and API access
  • Activity logs & export
  • Auto-routing and preferred vendor selections
  • Budgets & spend controls
  • Prompt caching
  • Management API key

Enterprise

Contact sales
Volume commitments; custom pricing
free reqs/month on BYOK
5M
rate limits
optional dedicated limits
pricing
custom
  • 300+ models
  • 60+ providers
  • Chat and API access
  • Admin controls
  • SSO/SAML
  • Contractual SLAs
  • Payment options
  • Managed policy enforcement

Pricing extracted from OpenRouter's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.