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OpenRouter

New York City-based AI platform company founded 2023. Private. Provides unified API access to 400+ large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others. Serves developers and enterprises building AI applications.

Entry price

Free

Free plan available

Plans tracked

no add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Wk 41 '26

Pricing model

Usage-based

Free tier available

Pricing Change History

8 changes

20268 changes

Oct 5, 2026

Improvement

Weekly

OpenRouter moves Enterprise BYOK limit to custom, adds advanced spend alerts

Advanced notifications added under Budgets & Spend Controls, available on Business and Enterprise plans only. Enterprise BYOK limit changed from $200,000/month with no fee (5% after) to Custom.

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Sep 28, 2026

Improvement

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OpenRouter adds Workload Identity Federation to Business, Enterprise plans

Added new 'Workload Identity Federation' row to the plan comparison table, available on Business and Enterprise plans (not on Free or Standard)

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Sep 21, 2026

Packaging

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OpenRouter renames Pay-as-you-go plan to Standard, fee stays 5.5%

The 'Pay-as-you-go' plan was renamed to 'Standard' across the page (nav tabs, table headers, meta description, FAQ copy). Billing model and Platform Fee (5.5%) are unchanged.

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Sep 14, 2026

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OpenRouter adds Business tier: 8% fee, 1,000-workspace limit, signed DPA

New 'Business' tier introduced between Pay-as-you-go and Enterprise at an 8% platform fee, raising the workspace limit to 1,000 (vs 5 on Free and Pay-as-you-go) and adding a DPA row offering a signed copy on request.

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Aug 17, 2026

Improvement

Weekly

OpenRouter expands catalog to 500+ models, 80+ providers across pricing tiers

Pay-as-you-go and Enterprise pricing rows now advertise a larger model and provider catalog: models grew from 400+ to 500+ and providers grew from 70+ to 80+.

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Jul 6, 2026

Packaging

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OpenRouter swaps free BYOK request quotas for dollar-based fee thresholds

BYOK Limits changed from free-request quotas (1M/5M reqs/month) to dollar-based inference thresholds ($25,000 PAYG, $200,000 Enterprise) before a 5% fee; Enterprise no longer shows opaque custom pricing.

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Jun 22, 2026

Improvement

Weekly

OpenRouter expands provider network to 70+ on all paid plans

Provider count increased from 60+ to 70+ for Pay-as-you-go and Enterprise plans.

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Jun 17, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

OpenRouter rebrands enterprise discounts as fee-only savings

Enterprise platform fee discount label changed from 'Bulk discounts available' to 'Fee discounts available', clarifying the discount applies to fees only, not inference pricing.

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