OpenRouter moves Enterprise BYOK limit to custom, adds advanced spend alerts
What happened
Between the Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026 captures of OpenRouter's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: 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. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, package change) with an upward direction.
It lands 7 days after OpenRouter's previous change, "OpenRouter adds Workload Identity Federation to Business, Enterprise plans" (Sep 28, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "OpenRouter renames Pay-as-you-go plan to Standard, fee stays 5.5%" (Sep 21, 2026), "OpenRouter adds Business tier: 8% fee, 1,000-workspace limit, signed DPA" (Sep 14, 2026) and "OpenRouter expands catalog to 500+ models, 80+ providers across pricing tiers" (Aug 17, 2026). OpenRouter has been tracked since 2026-05-16.
In the same window OpenAI, Together AI, Anthropic, Google and Metabase also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Business, Enterprise · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
Afterunder Budgets & Spend Controls
- Enterprise · PackagingPackage change
Enterprise BYOK limit changed from $200,000/month with no fee (5% after) to Custom.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | under Budgets & Spend Controls | Added |
| Enterprise | Packaging | Enterprise BYOK limit changed from $200,000/month with no fee (5% after) to Custom. | Package change | |
Values as written on OpenRouter's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of OpenRouter's pricing page (openrouter.ai) from Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where under Budgets & Spend Controls now appears.
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OpenRouter, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 26, 2026packagingOpenRouter drops expired ElevenLabs 50%-off banner; plan fees unchanged
- Oct 19, 2026improvedOpenRouter adds Private Endpoints as an Enterprise-only add-on
- Oct 12, 2026packagingOpenRouter launches 50% off every ElevenLabs model through October 19
- Oct 5, 2026packagingOpenRouter moves Enterprise BYOK limit to custom, adds advanced spend alerts · this change
- Sep 28, 2026improvedOpenRouter adds Workload Identity Federation to Business, Enterprise plans
- Sep 21, 2026packagingOpenRouter renames Pay-as-you-go plan to Standard, fee stays 5.5%
- Sep 14, 2026packagingOpenRouter adds Business tier: 8% fee, 1,000-workspace limit, signed DPA
- Aug 17, 2026improvedOpenRouter expands catalog to 500+ models, 80+ providers across pricing tiers
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- OpenAIOct 5OpenAI API halves GPT-6.1 Sol cached input price to $0.10 per 1M tokens
- Together AIOct 5Together AI adds Tev1 4B Experimental at $0.04 input with free output
- AnthropicSep 28Anthropic API: Opus 5.5 launches, replaces Opus 5 as flagship
- GoogleSep 7Google Workspace: promo discount cut from 50% to 30%/20% off
- MetabaseAug 24Metabase quietly reveals Enterprise-only paid air-gapped deployment option
Questions about this change
Did OpenRouter raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, package change.
What changed on OpenRouter's pricing page between Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026?
Business, Enterprise feature: Not listed → under Budgets & Spend Controls, added; Enterprise BYOK limit changed from $200,000/month with no fee (5% after) to Custom. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does OpenRouter change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for OpenRouter in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "OpenRouter adds Workload Identity Federation to Business, Enterprise plans" on Sep 28, 2026; OpenRouter has been tracked since 2026-05-16.