OpenRouter launches 50% off every ElevenLabs model through October 19
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026 captures of OpenRouter's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: New site banner: ElevenLabs launch offer, every ElevenLabs model 50% off through October 19, 2026. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount added) with a neutral direction.
It lands 7 days after OpenRouter's previous change, "OpenRouter moves Enterprise BYOK limit to custom, adds advanced spend alerts" (Oct 5, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "OpenRouter adds Workload Identity Federation to Business, Enterprise plans" (Sep 28, 2026), "OpenRouter renames Pay-as-you-go plan to Standard, fee stays 5.5%" (Sep 21, 2026) and "OpenRouter adds Business tier: 8% fee, 1,000-workspace limit, signed DPA" (Sep 14, 2026). OpenRouter has been tracked since 2026-05-16.
In the same window Google, Together AI, Mistral AI, Anthropic and OpenAI also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
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New site banner: ElevenLabs launch offer, every ElevenLabs model 50% off through October 19, 2026.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Discount | New site banner: ElevenLabs launch offer, every ElevenLabs model 50% off through October 19, 2026. | Discount added | |
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 Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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OpenRouter, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 2, 2026packagingOpenRouter expands model catalog to 600+ models across paid plans
- 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 · this change
- Oct 5, 2026packagingOpenRouter moves Enterprise BYOK limit to custom, adds advanced spend alerts
- 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, 2026packagingOpenRouter expands catalog to 500+ models, 80+ providers across pricing tiers
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- GoogleOct 12Google Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
- Together AIOct 12Together AI hikes Qwen3.8 Flash prices up to 68%, adds 10% off Kimi K3 promo
- Mistral AIOct 12Mistral AI cuts Free plan API credits, gives free users Vibe CLI and IDE tools
- AnthropicOct 12Anthropic API launches Haiku 5.5 at $0.10/$0.50 per MTok, Haiku 4.5 goes Legacy
- OpenAIOct 11OpenAI rewrites Free, Go, Plus and Pro taglines in "Best for" style
Questions about this change
Did OpenRouter raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount added.
What changed on OpenRouter's pricing page between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026?
New site banner: ElevenLabs launch offer, every ElevenLabs model 50% off through October 19, 2026. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does OpenRouter change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 5 other pricing-page changes for OpenRouter in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "OpenRouter moves Enterprise BYOK limit to custom, adds advanced spend alerts" on Oct 5, 2026; OpenRouter has been tracked since 2026-05-16.