OpenRouter drops expired ElevenLabs 50%-off banner; plan fees unchanged
What happened
Between the Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026 captures of OpenRouter's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: ElevenLabs launch offer (every ElevenLabs model 50% off through Oct 19, 2026) banner removed after expiry; plan fees unchanged. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount removed) with a neutral direction.
It lands 7 days after OpenRouter's previous change, "OpenRouter adds Private Endpoints as an Enterprise-only add-on" (Oct 19, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "OpenRouter launches 50% off every ElevenLabs model through October 19" (Oct 12, 2026), "OpenRouter moves Enterprise BYOK limit to custom, adds advanced spend alerts" (Oct 5, 2026) and "OpenRouter adds Workload Identity Federation to Business, Enterprise plans" (Sep 28, 2026). OpenRouter has been tracked since 2026-05-16.
In the same window Metabase, OpenAI, Together AI, Google and Mistral AI also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · DiscountRemovedafter expiryNo after expiry
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Discount | after expiry | No after expiry | Removed |
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 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the after expiry no longer appears.
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OpenRouter, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 26, 2026packagingOpenRouter drops expired ElevenLabs 50%-off banner; plan fees unchanged · this change
- 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
- 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
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- MetabaseOct 26Metabase adds MCP server and preferred-model AI, plus required 2FA on Pro
- OpenAIOct 26OpenAI rewrites Free, Go, Plus and Pro taglines in "Best for" format
- Together AIOct 26Together AI: Four serverless inference models dropped from the pricing list: Gemma 4 31B, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Llama…
- GoogleOct 12Google Workspace swaps Gems for AI skills, rewords Gemini on Starter plan
- Mistral AIOct 12Mistral AI cuts Free plan API credits, gives free users Vibe CLI and IDE tools
Questions about this change
Did OpenRouter raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount removed.
What changed on OpenRouter's pricing page between Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026?
Discount: after expiry → No after expiry, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does OpenRouter change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 7 other pricing-page changes for OpenRouter in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "OpenRouter adds Private Endpoints as an Enterprise-only add-on" on Oct 19, 2026; OpenRouter has been tracked since 2026-05-16.