Provider pricing
OpenRouter AI API pricing
OpenRouter has 1 priced models in the public snapshot. For 1,000 input and 500 output tokens, OpenRouter Auto has the lowest recorded request cost at $0.0025, with $1 input and $3 output per million tokens.
Best for
Teams that want one integration to test, route, and cost-optimize across the entire LLM market.
Strengths
- Single API + key for a large model catalogue across every major provider
- Automatic provider fallback and load-balancing for high uptime
- Per-request provider preference, price ceiling, and latency routing
- Free-tier credits + frequent promo pricing on top open-weight models
Tracked OpenRouter models
| Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Tier | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owl Alpha | $0 | $0 | 1,048,756 | Flagship | Free alpha — high-performance agentic foundation model with native tool use and ~1.05M context. Prompts/completions may be logged. |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the OpenRouter API cost?
OpenRouter has 1 priced models in the public snapshot. For 1,000 input and 500 output tokens, OpenRouter Auto has the lowest recorded request cost at $0.0025, with $1 input and $3 output per million tokens.
Which OpenRouter model is cheapest?
OpenRouter Auto is the lowest-cost recorded model for the 1,000-input/500-output example. Prices are $1 input and $3 output per million tokens; different workloads may change the ranking.
Does OpenRouter have cached or batch prices?
Cached input: not separately recorded. Batch: not recorded in this dataset. Eligibility and cache-write charges depend on the provider; these discounts are not automatically stacked.
How often are provider prices verified?
The live pricing table synchronizes stored model records daily; public file snapshots update when the site is rebuilt. Synchronization is not independent provider verification. Snapshot updated 2026-10-31; only explicit per-model dates are verification records.