OpenRouter

OpenRouter serves as a universal gateway to the modern AI landscape, eliminating the friction of managing multiple vendor APIs. Whether building with Claude, GPT, Mistral, Llama, or any of the 400+ available models, you integrate through a single endpoint that feels native to OpenAI's standard. The platform tracks pricing differences across providers and routes intelligently to optimize cost or performance based on your needs.

Highlights

• Access over 400 models from 70+ providers without separate integrations
• Transparent per-model pricing with credit-based billing across all models
• Automatic failover routing to keep applications online
• Prompt caching and token optimization to reduce costs
• Custom data policies restrict which providers see your requests
• OpenAI SDK compatibility for straightforward adoption

Built for teams scaling LLM applications, OpenRouter removes vendor lock-in while maintaining simplicity. Whether experimenting with different models during development or managing large-scale inference in production, the unified interface adapts to your needs. Most use cases begin free during exploration.