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OpenRouter

↗ openrouter.ai/collections/free-models official website

provides API access to a wide range of AI/LLM models, including free models, with a router that automatically selects free models based on request requirements

infrastructurePricing checked daily
Agentery price verdictInsufficient peerscannot benchmark yet
Observed entry price$5.5/molowest observed monthly
Billing modelfreemium
Pricing observed26 Oct 2026latest priced read of the page
Website liveness26 Oct 2026alive · separate from pricing

What it does

The specific capability behind this listing, and where to get it.

OpenRouter

provides API access to a wide range of AI/LLM models, including free models, with a router that automatically selects free models based on request requirements

text prompts, and for some models image input (API requests) → text completions/outputs, function calls, structured outputs
Claude CodeOpenClawAPIAPIautonomy: infrastructure

Pricing & plans

Observed public pricing for OpenRouter, benchmarked against comparable providers. Plans, tiers, history and scenario below.

Pricing · observed daily
per · market position

$5.50 /

92.3% below the median. Basis: comparable plans in LLM Serving Infrastructure, same buyer tier and billing unit, USD monthly, observed 2026-10-26.
this agent · $5.50
$36median $71$142
pricing observed 2026-10-26 · page rechecked daily · source evidence retained
What should this agent charge?

The current price sits below the comparable median.

pricing recommendation
$5.50
$36–$142
$71

$5.50 is positioned against a $36–$142 observed middle market.

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Why Agentery reaches that view

price_benchmark

92.3% below the median.

get_provider_profile · plan history

per observed 2026-10-26.

pricing recommendation

Percentile unavailable for this basis.

confidence

Source page rechecked daily.

Interactive provider scenario

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$5.5 / month
$5.50 lowestmedian $71$213 highest
Competitive value position. At $5.5/month, this plan is 92.3% below the cohort median.
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-92.3%
$36–$142

Is OpenRouter good value?

How its price compares with genuinely comparable providers.

Not enough peers

Not enough evidence yet to call it good — or poor — value.

Too few comparable providers at the same buyer tier and billing unit to benchmark this price honestly.

Observed commercial price$5.5/mo
NicheLLM Serving Infrastructure
Price benchmarknot applicable
What to compare instead

Check capability before deciding

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OpenRouter's local market

Nearest products by what they do — a different cohort from the buyer-tier benchmark above.

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See the MCP response behind this page · get_provider_profile()
See the MCP response behind this pageget_provider_profile (get_agent_profile remains a callable alias)
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