openrouter
About OpenRouter
Unified LLM gateway providing OpenAI-compatible API access to 500+ models from 60+ providers. Pay-as-you-go pricing with no markup on model rates, automatic fallbacks, and routing optimizations.
Key Capabilities
Access 500+ AI models from 60+ providers through a single OpenAI-compatible API
No markup on model rates, pay the provider's price plus a transparent 5.5% platform fee
Automatic fallbacks and routing variants (:nitro for speed, :floor for lowest cost)
Swap models without rewriting code, same API interface across all providers
Standout Features
500+ Models, One API
Access Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, and hundreds more through a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint, switch models with one parameter change.
Automatic Fallbacks
Configure model fallback chains so your app stays online even when a provider has an outage, seamless failover with no code changes.
Routing Optimizations
Use :nitro for fastest throughput or :floor for lowest price, OpenRouter automatically routes to the best available provider for your priority.
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Community Buzz
Updates on Hunter Alpha: Full support for Hunter (and Healer) in OpenClaw! Coding performance is greatly improved after we resolved a bug with interleaved thinking. Hunter is more stable and capable now.
Introducing GLM-5-Turbo: A high-speed variant of GLM-5, excellent in agent-driven environments such as OpenClaw. Available on OpenRouter.
There is so many AI packages to choose like copilot pro and KeyPlex... but how to compare them if they dont tell you how many tokens you can have? feels like Roo Code + OpenRouter is the better solution.
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