OpenRouter / Multi-model coding platform
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What the source tells us
- Comparison category
- Multi-model coding platform
Categories describe product positioning; multi-model platforms may also offer their own models.
- Price basis
- official-pricing-table
- Models & access
- 25+ free models · View models ↗
- Observed
- 2026-10-10
- Community score
- Not available
- Measured QoS
- Not available
Coding models and limits
Access facts reviewed within seven days; account restrictions still apply.
Documentation checked 2026-10-10. Published source coverage; account restrictions still apply.
Access documentation checks · 3 sources
Facts reviewed 2026-10-10 07:59 UTC. Fetching a page does not review its content or verify your account. These sources support the provider report; some apply to other tiers.
- Public text-output model catalog ↗
Latest fetch succeeded · 2026-10-10 07:53 UTC
- API credit and rate limits ↗
Latest fetch succeeded · 2026-10-10 07:53 UTC
- OpenRouter pricing ↗
Latest fetch succeeded · 2026-10-10 07:57 UTC
Checks cover monitored pages only. Unchanged content does not establish unchanged account access or a complete model inventory.
15 documented model entries
- Apodex: Apodex 1.1 Mini (free)OpenRouter API · apodex/apodex-1.1-mini:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - Cohere: North Mini Code (free)OpenRouter API · cohere/north-mini-code:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)OpenRouter API · dots-studio/dots-3-note-preview:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)OpenRouter API · google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)OpenRouter API · google/gemma-4-31b-it:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)OpenRouter API · liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)OpenRouter API · nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)OpenRouter API · nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)OpenRouter API · nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)OpenRouter API · nvidia/nemotron-3.5-content-safety:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)OpenRouter API · nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)OpenRouter API · poolside/laguna-s-2.1:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)OpenRouter API · poolside/laguna-xs-2.1:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free)OpenRouter API · thinkingmachines/inkling-small:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
Model access source ↗ - Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)OpenRouter API · thinkingmachines/inkling:free · Included, metered
Public text-output catalog route; account settings, provider availability and additional charges may restrict use.
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Usage limits
- Free variants: 20 requests/minute and 50 requests per UTC day below the credit-purchase threshold. The higher ceiling is 1000 requests/day at a nominal 10-credit lifetime purchase threshold; the docs allow a one-credit rounding margin. Check the API key's actual ceiling. Source ↗
Access conditions
- Catalog snapshot: 458 text-output routes, including 15 :free variants. Routes and variants are not unique underlying models or a verified account inventory. Non-text-only catalog coverage is outside this capture. Source ↗
- A negative credit balance can block even free models. Provider rate limits and account routing restrictions still apply; paid usage is not an unlimited allowance. Source ↗
- The pricing table advertises 25+ free models; this is a different source scope from the captured text-output route count. Source ↗
Price observation history
1 recorded snapshot · 2026-10-10 03:37 UTC to 2026-10-10 03:37 UTC.
One observation establishes a baseline; it cannot show a price change.
This history covers this pricing source's successful observations, including its captured billing and regional offers. It is not a complete market history.
Source evidence
Free; Platform fees: N/A; Models: 25+ free models; Rate limits: 50 requests/day; BYOK: No. Standard and Business: you buy credits, manually or with auto top-up, and each request deducts its cost from your balance. The only billing difference between the two is the fee on credit purchases, 5.5% on Standard and 8% on Business. Enterprise: pricing is set by contract and based on volume, prepaid credits and annual commitments, with invoicing. BYOK: the provider bills you for inference directly. Standard and Business include $25,000 of list-price inference per month through BYOK with no OpenRouter fee; Enterprise allowances are custom. Above the allowance, OpenRouter charges 5% of what the same request would cost at list price on OpenRouter, deducted from your credits.Read official source ↗