OpenRouter is listed under Model Hosting & Inference APIs, in the AI Models & Local Execution category on Flocci AI Tools. One API for 400+ models across providers. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at openrouter.ai.
OpenRouter is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 426 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.
OpenRouter works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on the web and an API. You can sign in with a Google account.
OpenRouter does 4 things the catalog singles out: One api for 400+ models across providers; automatic fallbacks and price routing; some models free to use; unified billing.
Baseten is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Model Hosting & Inference APIs sub-category and is free tier + paid plans. Cloudflare Workers AI, Cohere Trial API and Fireworks AI also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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