OpenRouter: The Unified Interface for LLMs

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OpenRouter

The Unified Interface For LLMs<br>Better prices, better uptime, no subscriptions.

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One API for Any Model<br>Access all major models through a single, unified interface. OpenAI SDK works out of the box.

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anthropic/claude-opus-4.8<br>Model routing visualization

Higher Availability<br>Reliable AI models via our distributed infrastructure. Fall back to other providers when one goes down.

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Price and Performance<br>Keep costs in check without sacrificing speed. OpenRouter runs at the edge for minimal latency between your users and their inference.

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Custom Data Policies<br>Protect your organization with fine grained data policies. Ensure prompts only go to the models and providers you trust.

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Recent Announcements<br>View all

A Robot is Sprinting Towards You: Do You Want it Running on Claude or Grok?<br>A 30-game battle royale across eleven LLMs, $482 of inference, and one finding that should change how you read model benchmarks.<br>June 4, 2026

May Release Spotlight<br>Speech and transcription APIs, Model Fusion, private models, enterprise workspace controls, and 20 new model launches including Gemini 3.5 Flash and Claude Opus 4.8.<br>June 1, 2026

Guardrails: Protect your Agents, Data, and Costs<br>Configurable security and governance tools for budget enforcement, zero data retention, model and provider restrictions, prompt injection defense, and data loss prevention.<br>May 29, 2026

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