| Created | June 11, 2026 |
| Updated | June 16, 2026 |
| Confidence | 92% |
| url | https://openrouter.ai/ |
| why_us | Essential infrastructure for AI agent builder teams — OpenRouter eliminates vendor lock-in, provides automatic failover when providers go down, enables model-swapping for cost/performance optimization, and supports 8M+ global users across 250k+ apps including Replit and Hermes Agent. |
| has_api | true |
| has_mcp | false |
| pricing | paid |
| added_at | 2026-06-11 |
| added_by | user |
| curated_at | 2026-06-11 |
| curated_by | kb-curator-agent |
| curation_run | 1 |
| main_use_case | Route LLM API calls across 400+ models from 60+ providers through one unified, OpenAI-compatible API with automatic fallback and cost optimization. |
| relevance_tier | useful |
| community_notes | Standout: OpenRouter processes 100T monthly tokens across 8M+ users. Fully OpenAI SDK-compatible — drop-in replacement. Custom data policies let organizations control which models and providers receive their prompts. New openrouter:advisor tool lets cheap models consult stronger ones mid-generation. |
