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OpenRouter
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Cloud inference router exposing models through one API.
OpenRouter routes many models through one OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. Coding agents (Cline, Kilo, Aider, others) use it as a router. The gateway supplies model routing; agent execution requires a harness.
- Model support
- Router
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Open source
- No
- License
- Proprietary service
- Pricing model
- Usage
- Added / updated
- 19 Aug 2026 / 19 Aug 2026
Assessment
OpenRouter provides one API across multiple model providers. It can simplify routing for coding agents, but prompts and potentially code pass through a third-party proxy. Agent execution remains outside the gateway.
Strengths
- One API to a large model catalog.
- De facto router for open coding agents.
- Usage billing instead of a new seat.
Limitations
- Cloud proxy. Prompts leave your network.
- No sandbox or reviewer.
- Model quality and routing can change without application changes.