OpenRouter alternatives
6 coding tools in the same lane as OpenRouter, ranked by editorial score.
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LLM Gateway
Agents · Routes to GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 1.5, Llama 3.1, Mistral, and 200+ others
One API, 200+ models, transparent pricing, and no vendor lock-in.
Freemium· Free: $0 · Enterprise: CustomMulti-provider LLM routingAutomatic failover between model vendors
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Portkey AI Gateway
Agents · Multi-model (1,600+ LLMs)
7.2
Open-source AI gateway that routes a single API call across 1,600+ LLMs with caching, fallbacks, and observability.
Freemium· Developer: Free Forever · Production: $49/month · Enterprise: Custom Pricingllm-routingfallbacks-and-retries
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AI SDK
Coding · Multi-model
7.2
Vercel's open-source TypeScript framework for building AI apps across 16+ providers with unified streaming, tools, and UI hooks.
Free· Open source (Apache 2.0); pay only for the underlying model APIschat-uiagent-building
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LLM by Datasette
Coding · Multi-model
7.2
A CLI and Python library for running prompts against any LLM provider and logging everything to SQLite.
Free· Free and open source (Apache 2.0); pay underlying model providers separatelycli-promptingprompt-logging
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AI/ML API
Coding · Multi-model (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Nemotron, Qwen, etc.)
6.9
Unified API gateway exposing 500+ AI models behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Freemium· Pay-as-you-go from $20 prepaid credit; enterprise custommulti-model-routingprototyping
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Groq
Coding · Multi-model (Llama, Mixtral, Gemma, Qwen, Whisper)
7.1
Custom-silicon LPU inference platform serving open models at GPU-trouncing latency via an OpenAI-compatible API.
Freemium· Free API key with rate limits; per-token paid tiers; enterprise contractslow-latency inferencevoice agents