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About

AI Gateway HQ is a hosted AI gateway and control plane for organizations connecting applications, coding agents, and automations to model providers. It provides OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible API endpoints and routes requests through centrally managed provider credentials, model aliases, workload keys, and fallback rules. Administrators can apply identity and access policies, monitor request metadata, set organization and workload budgets, rate and concurrency limits, and review routing, usage, cost, and policy evidence. The service supports bring-your-own provider API credentials and a managed Amazon Bedrock option using prepaid credit. A browser-based console and API support configuration and governed requests; documented client setups include Codex CLI, Claude Code, and OpenCode. Teams use it to coordinate AI access, control model usage and spending, and review operational evidence across applications and environments.

About

OpenRouter is an AI model routing platform that gives developers access to hundreds of models through a single unified API. It connects users with models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, xAI, and many others. The platform supports text, image, video, and audio generation while allowing developers to use one API key and a consistent interface across providers. OpenRouter can route requests based on price, performance, and availability, with fallback options that help maintain service when a provider experiences downtime. It also offers configurable data policies so organizations can control which providers receive prompts and how requests are handled. Developers can purchase credits, choose from more than 500 active models across over 80 providers, and integrate OpenRouter using an OpenAI-compatible API.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Engineering, platform, SRE, security, and finance teams that need shared routing, access policies, budget controls, and audit evidence for AI model use across applications, coding agents, and automations; includes individual and organization workflows.

Audience

AI developers, software teams, startups, enterprises, and agent builders that want unified access to many AI models while optimizing cost, performance, reliability, and provider flexibility

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$499/month
A limited free evaluation includes a no-card Test Lab, $1 of gateway-request credit (not model credit), one administrator, two provider credentials, and seven-day metadata retention. Flex has no monthly base charge and costs $0.10 per 1,000 successful requests, prepaid; provider inference is billed separately. Company is $499/month for up to 2 million successful requests per UTC calendar month. Portfolio is $1,500/month base for up to 10 million requests. Hosted enterprise starts at $36,000/year. Private-deployment design starts at $60,000/year; this is not a self-service deployment license. Taxes, provider inference, and separately contracted services may add costs.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

Free
Pay-as-you-go (5.5%) and Enterprise plans available
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Instead of getting married to ChatGPT or Claude and being locked into that relationship, OpenRouter is way more polyamorous. LMAO. And it's less messy than the real life relationship version. I can use different LLMs for different types of tasks and you learn quickly which LLMs excel in certain areas. In the beginning I did multichats where I'd ask 1 question to 2 or 3 bots at a time (their multichat features) and whoever gave the best answer was who I continued interacting with. I guess it's more like speed dating than polyamory. But the bottom line is, instead of spending $20-$30/mo with one system, I am spending a la carte, which is WAAAAYYYY cheaper, and using the right tool at any given moment. It just takes discipline to copy and paste your chats elsewhere. It does give you a copy markdown button to make it easier. And if you enable markdown in Google docs, there is a paste as markdown feature that makes it look like RTF when it's pasted in, with no codes. Because the chats are browser bound, they are stuck on one computer and everybody is on a bunch of different devices these days. So pasting into Google Docs is the best bet for portability all around. Privacy isn't an issue, because they aren't storing your chats! For some people, this is a big plus. To use the service, they charge you a 9 or 10% charge for however much money you put towards tokens. So if I refill for $10, the total is $10.90, with $10 of usable token for whichever LLM I feel like using. Keep in mind, there are free LLMs too which you can choose and never pay. When you add models, type 'free' in the search box and you'll see several free, from Maverick to Scout to Gemma, etc. It will make you feel like a serious power user and you'll feel smarter everytime you use it. It also has access to the secret parameters that the online LLMs don't show you, like Temperature, Top P, Frequency penalty, etc. It can save you money if you tell it ahead of time what type of vocab you like or how divergent you want the suggestions to be, vs. training ChatGPT or Gemini manually.

Cons

  • The chats aren't persistent - you must copy and save them elsewhere before you close a browser window, or all that info from that chat is gone.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

AI Gateway HQ
Founded: 2026
United States
aigatewayhq.com

Company Information

OpenRouter
Founded: 2023
United States
openrouter.ai/

Alternatives

Alternatives

ModelLane

ModelLane

Galadriel Labs
AgentKit

AgentKit

OpenAI

Categories

AI Gateways Supported

Categories

AI Gateways Supported
AI Inference Supported
AI Tools Supported
LLM API Supported
LLM Routers Supported

Integrations

Anthropic Supported
Claude Code Supported
Gemini Supported
OpenAI Supported
16x Prompt Not Supported
Claude Not Supported
DocsGPT Not Supported
GPT-5.2 Thinking Not Supported
GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Not Supported
GPT-6 Sol Not Supported
Grok Not Supported
Liquid d1 Not Supported
Llama 3 Not Supported
Muse Wonder Not Supported
Sourcebot Not Supported
SpawnHQ Not Supported
TexTab Not Supported
VibeView Not Supported
YeeroAI Not Supported
omp Not Supported

Integrations

Anthropic Supported
Claude Code Supported
Gemini Supported
OpenAI Supported
16x Prompt Supported
Claude Supported
DocsGPT Supported
GPT-5.2 Thinking Supported
GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Supported
GPT-6 Sol Supported
Grok Supported
Liquid d1 Supported
Llama 3 Supported
Muse Wonder Supported
Sourcebot Supported
SpawnHQ Supported
TexTab Supported
VibeView Supported
YeeroAI Supported
omp Supported
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