specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: OpenRouter
providerId: openrouter
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - AI
  - LLM
  - API Aggregator
description: OpenRouter offers 0% markup on upstream model pricing + 5.5% platform fee on credits.
sources:
  - https://openrouter.ai/pricing
plans:
  - id: openrouter-free
    name: Free
    type: freemium
    description: 25+ free models, 50 requests/day cap.
    entries:
      - label: Requests/day
        name: requests
        type: quota
        metric: request
        limit: 50
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 25+ free models
      - name: Daily request limit
      - name: Community support
  - id: openrouter-payg
    name: Pay As You Go
    type: usage-based
    description: 300+ models, no markup on provider rates + 5.5% platform fee on credit purchases.
    entries:
      - label: Credit purchase fee
        name: credit_fee
        type: metered
        metric: purchase
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 5.5%
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per-model usage (passthrough)
        name: model_usage
        type: metered
        metric: tokens
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: provider rate
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 300+ models from all major providers
      - name: 0% markup on provider pricing
      - name: Failed/fallback attempts not billed
      - name: No rate limits on paid models
  - id: openrouter-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: enterprise
    description: Volume-based with custom pricing and annual commitments.
    entries:
      - label: Annual (custom)
        name: annual
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Volume discounts
      - name: Annual commitments
      - name: Dedicated support
      - name: Negotiated platform fee
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - free
  - metered
  - subscription
  units:
  - period
  - request
  - token
  plans:
  - name: Free
    access: freemium
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - request
    periods:
    - day
  - name: Pay As You Go
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    - token
    periods:
    - per-use
  - name: Enterprise
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - year