model prices compared · prices as of · 150 models both sell
OpenRouter is cheaper on 37 of the 150 models both sell, Vercel AI Gateway on 9, and 104 cost the same at both. Both are the same kind of provider, routers running the same models, so the price is most of what separates them. The widest gap is Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct, $0.62 per million tokens at OpenRouter against $2.88.
OpenRouter is cheaper on 37 of the 150 models both sell, and the cheapest thing either one offers is Mistral Nemo at $0.09 per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026.
The reference router: charges each host's own price and routes open-weight models to the cheapest healthy host, so its price for an open model is often below the maker's.
Most widely sold first. Each price is the cheapest that provider charges for the model under the standard blend, three parts input to one part output per million tokens. A free tier is a limit rather than a price, and a price below the maker's own with nothing published to account for it is left out, so neither can be marked as the cheaper of the two.
ModelOpenRouterVercel AI Gateway
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek · 1M context$0.22$0.04 / $0.10 in / out$0.65$0.13 / $0.26 in / out
GLM-5.2Z.ai · 1M context$8.60$1.40 / $4.40 in / out$4.95$0.80 / $2.55 in / out
DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek · 1M context$5.90$0.98 / $2.95 in / out$3.96$0.66 / $1.98 in / out
Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI · 262k context$6.85$0.95 / $4 in / out$6.85$0.95 / $4 in / out
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · 1M context$21.23$2.65 / $13.28 in / out$24$3 / $15 in / out
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai · 1M context$0.57$0.09 / $0.30 in / out$0.95$0.15 / $0.50 in / out
GLM-5.3Z.ai · 1M context$8.60$1.40 / $4.40 in / out$8.60$1.40 / $4.40 in / out
Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI · 262k context$5.33$0.71 / $3.21 in / out$6.85$0.95 / $4 in / out
gpt-oss-120bOpenAI · 131k context$0.28$0.04 / $0.17 in / out$0.80$0.10 / $0.50 in / out
GLM-5.1Z.ai · 200k context$5.93$0.97 / $3.04 in / out$8.60$1.40 / $4.40 in / out
MiniMax-M3MiniMax · 1M context$2.10$0.30 / $1.20 in / out$2.10$0.30 / $1.20 in / out
DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek · 164k context$1.21$0.27 / $0.40 in / out$3.71$0.62 / $1.85 in / out
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek · 1M context$1.05$0.15 / $0.60 in / out$1.05$0.15 / $0.60 in / out
Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI · 262k context$3.60$0.45 / $2.25 in / out$4.80$0.60 / $3 in / out
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic · 1M context$24$3 / $15 in / out$24$3 / $15 in / out
GLM-5Z.ai · 205k context$3.72$0.60 / $1.92 in / out$6.20$1 / $3.20 in / out
Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Cloud · 1M context$3.19$0.21 / $2.55 in / out$4.50$0.50 / $3 in / out
Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic · 1M context$40$5 / $25 in / out$40$5 / $25 in / out
GPT-5.5OpenAI · 1.1M context$45$5 / $30 in / out$45$5 / $30 in / out
MiniMax-M2.7MiniMax · 205k context$2.10$0.30 / $1.20 in / out$2.10$0.30 / $1.20 in / out
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic · 200k context$8$1 / $5 in / out$8$1 / $5 in / out
Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic · 1M context$40$5 / $25 in / out$40$5 / $25 in / out
MiniMax-M2.5MiniMax · 205k context$1.89$0.27 / $1.08 in / out$2.10$0.30 / $1.20 in / out
GPT-5.4OpenAI · 1.1M context$22.50$2.50 / $15 in / out$22.50$2.50 / $15 in / out
Llama-3.3-70B-InstructMeta · 128k context$0.62$0.10 / $0.32 in / out$2.88$0.72 / $0.72 in / out
Claude Fable 5Anthropic · 1M context$80$10 / $50 in / out$80$10 / $50 in / out
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI · 1.1M context$1.80$0.20 / $1.20 in / out$1.80$0.20 / $1.20 in / out
gpt-oss-20bOpenAI · 131k context$0.22$0.03 / $0.13 in / out$0.35$0.05 / $0.20 in / out
Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic · 1M context$40$5 / $25 in / out$40$5 / $25 in / out
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic · 1M context$16$2 / $10 in / out$16$2 / $10 in / out
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI · 1.1M context$18$2 / $12 in / out$18$2 / $12 in / out
GLM-4.7Z.ai · 205k context$2.95$0.40 / $1.75 in / out$4$0.60 / $2.20 in / out
Claude Opus 5Anthropic · 1M context$40$5 / $25 in / out$40$5 / $25 in / out
On the 150 models both sell, OpenRouter is cheaper on 37, Vercel AI Gateway on 9, and 104 cost the same at both. The widest gap is Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: $0.62 per million tokens against $2.88. Prices are blended three parts input to one part output and read on 16 Sept 2026.
Which models do OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway both sell?
150 of the models we track, led by DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, GLM-5.2, DeepSeek V4 Pro. OpenRouter sells 261 in all and Vercel AI Gateway 166, so most of each catalog has no counterpart at the other.
Does OpenRouter or Vercel AI Gateway train on what you send it?
OpenRouter does not say train on what you send it, and not stated. Vercel AI Gateway does not say, and not stated. A provider that may train on prompts is often how a price below the maker's own is paid for.
How current are these prices?
Both catalogs are read every day. OpenRouter was last read 16 Sept 2026 and Vercel AI Gateway 16 Sept 2026; the whole index was refreshed 16 Sept 2026. Prices exclude tax, and a price below the maker's own with nothing published to account for it is left out of this table entirely.
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