Models.dev records 200,451 monthly visits with -3.9% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. OpenRouter records 19,941,437 monthly visits with -6.2% growth and Paid pricing.
Open-source database of AI models, prices and capabilities
One API key for hundreds of AI models from every major provider
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | models.dev | openrouter.ai |
| Pricing Model | Free | Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 200.45K (200,451) | 19.94M (19,941,437) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -8.17K (-3.9%) | -1.33M (-6.2%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇨🇳 China (23%) | 🇺🇸 United States (16.1%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 136.32K | 11.96M |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Open-source database of AI models, prices and capabilities
Every model uses a consistent provider/model format so the same model across providers can be compared directly.
Side-by-side context window, output limit, reasoning, tool calling, structured output, and temperature support.
Input and output prices per million tokens listed alongside release and update dates.
Covers closed flagship APIs and open-weight models from many labs in one sortable catalogue.
One API key for hundreds of AI models from every major provider
Six hundred plus models for text, image, video, audio, transcription, embeddings, and reranking behind one OpenAI-compatible API.
Requests are rerouted to another provider on outages or rate limits by default, so you don't write custom retry logic.
The auto-router selects a model and provider per request using live marketplace performance and pricing data.
Track spend, tokens, and usage per model, provider, and team member in one place, including bring-your-own-key usage.
Offers robust serverless inference and GPU clusters for open models, but features a narrower selection of proprietary models.
Offers robust serverless inference and GPU clusters for open models, but features a narrower selection of proprietary models.
Features adaptive LLM routing and automatic failover, but lacks OpenRouter's massive ecosystem of community-rated model endpoints.
Features adaptive LLM routing and automatic failover, but lacks OpenRouter's massive ecosystem of community-rated model endpoints.
SpecialistDelivers exceptional inference speed and high-throughput performance for open models, but focuses primarily on hosted weights rather than multi-provider aggregation.
Free / Open-sourceProvides self-hosted and Python SDK control over 100+ LLMs, but requires setting up your own infrastructure.
SpecialistLow-cost serverless inference APIs for 200+ open models
One unified API for 100+ AI models, with insurance when output disappoints
One unified API for 100+ AI models, with insurance when output disappoints
One API for fast, cost-predictable inference on LLMs and multimodal models
One API for fast, cost-predictable inference on LLMs and multimodal models
Aggregates hundreds of foundation models and agentic tools under one endpoint, but lacks OpenRouter's community popularity and extensive prompt tuning.
SpecialistIncludes model pricing trackers and developer news alongside tools directories, but less focused on raw API specs.
SpecialistIncludes model pricing trackers and developer news alongside tools directories, but less focused on raw API specs.
Delivers advanced enterprise observability, guardrails, and caching, but focuses more on governance than simple model aggregation.
Delivers advanced enterprise observability, guardrails, and caching, but focuses more on governance than simple model aggregation.
Provides unified API access and cost tracking across multiple AI providers, but supports fewer niche open-weight models than OpenRouter.
Free / Open-sourceOffers an open-source gateway for unified LLM routing, but requires self-hosting and manual management compared to OpenRouter's managed service.
Free / Open-sourceOffers an open-source gateway for unified LLM routing, but requires self-hosting and manual management compared to OpenRouter's managed service.
