Calculate the cost of using router from OpenRouter for your AI applications
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Mode: Chat
Max: 131,072 tokens
Max: 131,072 tokens
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router is a chat model from OpenRouter, one of 351 chat models they offer. It is priced at $0.85 per 1M input tokens and $3.40 per 1M output tokens, ranking 1381 out of 2292 chat models by cost and cheaper than 40% of models in this category. router supports reasoning, structured output. It accepts up to 131K input tokens.
Note: Use the interactive calculator above to estimate costs for your specific usage patterns.
Use the maximum token limits shown above to understand the model's capacity. This model can handle up to 131,072 input tokens. The maximum output length is 131,072 tokens.
At $0.85 per 1M input tokens and $3.40 per 1M output tokens, router ranks 1381 out of 2292 chat models by input cost. It is more expensive compared to the median of $0.55 for chat models, and is cheaper than 40% of models in this category.
router is one of 351 OpenRouter chat models, with support for reasoning, structured output.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | vs router |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 | AWS Bedrock | $1.00 | $5.00 | +18% |
| anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5@20251001 | AWS Bedrock | $1.00 | $5.00 | +18% |
| claude-haiku-4-5 | Azure | $1.00 | $5.00 | +18% |
Similar chat models from other providers
Yes. router costs $0.85 per 1M input tokens compared to anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0's $1.00 per 1M input tokens, making it 18% more affordable. Both are chat models and share support for vision, function calling, reasoning, web search, prompt caching, structured output.
router input pricing is $0.85 per 1M tokens, which is 55% above the median of $0.55 for chat models. It ranks 1381 out of 2292 chat models by input cost, making it cheaper than 40% of models in this category. For output, it costs $3.40 per 1M tokens compared to the median of $1.50.
Among OpenRouter's 351 chat models, router ranks 227 by input cost.
The most comparable chat models to router are: anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 from AWS Bedrock ($1.00/1M input tokens); anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5@20251001 from AWS Bedrock ($1.00/1M input tokens); claude-haiku-4-5 from Azure ($1.00/1M input tokens); gpt-5.4-mini from Azure ($0.75/1M input tokens). These alternatives were selected based on similar capabilities, pricing, and provider diversity. You can compare any of these models in detail using the Bifrost Model Library.
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router is priced based on input and output tokens. Use the interactive calculator at the top of this page to estimate costs for your specific workload. Enter your expected input and output tokens volume and the calculator will show the total cost breakdown. For reference, processing 1M input tokens costs $0.85 and generating 1M output tokens costs $3.40.
