OpenAI API vs Baseten vs Anthropic Claude API vs OpenRouter

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
OpenAI API
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Competitor 1
Baseten
Competitor 2
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 3
OpenRouter
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Baseten
baseten.co
Models to production fast
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Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Competitor OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
355.4Kvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
22Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▲ 21.3%
▼ 39.4%
▲ 14.6%
6-month growth
-2.4%
+73.3%
-43.4%
+39.6%
Global rank web
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#113,597
#3,345
#2,023
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
304.6K
25.7M
19.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
39%
67%
32%
Pages / visit
5.4
4.1
1.8
7.7
Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 53s
1m 35s
6m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
OpenAI APIBasetenAnthropic Claude APIOpenRouter
010.1M20.2M30.4M40.5MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22M100K1M10M100MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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Free tier
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Basic CustomPro CustomEnterprise Custom
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioDocumentsImagesText
TextAudio
CodeTextImagesDocuments
TextVideoImagesAudio
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
TextImagesAudio
TextCode
VideoAudioImagesText
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
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5
APIs
Large language models
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Development
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LLM development
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Models
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LLM comparison
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