OpenAI API vs Together AI vs Lambda vs OpenRouter

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

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OpenAI API
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Together AI
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Lambda
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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 Together AI
together.ai
Open-source models without infrastructure
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Competitor Lambda
lambda.ai
Lambda is a GPU cloud built for training and serving AI models.
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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
785.1Kvisits/mo
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22Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▼ 6.4%
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▲ 14.6%
6-month growth
-2.4%
+1.9%
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+39.6%
Global rank web
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#60,843
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#2,023
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
794.7K
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19.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
42%
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32%
Pages / visit
5.4
3.2
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7.7
Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 57s
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6m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 21%
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
OpenAI APITogether AILambdaOpenRouter
05.5M11M16.5M22MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1KOpenRouter · 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 · 15.2MTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1KOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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$1.99per month
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Free tier
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Plans
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Serverless Inference $0.30/usage-basedDedicated Inference GPU $3.99/usage-basedGPU Clusters $1.99/usage-basedFine-Tuning $0.34/usage-based
On-demand instances (8x GPU) CustomOn-demand instances (1x GPU) Custom1-Click Clusters CustomReserved / Superclusters Custom
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextAudio
TextImagesCodeAudio
DataCode
AudioImagesTextVideo
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Apps
AudioImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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