OpenRouter vs Anthropic Claude API vs OpenAI API

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

Your tool
OpenRouter
vs
Competitor 1
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 2
OpenAI API
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for OpenRouter: FastRouter90% CometAPI90% APIMart86% Together AI85% AnyApiAI85% APIPASS84% DDefapi84% Eden AI80%
Compare
3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
Remove
Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
Make main Remove
Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
22Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.6%
▼ 39.4%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
+39.6%
-43.4%
-2.4%
Global rank web
#2,023
#3,345
—
Avg. last 3 months
19.5M
25.7M
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
67%
34%
Pages / visit
7.7
1.8
5.4
Visit duration
6m 13s
1m 35s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
OpenRouterAnthropic Claude APIOpenAI API
010.1M20.2M30.4M40.5MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MOpenAI 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 · 15.2M1M10M100MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
Free tier
$17per month · free tier available
—
Free tier
–
Free trial
–
API access
–
–
Plans
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
—
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoTextImagesAudio
CodeTextImagesDocuments
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Output
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextCode
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
4
1
APIs
Large language models
–
Development
–
LLM gateway
–
–
Coding
–
–
LLM comparison
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 0
▲ 3
▲ 1
Saves
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
Prompts
0
0
0
Verified listing
–
–
–

Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.