OpenRouter vs Groq vs Cursor

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

Your tool
OpenRouter
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Competitor 1
Groq
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Competitor Groq
groq.com
AI inference at unprecedented speed
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
22Mvisits/mo
4.2Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.6%
▼ 12.2%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+39.6%
+19.4%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#2,023
#9,344
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
19.5M
4.1M
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
32%
57%
Pages / visit
7.7
6.1
2.4
Visit duration
6m 13s
3m 48s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
OpenRouterGroqCursor
05.5M11M16.5M22MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
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$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioImagesTextVideo
AudioText
CodeText
Output
AudioImagesTextVideo
AudioText
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
3
7
Development
APIs
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Large language models
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Coding
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LLM gateway
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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LLM comparison
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Terminal commands management
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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