OpenRouter vs OpenAI API vs Defapi vs Together AI

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

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OpenRouter
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Competitor 1
OpenAI API
Competitor 2
DDefapi
Competitor 3
Together AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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Competitor Together AI
together.ai
Open-source models without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
22Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
785.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.6%
▲ 4.6%
▼ 42.6%
▼ 6.4%
6-month growth
+39.6%
-2.4%
-86.2%
+1.9%
Global rank web
#2,023
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#4,650,820
#60,843
Avg. last 3 months
19.5M
15.2M
4.8K
794.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
34%
36%
42%
Pages / visit
7.7
5.4
1.4
3.2
Visit duration
6m 13s
3m 56s
7s
1m 57s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 77% · ● Referral 21%
OpenRouterOpenAI APIDefapiTogether AI
05.5M11M16.5M22MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KTogether 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 · 785.1K1K10K100K1M10M100MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KTogether 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 · 785.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
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Starting price
Free tier
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$1.99per month
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Plans
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Serverless Inference $0.30/usage-basedDedicated Inference GPU $3.99/usage-basedGPU Clusters $1.99/usage-basedFine-Tuning $0.34/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioImagesTextVideo
DocumentsImagesTextAudio
TextImagesAudio
TextImagesCodeAudio
Output
AudioImagesTextVideo
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
TextImagesAudio
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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