OpenRouter vs Together AI: LLM API pricing compared
Updated 2026-11-09 · listed A to Z, not ranked
OpenRouter is a single OpenAI-compatible API for hundreds of language models from many providers. Its pricing has two parts: the model’s own token price, and OpenRouter’s fee, which is charged when you buy credits rather than on each request.
Together AI hosts open-source and partner models behind a serverless API, rents GPU clusters, and runs fine-tuning jobs. Serverless inference bills per 1M tokens (with cheaper cached input on many models); GPUs bill per GPU hour.
Listed A to Z, from openrouter.ai and together.ai. Every figure below is quoted from those pages.
- Main price table
- Standard (pay as you go), Business (pay as you go), Enterprise
- Free option
- Standard (pay as you go): 5.5% on credit purchases
- Published prices
- Model tokens at provider list price, a 5.5% (Standard) or 8% (Business) fee on credit purchases, BYOK and USDC.
- Main price table
- gpt-oss-120B, GLM-5.3, GLM-5.3-Flash, Kimi K3, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite
- Free option
- None in the published plan table
- Published prices
- Serverless tokens (e.g. gpt-oss-120B $0.15 / $0.60 per 1M), GPU clusters (H100 $3.99/hr on demand), dedicated inference and fine-tuning from $0.34 per 1M tokens.
How we checked: Prices quoted from each official pricing page: OpenRouter checked Nov 9, 2026, Together AI checked Nov 9, 2026. Taxes, usage overages and promotions can change what you pay; confirm with each provider before you buy.
How they compare
- Main price table. OpenRouter lists 3 entries (Standard (pay as you go), Business (pay as you go), Enterprise); Together AI lists 6 (gpt-oss-120B, GLM-5.3, GLM-5.3-Flash, Kimi K3, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite).
- Free option. OpenRouter: Standard (pay as you go): 5.5% on credit purchases. Together AI: none in the published plan table.
- How prices are quoted. OpenRouter: “Plans and fees”. Together AI: “Serverless inference: sample chat models (per 1M tokens)”.
OpenRouter plans and prices
| Plan | Fee | How you pay | Notable limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (pay as you go) | 5.5% on credit purchases | Credit and debit cards, AliPay, crypto (USDC) | Rate limits pass through from the providers; 5 workspaces |
| Business (pay as you go) | 8% on credit purchases | Credit and debit cards, AliPay, crypto (USDC) | Adds EU and US in-region routing, advanced notifications, 1,000 workspaces |
| Enterprise | Set by contract; fee discounts available | Invoicing and purchase orders | SSO/SAML, contractual SLAs, dedicated support |
| Plan | Included BYOK usage | Above the allowance |
|---|---|---|
| Standard and Business | $25,000 of list-price inference per month with no OpenRouter fee | 5% of what the same request would cost at list price on OpenRouter, deducted from credits |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
With BYOK, the model provider bills you for inference directly.
From openrouter.ai, checked Nov 9, 2026. Full breakdown: OpenRouter pricing.
Together AI plans and prices
| Model | Input | Cached input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss-120B | $0.15 | — | $0.60 |
| GLM-5.3 | $1.40 | $0.26 | $4.40 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | $0.15 | $0.03 | $0.50 |
| Kimi K3 | $3.00 | $0.30 | $15.00 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $0.30 | $0.006 | $1.20 |
| Llama 3 8B Instruct Lite | $0.14 | — | $0.14 |
Audio: Whisper Large v3 $0.0015 per audio minute; Cartesia Sonic-3 TTS $65.00 per 1M characters. Images from $0.0017 per megapixel (Juggernaut Lightning Flux).
| Hardware | Preemptible | On demand | Reserved 3–30 days | Reserved 91–180 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA HGX H100 | $1.99 | $3.99 | $3.69 | $3.19 |
| NVIDIA HGX H200 | $2.99 | $5.99 | $4.99 | $3.99 |
| NVIDIA HGX B200 | $4.09 | $8.19 | $7.99 | $6.79 |
| NVIDIA HGX B300 | $4.99 | $9.99 | Contact us | Contact us |
Dedicated model inference is listed separately: HGX H100 $5.49 and HGX B200 $8.99 per GPU hour on demand.
From together.ai, checked Nov 9, 2026. Full breakdown: Together AI pricing.
FAQ
How much does OpenRouter cost?
Model tokens at provider list price, a 5.5% (Standard) or 8% (Business) fee on credit purchases, BYOK and USDC. (checked Nov 9, 2026).
How much does Together AI cost?
Serverless tokens (e.g. gpt-oss-120B $0.15 / $0.60 per 1M), GPU clusters (H100 $3.99/hr on demand), dedicated inference and fine-tuning from $0.34 per 1M tokens. (checked Nov 9, 2026).
Do OpenRouter and Together AI have a free option?
OpenRouter: Standard (pay as you go): 5.5% on credit purchases. Together AI: none in the published plan table.
Where do these prices come from?
Each vendor's own pricing page: openrouter.ai (checked Nov 9, 2026) and together.ai (checked Nov 9, 2026). Prices change; confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.
Sources (official pages, read 2026-11-09)
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