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TokenRouter vs OpenRouter
Both put one endpoint in front of many providers. The difference is how you pay — and what happens when a budget runs out.
The markup math
A percentage fee scales with your spend. A flat subscription doesn't. Drag the slider to see where the lines cross for your traffic.
Your monthly LLM spend
$2,250/mo
$100$50,000
- 5% markup, per year
- $1,350
- TokenRouter Starter, per year
- $348
- You keep
- $1,002/yr
Routing fees scale with your spend. A flat subscription doesn't — the gap only widens as you grow.
Side by side
TokenRouter
OpenRouter
Token markup
0% — providers bill you directly
~5% fee on credits
Price model
Flat $29–$499/mo subscription
Usage-based credits
Bring your own keys
Required — every request uses your keys, at provider rates
Optional
Budget enforcement
Hard caps per team, member & API key
Account-level limits
Team attribution
Organizations, teams, members & keys mapped to your org chart
Per-key usage tracking
Anthropic-native /v1/messages
Yes — Claude Code works out of the box
No
OpenRouter details summarized from its public pricing page and docs as of August 2026; check the vendor for current terms.
Keep the routing. Drop the routing fee.
Point your OpenAI or Anthropic SDK at TokenRouter, bring your own keys, and set budgets that actually enforce themselves.