Key Info

OpenRouter published per-token cost comparisons for routers in its ecosystem, including its own OpenRouter Auto and Jev Router, benchmarked against frontier models.

Highlights

  • OpenRouter Auto costs about as much per token as OpenRouter's cheap-to-mid models.
  • OpenRouter Auto is described as about 7x cheaper than Claude Opus 5.5 and 5x cheaper than Sonnet 5.5.
  • Jev Router is about $0.65 per 1M tokens, in the same range as GPT-6.1 Sol and Sonnet 5.5.
  • Jev Router is said to be about 25% cheaper than Opus 5.5.
  • OpenRouter points readers to its router benchmarking page for ecosystem comparisons.