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Unified API for 200+ models. One API key, one billing dashboard. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral, and more. Automatic fallbacks and load balancing.
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OpenRouter gives you a single API endpoint to access every major AI model - OpenAI (GPT-4o, o3), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), Meta (Llama), Mistral, and 200+ more. One API key, unified billing, automatic fallbacks if a provider is down. It's essential for comparing models without managing multiple API keys and billing accounts. I use it when I need to quickly swap between models for testing or when building apps that should work across providers.
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Claude
Anthropic's AI. Opus 4.6 for hard problems, Sonnet 4.6 for speed, Haiku 4.5 for cost. 200K context window. Best coding model I've tested. Max plan ($200/mo).
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Claude
Anthropic's AI. Opus 4.6 for hard problems, Sonnet 4.6 for speed, Haiku 4.5 for cost. 200K context window. Best coding model I've tested. Max plan ($200/mo).
ChatGPT
OpenAI's flagship. GPT-4o for general use, o3 for reasoning, Codex for coding. 300M+ weekly users. Tasks, agents, web browsing, DALL-E, code interpreter.
DeepSeek
Open-source reasoning models from China. DeepSeek-R1 rivals o1 on math and code benchmarks. V3 for general use. Fully open weights. Extremely cost-effective API.
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