What is OpenRouter?
A unified gateway exposing hundreds of models from many providers behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
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Foundations
What OpenRouter is, the provider-fragmentation problem it solves, and when a router beats going direct.
The fragmentation problem
Without a router you juggle N SDKs, N keys, N bills and N limits. A router collapses it all into one integration.
OpenRouter vs. going direct
The router gives flexibility, fallbacks and unified billing; going direct gives lowest latency and provider-specific features. When each makes sense.