AnyRouter vs OpenRouter
Side-by-side comparison of AnyRouter and OpenRouter: agent launcher, BYO keys and subscriptions, portable config, failover, and fees.
OpenRouter is a mature credits marketplace: one endpoint, one vendor, a wide catalog. AnyRouter lets you bring your own API keys, paid subscriptions, or both, pools them behind one URL, and launches coding agents through them with one command. Pick OpenRouter to pay one vendor and skip key management; pick AnyRouter if you already have keys or subscriptions.
Capabilities
| Capability | AnyRouter | OpenRouter |
|---|---|---|
One-command agent launcher (anyr …) | Yes | No |
| BYO keys + subscriptions pooled behind one URL | Yes | No |
| Config, keys and skills follow you across machines | Yes | No |
| Auto-failover across your pooled keys and subscriptions | Yes | No |
| Auto-failover across providers | Yes | Yes |
| OpenAI-compatible endpoint | Yes | Yes |
| Public model catalog / credits marketplace | Growing | Yes (larger) |
- Launcher.
curl -fsSL https://anyrouter.dev/cli.sh | bashinstalls theanyrbinary;anyr claude,anyr codexandanyr grokpoint the agent at any catalog model, inject your key and presets for the session, and remove them on exit. With OpenRouter you edit the agent's config by hand on every machine. - Portable config. Keys, presets and skills live in your account and are injected per session on any machine.
- Never-fail routing. On
401,429or5xx, AnyRouter retries across a weighted pool of your own keys and subscriptions. OpenRouter fails over only across providers it controls. - BYOK+. Pool your own keys and paid provider subscriptions behind one URL and route across all of them.
Fees
| Fee | AnyRouter | OpenRouter |
|---|---|---|
| Credit top-up | Card processor's 5% + $0.50 at checkout; AnyRouter keeps $0 | 5.5% on Standard (min $0.80), 8% on Business |
| BYOK usage | 0%, always | No fee up to $25,000/month of list-price inference, then 5% |
| Subscription | Free; Go $2/mo ($4 credits); Pro $10/mo ($20); Pro+ $45/mo ($100); Max $100/mo ($300) | Pay-as-you-go credits only |
OpenRouter figures are from its pricing page, FAQ and BYOK docs as of October 16, 2026; check them before deciding.
Where OpenRouter wins
- A bigger public catalog and a mature credits marketplace.
- A larger, older user base.
- Pay-per-use access with no keys or subscriptions to manage.
Choose
- AnyRouter if you have keys or subscriptions to pool, run coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Grok Build), want one setup across machines and CI, or are tired of agents dying on a single key's rate limit.
- OpenRouter if you want one vendor without managing keys, need a model only its marketplace has, or prefer a long-established service.
Coming from OpenRouter? See Migrate from OpenRouter, which includes an agent prompt that does the swap. More: OpenRouter alternative and OpenRouter alternatives 2026.
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