Modell shortlist

OpenRouter alternatives for teams that need cost control

What to check before you move off OpenRouter: multi-model access, BYOK, project budgets, domestic providers, and cost reporting, compared in one place.

Mire való ez a shortlist?: OpenRouter alternatives

OpenRouter is fine if you mainly want many models behind one API. Production teams often hit the next wall: BYOK, project budgets, domestic sources, and someone asking what last month cost by key. Treat NextModel as a cost-control gateway, not a discount clone of a marketplace. You keep multi-model access and OpenAI-compatible calls, and you get spend controls in the same path. Cross-check /best/openai-compatible-gateway, /pricing, and /docs/openai-compatible when you decide whether to move traffic.

Forrásalap: NextModel positioning, curated model catalog, and OpenRouter public metadata when available. · Frissítve 2026-08-05

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DeepSeekCatalogHealthyslow

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.3 / 1M tokens in / $1.18 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming.

$0.3 / 1M tokensInput$1.18 / 1M tokensOutput1MContext
Best forChinese Q&A, general chat
Streaming
Platform curatedCurated and maintained in the NextModel catalog
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AnthropicCatalogHealthyfast

Claude Haiku 4.5 via NextModel: 200k-token context; $1 / 1M tokens in / $5 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

$1 / 1M tokensInput$5 / 1M tokensOutput200kContext
Best forimage understanding, multimodal chat
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVisionLong context
Platform curatedCurated and maintained in the NextModel catalog
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AnthropicCatalogHealthyfast

Claude Haiku 5.5 via NextModel: 1M-token context; Starting at $0.1 / 1M tokens in / $0.5 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

Starting at $0.1 / 1M tokensInput$0.5 / 1M tokensOutput1MContext
Best forimage understanding, multimodal chat
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVisionLong context
Platform curatedCurated and maintained in the NextModel catalog
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DeepSeekCatalogHealthytypical

DeepSeek-V4-Pro via NextModel: 1M-token context; $1.65 / 1M tokens in / $3.31 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

$1.65 / 1M tokensInput$3.31 / 1M tokensOutput1MContext
Best forChinese Q&A, general chat
StreamingTool callingJSON modeLong context
Platform curatedCurated and maintained in the NextModel catalog
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ModelProviderInputOutputContextCapabilitiesBest forLatencyStatusSource
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flashDeepSeek$0.3 / 1M tokens$1.18 / 1M tokens1M
Streaming
Chinese Q&A, general chat4553-6187msCatalogPlatform curated
Claude Haiku 4.5anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5Anthropic$1 / 1M tokens$5 / 1M tokens200k
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat1327-2183msCatalogPlatform curated
Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5AnthropicStarting at $0.1 / 1M tokens$0.5 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat1321-2017msCatalogPlatform curated
DeepSeek-V4-Prodeepseek/deepseek-v4-proDeepSeek$1.65 / 1M tokens$3.31 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeLong context
Chinese Q&A, general chat2503-4012msCatalogPlatform curated
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Litegoogle/gemini-3.1-flash-liteGoogle$0.25 / 1M tokens$1.50 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat936-1952msCatalogPlatform curated
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Litegoogle/gemini-3.5-flash-liteGoogle$0.3 / 1M tokens$2.50 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat5379-9492msCatalogPlatform curated
GPT-4.1 Nanoopenai/gpt-4.1-nanoOpenAI$0.1 / 1M tokens$0.4 / 1M tokens1M
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat844-2401msCatalogPlatform curated
GPT-4oopenai/gpt-4oOpenAI$2.50 / 1M tokens$10 / 1M tokens128k
StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision
image understanding, multimodal chat1065-2456msCatalogPlatform curated

FAQ

OpenRouter alternatives FAQ

Is NextModel an OpenRouter replacement?

It can cover multi-model API access. The emphasis is different: cost control, BYOK, budgets, and mixing domestic and global sources under one gateway.

Does NextModel claim official partnerships with model providers?

No. Pages describe model sources and catalog data. Partnership claims only appear when they are separately verified.

How hard is it to migrate from OpenRouter to an alternative?

If the target is OpenAI-compatible, you usually change base_url and the key. Keep the SDK. See /docs/openai-compatible and compare cost on /pricing before cutover.

What should I compare beyond model count when evaluating OpenRouter alternatives?

Spend visibility, cache discounts, domestic coverage, BYOK, budget policy, and whether you can audit a request after the fact. A long model list without controls often costs more.