PRICING SNAPSHOT 2026-10-13CLAUDE FABLE 5 $10.00/$50.00 MTOKCLAUDE FABLE 5.1 $10.00/$50.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 5 $5.00/$25.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 4.8 $5.00/$25.00 MTOKCLAUDE OPUS 5.5 $4.00/$20.00 MTOKCLAUDE SONNET 5.5 $2.00/$10.00 MTOKCLAUDE SONNET 5 $2.00/$10.00 MTOKCLAUDE HAIKU 5.5 $0.10/$0.50 MTOKCLAUDE HAIKU 4.5 $1.00/$5.00 MTOKGPT-6 ASTRA $10.00/$50.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 $4.00/$20.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 CYBER $12.50/$75.00 MTOKGPT-5.5 $5.00/$30.00 MTOKGPT-5.4 $2.50/$15.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 TERRA $2.00/$12.00 MTOKGPT-6.1 SOL $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGPT-6 SOL $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGPT-5 MINI $0.25/$2.00 MTOKGPT-5.6 LUNA $0.20/$1.20 MTOKGPT-6 LUNA $0.10/$0.50 MTOKGEMINI 4 ARGON $2.00/$10.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.1 PRO $2.00/$12.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.6 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3.5 FLASH $1.50/$9.00 MTOKGEMINI OMNI FLASH $1.50/$9.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.7 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3.8 FLASH $0.75/$3.75 MTOKGEMINI 3 FLASH $0.50/$3.00 MTOKGEMINI 3.5 FLASH LITE $0.30/$2.50 MTOKDEEPSEEK V4 PRO $0.66/$1.98 MTOKDEEPSEEK V4.1 FLASH $0.15/$0.60 MTOKGLM 5.3 $1.40/$4.40 MTOKGLM 5.3 FLASH $0.15/$0.50 MTOKKIMI K2.6 $0.95/$4.00 MTOKMUSE WONDER $4.00/$20.00 MTOKMUSE SPARK 1.3 $1.25/$4.25 MTOK
TOKENBURN_INDEX

TRANSPARENCY INDEX · FROZEN 2026-08-27

OPENROUTER

Right of reply

Contacted 2026-08-28 via email [email protected]. No reply within the 14-day window (closed 2026-09-11).

Support agent, not a company position, replied 2026-09-21 (after the window had closed): said this inbox is the customer support queue and not the right place for media inquiries, and offered no alternative channel. Disputed no criterion.

Methodology and the 14-day process: the frozen RFC.

PRICING CLARITY

A1MET

List prices per 1M tokens (input/output) published on an official page without login.

https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models

Captured 2026-08-28

A2MET

Price unit is unambiguous (per 1M tokens; input vs output separated).

https://openrouter.ai/docs/faq

Captured 2026-08-28

A3NOT MET

Page states an effective/updated date (attributable to a snapshot).

https://openrouter.ai/models

We checked three surfaces - the models index, an individual model page with its per-provider table, and the pricing page - and none carries an effective date. The created timestamp in the API dates the model, not its price.

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A4MET

Cached/batch/discount tiers (where offered) published officially.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/features/prompt-caching

Captured 2026-08-28

A5NOT MET

Promotional pricing labeled as promotional (with end date if time-limited).

https://openrouter.ai/collections/discounted-models

Your discounted-models collection labels promotional pricing clearly, which we credit. We found no end date published for any of them, and the criterion requires one where the offer is time-limited.

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BILLING PREDICTABILITY

B1MET

How usage is metered is documented (tokenizer, counting rules, rounding).

https://openrouter.ai/docs/cookbook/administration/usage-accounting

Captured 2026-08-28

B2MET

Cached/prefix behavior is documented (automatic vs opt-in).

https://openrouter.ai/docs/features/prompt-caching

Captured 2026-08-28

B3NOT MET

A tool/formula to estimate request cost before sending is published.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/openapi/openapi.yaml

We searched your full OpenAPI specification and found no tokenizer, token-count or cost-estimate endpoint. The Cost Simulator we found is retrospective - it re-prices past generations rather than estimating a request before it is sent.

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B4MET

Known billing surprises (TTLs, write premiums, minimums) disclosed in docs.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/faq

Captured 2026-08-28

B5NOT MET

Historical prices are discoverable or retrievable on request.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/changelog

Your changelog states that it is generated from OpenAPI specification diffs, which places prices outside its scope by construction. We found no archived pricing page, no per-model price history, and no documented way to request historical rates.

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SPEND OBSERVABILITY

C1MET

Usage available per model in console/API (not only aggregated).

https://openrouter.ai/docs/api/api-reference/analytics/get-user-activity-grouped-by-endpoint

Captured 2026-08-28

C2MET

Token counts (input/output) reported alongside spend.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/cookbook/administration/usage-accounting

Captured 2026-08-28

C3MET

Per-request or per-API-key breakdown available.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/api-reference/get-a-generation

Captured 2026-08-28

C4MET

Usage/cost export exists (CSV/API) without premium tier.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/cookbook/administration/activity-export

Captured 2026-08-28

C5MET

Near-real-time spend tracking (sub-hour refresh) exists.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/cookbook/administration/usage-accounting

Captured 2026-08-28

BILLING / INVOICE QUALITY

D1NOT MET

Invoices line-item by service/model.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/cookbook/administration/tax-id

Your billing is prepaid: the invoice covers a credit purchase and is issued before any usage occurs, so it cannot itemise model consumption that has not happened yet. We record this as NOT MET against the criterion as written, but we consider it a consequence of a prepaid model rather than a quality failure, and we intend to say so where these scores are published.

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D2NOT VERIFIABLE

Invoice shows unit quantities and rates, not only totals.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/cookbook/administration/tax-id

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D3NOT MET

Usage CSV/API and invoice are reconcilable without manual mapping.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/faq

Same root cause as D1: usage lives in per-generation rows denominated in credits, while the invoice records dollars of credit purchased. There is no shared key because the invoice never contains spend. A consequence of prepaid billing, not of poor invoice design.

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D4NOT VERIFIABLE

Invoice/notification includes readable date range and currency.

https://openrouter.ai/terms

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D5NOT MET

Billing docs/invoices available via API for automation.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/openapi/openapi.yaml

We searched your full OpenAPI specification and found no billing or invoice tag and no matching path. Related to the prepaid model: what would be retrievable is a credit-purchase receipt rather than a usage invoice.

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DISCLOSURE

E1MET

Data-use-for-training policy is clearly published.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/privacy/data-collection

Captured 2026-08-28

E2NOT MET

Energy/environmental information is clearly published (yes/no — never a grade).

We searched your full documentation index of 410 pages and your FAQ for carbon, energy, emissions, environment, sustainability and CO2 and found no substantive result, and your Trust Center has no environmental section. We score whether disclosure exists; we never estimate emissions.

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E3MET

Pricing/support changes are communicated before taking effect.

https://openrouter.ai/terms

Captured 2026-08-28

E4MET

Official API status page is published.

https://status.openrouter.ai

Captured 2026-08-28

E5MET

Terms specify billing, refund and cancellation terms unambiguously.

https://openrouter.ai/terms

Captured 2026-08-28