Openrouter Free API - Low-Cost Access Guide

Openrouter Free is a openrouter-series LLM by AI Provider. Access it via TokenDos with pay-per-token billing, input from 0.00003 USD/1K tokens — no VPN required, typically well below official pricing.

Official input (per 1M tokens)-
Rate (vs official)-
Provider nodes1

Rate = site price in CNY / official catalog price = (site price in USD * FX) / catalog price; single value, 1.0x = at official price.

Openrouter Free Live Node Pricing

Provider nodeInput / 1K tokensOutput / 1K tokens
Node #4100.00003 USD0.00012 USD

Openrouter Free Pelican Test: Artwork Comparison by Provider

TokenDos periodically asks every provider node to paint the same prompt (a pelican riding a bicycle) with this model. Below are the latest artworks from each provider's scheduled audit — same prompt, independently drawn, so quality differences are easy to see.

Only scheduled audit results are shown; opted-out or failed providers are omitted. Data updated on 2026-10-27.

Pelican test artwork by DS-Free for Openrouter Free
DS-Free · 戴一顶红色帽子 · 2026-10-27

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Openrouter Free Use Cases

Three steps to access Openrouter Free

  1. Register a TokenDos account and get your API key (free trial credits for new users)
  2. Set environment variables: OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.tokendos.com/v1, OPENAI_API_KEY=your-token-dos-key
  3. Call Openrouter Free from Codex CLI or any compatible SDK

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