LLM Reference

Router compare

OpenRouter vs Requesty

Router-vs-router comparison for integration shape, routing policy, target providers, pricing model, and data handling. Use this view for the routing layer; use model compare when choosing the model itself.

OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

Fresh
Unified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Requesty

Requesty

Fresh
AI gateway to 400+ LLM providers with intelligent routing, caching, guardrails, and governance; flat 5% markup on model costs with no subscription fee.

Facet comparison

Type

OpenRouter

Hybrid

Requesty

Hybrid

Openness

OpenRouter

Commercial

Requesty

Commercial

Hosting

OpenRouter

Hosted SaaS

Requesty

Hosted SaaS

Decision mechanism

OpenRouter

Manual, Predictive learned

Requesty

Rules / heuristics, Predictive learned

Optimizes for

OpenRouter

Cost, Quality, Latency

Requesty

Cost, Latency, Quality

Routing scope

OpenRouter

Cross-provider

Requesty

Cross-provider

Pricing

OpenRouter

Passthrough

Requesty

Passthrough + fee

Data retention

OpenRouter

Opt-in logging

Requesty

Opt-in logging

Models reachable

OpenRouter

400 models

Requesty

400 models

API compatibility

OpenRouter

OpenAI

Requesty

OpenAI

Targets overlap