plaingateway vs OpenRouter
Up to 20% bonus credit when you add money.
The free OpenRouter alternative. Same API, the provider's list price and nothing on top: 0% platform fee, no subscription, free with your own keys.
Side by side
| Fact | plaingateway | OpenRouter |
|---|---|---|
| Fee on credit purchases | 0% | "OpenRouter charges a 5.5% ($0.80 minimum) fee when you purchase credits." 8% on the Business plan. |
| Own keys | 0% platform fee at any volume. No card. | $25,000 of list-price inference a month with no fee. |
| Rate limits | The provider's limits. No plan limit. | The provider's limits. |
| Bonus credit | Pay $100, get up to $120 of credit. 1% for each person you invite, once they have paid $20 in total. | Fee discounts on the Enterprise plan. |
Sources: openrouter.ai/pricing, read 2026-11-11; openrouter.ai/docs/faq, read 2026-11-11.
Switch in one line
# OpenAI-compatible: was https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.plaingateway.com/api/v1 # Anthropic SDK and Claude Code ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.plaingateway.com/api
Paths, request fields, model ids and errors match OpenRouter. Every difference is in the full migrate guide.
Questions
Do you train on my data, and who sees my prompts?
We do not store your prompts or the answers, and we do not train on them. The host that serves the request sees the prompt, under its own policy. We keep a record of each request, without its content, for 7 days. You can limit which hosts serve you in your privacy settings.
Who should stay on OpenRouter
Stay on OpenRouter if you need a model we do not serve, models with no token charge, or single sign-on (SSO). See what we serve on Models.