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There very little reason to use OpenRouter to access closed models, instead of just using the provider directly.
by furyofantares 3mo ago
There very little reason to use OpenRouter to access closed models, instead of just using the provider directly.
- kirtivr 3mo agoOne big reason I can think of is to avoid vendor lock-in. This is why most enterprises use a multi-cloud setup, despite the increased complexity.
- kube-system 3mo agoMost enterprises are multi-cloud in that they have multiple direct contracts with different cloud providers.
- tclancy 3mo ago>This is why most enterprises use a multi-cloud setup Going to have to say citation needed on this, if you're suggesting most enterprises have infra-as-code that would allow them to switch their entire infra between vendors within a month.
- furyofantares 3mo agoIf you're only using the frontier providers, it's nearly trivial to support switching between the 2-3 of them that exist without using OpenRouter. If you are ALSO routing to open-weights models on OpenRouter, then sure. But what we've come back to is that almost everyone using OpenRouter is someone who wants to use open-weights models, and some of them also want to use closed models, so of course open models take all the top spots.