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OpenRouter’s “moat” is currently “why would I use anything else?”. Stripe has presumably only purchased them because they think there’s consumer-surplus to mon
by petesergeant 2mo ago
OpenRouter’s “moat” is currently “why would I use anything else?”.
Stripe has presumably only purchased them because they think there’s consumer-surplus to monetize here, which presumably will soon be giving me lots of reasons to use something else.
- bellowsgulch 2mo agoOpenCode Go is too good to be true, and I suspect it won't last, like GitHub Copilot.
- xmcp123 2mo agoBecause the others are cheaper
- LPisGood 2mo agoThe others have to charge a payment processing fee and take some profits.
- petesergeant 2mo agoWhich other aggregators that have anywhere near the model selection are cheaper?
- tomjakubowski 2mo agoIt isn't clear to me what advantages OpenRouter has over running a similar router-aggregator locally for ~free. I guess they have stronger bargaining power than a solo engineer or small startup, and can therefore negotiate volume discounts with model providers. The question is if those discounts let them offer cheaper rates than a local router-aggregator even after the markup. And if they can do that, then OpenRouter is undercutting the providers themselves on price, which I would imagine the providers would not want to see.