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OpenRouter's business model is to charge a 10-20% service fee on top of the model provider's original price, and to earn wholesale discount margins through traffic volume.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
Codex + Claude Code in Practice: From Vibe Coding to Enterprise-Grade AI Engineering
bilibili图灵学院官方号6/18/2026
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