One API key for 38 models—including Claude, GPT and Gemini.
Add $5 and pay vendor list price with no markup or top-up fee. Set hard per-key budgets so leaked keys and runaway agents cannot create surprise bills.
$5 minimum · no subscription · credit never expires
# same endpoint — swap the model string curl https://api.routerplex.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTERPLEX_KEY" \ -d '{ "model": "gpt-5.6-terra" }'
38 models · 14 providers · two API formats
OpenAI
Anthropic
Google
DeepSeek
Alibaba
Moonshot
Zhipu
MiniMax
ByteDance
StepFun
Xiaomi§ 02 — Why RouterPlex
Stop juggling SDKs,
keys, and billing pages.
Every provider has its own SDK, pricing model, and quota system. RouterPlex collapses all of that into one account.
- ✕11 provider accounts to manage
- ✕6 SDKs, 6 auth schemes
- ✕11 separate invoices a month
- ✕quota limits tracked in a spreadsheet
- ✕one provider outage → your app is down
- ✓1 account, 1 API key
- ✓the OpenAI SDK you already use
- ✓1 prepaid balance, per-token billing
- ✓hard spend limits on every key
- ✓automatic fallbacks between models
11 invoices become 1 · 6 SDKs become 0 · spend limits, scoped keys, and auto fallbacks on every account
§ 03 — Pricing
Pay per token.
No markup games.
featured 8 of 38 live models · prices in USD per 1M tokens, billed per token
§ 03b — The switch
Every $100 you route through us
buys $100 of tokens.
On OpenRouter, topping up $100 by card costs $105.50. Here it costs $100.
| RouterPlex | OpenRouter | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee when you top up | $0.00 | 5.5% by card ($0.80 min) · 5% by crypto |
| Per-token prices | Vendor list price | Vendor list price |
| Balance can go negative | Never — requests stop at $0 | Yes — 402 errors until you repay |
| Plans with bonus credits | Up to +25% ($125 for $100) | Not offered |
| Hard per-key budgets | Every key | Every key |
OpenRouter figures from their published docs, July 2026.RouterPlex vs OpenRouter →Compare eight OpenRouter alternatives →
§ 04 — Plans
Pay per token.
No subscription required.
Top up when you want — a top-up is a one-time payment, not a plan. Subscribe only when the bonus credits beat topping up by hand.
§ 05 — How it works
Three steps.
Under a minute.
No subscription, no monthly fee, no lock-in. Top up from $5 and pay per token.
Start now →- 01
Create your account and top up
Sign up with email or GitHub, then top up from $5 by card or crypto. Your balance is the only thing you ever pay.
+ $5.00 balance · one-time top-up - 02
Mint a scoped key
Create a key per project. Attach a hard budget, a model allowlist, or rate limits — spend stops the instant a cap is hit.
sk-rpx-•••••••• · budget $10 · all models - 03
Point your SDK at us
Keep your OpenAI client. Change the base URL, pick any model from the catalog, ship.
base_url = "https://api.routerplex.com/v1"
§ 06 — The deal
Pay for tokens.
Nothing else.
Every model is billed at the vendor's public list price, per token, from a prepaid balance you top up by card or crypto. 37 chat and image models across 14 providers — and the meter only runs when you call one.
* Credit never expires. When your balance runs out, requests stop — they never overdraft.
§ 06b — Questions
Fair questions, straight answers.
What is RouterPlex?
RouterPlex is an AI gateway that gives you one API key to call 38 models from 14 providers — including Claude, GPT, and Gemini — through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, with usage-based pricing and hard per-key spend limits.
How does RouterPlex pricing work?
You pay per token at the vendor's published list price with 0% markup and no fee on top-ups. Funded PAYG has no RouterPlex RPM/TPM or usage-window cap. Optional monthly plans include bonus credits with account-wide 4-hour, weekly, and monthly spend windows.
If the markup is 0%, how does RouterPlex make money?
Two ways: optional monthly plans bundle predictable spend windows with bonus credits worth more than the plan price, and prepaid balances generate float. Token prices stay at vendor list price — we don't add a usage markup.
Is RouterPlex compatible with the OpenAI SDK?
Yes. Point OpenAI clients at api.routerplex.com/v1. RouterPlex also supports the Anthropic SDK and /v1/messages format at api.routerplex.com; both formats reach every chat model.
How is RouterPlex different from OpenRouter or LiteLLM?
RouterPlex is a hosted, ready-to-use gateway: one key, vendor list prices with 0% fee on top-ups (OpenRouter charges 5.5% by card), per-key budgets, and a prepaid balance that never goes negative — no proxy to self-host and no lock-in. Read the direct comparison or compare eight OpenRouter alternatives →
§ 07 — Get started
Start routing in
under a minute.
Pay $5 and receive $5 in usable credits. Add a hard budget to every key before your first request.
one key · every model · billed per token