Does idapt have an OpenAI-compatible API?

Yes. OpenAI-, Anthropic-, and OpenRouter-compatible endpoints. Switch by changing one base URL.

How does the pricing compare?

LLM usage bills transparently from your credit balance at the prices shown in the app. Credit top-ups carry a flat 5% fee (50¢ minimum) for everyone, versus OpenRouter's ~5.5% that rises to ~8% once you're a paying customer (their pricing page, Oct 2026).

Will my fee go up when I become a paying customer?

No. The top-up fee is flat: the same 5% on the free tier and on every paid plan. Usage pricing comes from the model prices shown in the app.

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Routers & gateways · Comparison

idapt vs OpenRouter

OpenRouter is an API gateway. idapt is a workspace with the same breadth: files, agents, and its own gateway.

Last reviewed October 4, 2026

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At a glance

OpenRouteridapt

Primary surfaceAPI gatewayWorkspace plus API

Models400+ models via routing400+ models, every major provider

Routing depthPer-request routing, fallbacks, auto-routerYou pick the model per message; fewer routing knobs

UIMinimal playgroundFull chat with files, agents, image and video generation

Credit fees~5.5% on credit purchases, rising to ~8% once you're a paying customer (their pricing page, Oct 2026)Flat 5% (50¢ min) top-up fee, the same 5% on the free tier and on every paid plan

Bring your own keysSupported for selected providersSupported across providers, uncapped

CredentialsYou manage keys in codeEncrypted credential storage, never shown to agents

CLI and SDKAPI onlyTyped SDK, versioned REST API, and a CLI for files, agents, and chats

Beyond the APINoneDrive, Knowledge, agents, automations, computers, image and video generation

Local AINoRun open models on a machine you own, privately

Best forBuilding products with AIUsing AI in a workspace (with an API when you need one)

A check marks a row idapt wins, a cross marks a row OpenRouter wins.

What OpenRouter is great at

As a developer gateway it is excellent: one key for a huge model catalog, per-request routing, fallbacks, and an auto-router. If all you want is an API to build on, it is a clean, focused product, and its routing controls are deeper than ours.

What idapt is great at

idapt is a workspace first, with its own OpenAI-, Anthropic-, and OpenRouter-compatible endpoints when you need to build. So you get the chat UI, files, agents, and image generation for daily work, and a drop-in gateway for code, under one account and one bill.

The fee difference

OpenRouter charges ~5.5% on credit purchases, and the rate rises to ~8% once you become a paying customer: the more committed you are, the more you pay per dollar. idapt charges a flat 5% (50¢ minimum) top-up fee, the same for everyone, free or subscribed, and usage bills from your balance at the prices shown in the app. Your rate never goes up because you paid.

The verdict

Stay with OpenRouter if…

You only need an API to build a product and want routing controls, not a workspace UI.

Choose idapt if…

You want a workspace for daily AI work and an API in the same account, with a flat fee that doesn't rise once you pay.

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AI Gateway

OpenAI-, Anthropic-, and OpenRouter-compatible endpoints with routing you control.

API & SDK

A typed SDK and a versioned REST API over chats, files, agents, and computers.

Multi-Model Chat

GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Llama: pick mid-conversation, cheapest-first.

CLI

Script files, agents, chats, and 200+ models: from your shell.

Switching from OpenRouter?One command, dry-run first, with an import receipt. The migration guide shows exactly what moves and how.

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