# DeepInfra vs OpenRouter (slim)

> OpenRouter scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepInfra's 63 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeepInfra leads on reliability. Both do llm inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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OpenRouter scores 68.5 (B) on agent readiness against DeepInfra's 63 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeepInfra leads on reliability. Both do llm inference.

- DeepInfra: B 63, rank #371 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepinfra.min.md
- OpenRouter: B 68.5, rank #199 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openrouter.min.md
- DeepInfra, good for Agents that want many open-weight models, embeddings, image and speech behind one OpenAI-style key at low per-token prices, with spend-capped tokens. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 55.
- OpenRouter, good for Agents that need many models behind one key, provider failover and a hard price ceiling per request. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 90 against 69; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 77; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 84 against 65. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | DeepInfra | OpenRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 65 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepInfra | OpenRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | Model router |
| Vendor | Deep Infra Inc. | OpenRouter |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai` | `https://openrouter.ai/api/v1` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the DeepInfra Terms of Service. The Python and Node SDKs and the docs repository are MIT | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-17 | 2026-08-31 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-15 | 2026-08-31 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 21 stars, 1.2k npm/wk, 50 PyPI/wk | 226 stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |