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Cached input half price on gpt-oss only, batch half price (https://groq.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "from $0.075 / 1M in", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 619, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-26" }, "docsUrl": "https://console.groq.com/docs", "rateLimitsUrl": "https://console.groq.com/docs/rate-limits", "llmsTxt": "https://console.groq.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "inference.llm", "inference.fast", "inference.open-weights" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model", "fast", "free-tier", "no-card", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-21", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 75.6, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 44, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 100, "schema": 64, "security": 77, "transparency": 85 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Free plan with no card, at 30 requests a minute and 1,000 a day on gpt-oss. Four model shutdown dates between 2026-07-17 and 2026-09-21, with no stated minimum notice.", "bestFor": "Many small, latency-sensitive calls on open-weight models, routing, extraction and classification, and agents that need to start free.", "strengths": [ "Free plan with no card, at 30 requests a minute and 1,000 a day on gpt-oss", "Per-model limits published, `x-ratelimit-*` headers on every response and `retry-after` on 429", "API keys scoped to a project, with per-project request limits, model permissions and request logs", "No retention by default and zero retention as a self-serve setting, and 5xx errors aren't charged", "Strict structured outputs, a half-price Batch API and a 99.9% SLA on the Performance Tier" ], "weaknesses": [ "Four model shutdown dates between 2026-07-17 and 2026-09-21, with no stated minimum notice", "131,072-token context on every self-serve model", "No OpenAPI document, and the SDK metadata carries no spec URL", "Cached input is half price on the three gpt-oss models only", "The deprecations page still names qwen/qwen3.6-27b as a Llama 3.3 70B replacement, and that model shut down on 2026-09-14" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `/models` at start-up. Four model ids stopped working this quarter", "Read `retry-after` on a 429 and the `x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens` header before the next call", "Free plan allows 8,000 tokens a minute on gpt-oss, so keep prompts small or batch them", "Don't build on Qwen 3.8 27B. It's a preview and previews can go at short notice", "Treat a 498 as Flex capacity and retry later; 5xx responses aren't billed" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 75.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 100, "schema": 64, "security": 77, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 98 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install groq # or: npm i groq-sdk", "http": "curl https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $GROQ_API_KEY\" -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"openai/gpt-oss-120b\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.llm", "tool": "https://letme.dev/groq" }, "sameCompany": [ "groq-speech-to-text" ], "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Groq LLC", "domain": "groq.com", "domainRegistered": "2007-07-22", "domainNote": "groq.com was registered in 2007, before Groq existed. 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"url": "https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:11:57.231539624Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "396a91396e58" }, { "url": "https://groq.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:17:26.138554122Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:39:57.403860983Z", "fingerprint": "5d2ffa871aea" }, { "url": "https://groq.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:46.366514564Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "05dc8da7bc78" }, { "url": "https://console.groq.com/docs/legal/services-agreement", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:44.104843177Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a0b93cf713d4" } ], "models": { "openai/gpt-oss-120b": { "openrouterId": "openai/gpt-oss-120b", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 131072, "maxOutput": 65536, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T22:59:29.388340763Z" }, "openai/gpt-oss-20b": { "openrouterId": "openai/gpt-oss-20b", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "text" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 131072, "maxOutput": 32768, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T22:59:29.388340763Z" }, "qwen/qwen3.8-27b": { "openrouterId": "qwen/qwen3.8-27b", "tools": true, "structuredOutputs": true, "jsonMode": true, "reasoning": true, "input": [ "image", "text", "video" ], "promptCaching": true, "contextTokens": 1000000, "maxOutput": 235929, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T22:59:29.388340763Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:21:35.433450894Z" } }, "answer": "GroqCloud scores 75.6 (BB) on agent readiness against RouterPlus's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "routerplus", "name": "RouterPlus", "vendor": "RouterPlus", "vendorUrl": "https://routerplus.com", "kind": "router", "category": "inference", "summary": "RouterPlus is an LLM gateway that puts Claude, GPT and decision models behind one API key and a prepaid balance, with OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible endpoints at the providers' list prices.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/routerplus", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/routerplus.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/routerplus.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/routerplus.json", "license": "Closed service. No terms of service for the gateway were found on routerplus.com or app.routerplus.com on 13 October 2026. The only terms on the site govern the capacity request form and name EVO HQ Inc, a Delaware corporation (https://routerplus.com/capacity/terms/).", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.routerplus.com/v1", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A `tm_vk_` virtual key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` or `x-api-key` on every route. A person signs up in the browser through Clerk with email verification, and the first key is shown once after sign-in. More keys come from the console or from `POST /api/identity/keys` with a console session. The programmatic signup route `POST /v1/signup` was removed and returns 404 (https://app.routerplus.com/docs/authentication.md, https://app.routerplus.com/docs/api-signup.md).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Provider list prices per 1M tokens with no markup, paid from prepaid credits. Purchases start at $10, and RouterPlus matches the first $100 of purchases for eligible accounts. Signup adds no free credit. Inference through the caller's own provider keys (BYOK) carries no RouterPlus charge and needs no credit. Prices are public at https://app.routerplus.com/api/models.json (https://app.routerplus.com/docs/pricing.md).", "priceSummary": "0% fee", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in https://app.routerplus.com/llms-full.txt, checked 13 October 2026. Calls draw on a prepaid balance bought in the console's Billing page.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-13" }, "docsUrl": "https://app.routerplus.com/docs/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://app.routerplus.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "inference.router", "inference.llm", "inference.decision", "image.generate" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "router", "closed-source", "usage-priced", "prepaid", "llms-txt", "openai-compatible", "anthropic-compatible", "streaming" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 51.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 777, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 17, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 44, "payments": 40, "reliability": 45, "schema": 59, "security": 62, "transparency": 38 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-13" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Misleading claim, seen 13 October 2026. The banner on https://routerplus.com/ reads \"Try RouterPlus with free credits\" and links to the playground, while the quickstart (https://app.routerplus.com/docs/quickstart.md) says \"Signup does not add free credit\" and the playground bills the organisation's credits (https://app.routerplus.com/docs/playground.md). Only an invitation link adds credit. -2." ], "verdict": "The docs are written for agents, every model price is public, and each response carries its own cost. No terms of service, privacy policy, status page or changelog were found. Signup adds no free credit, and the chat catalogue is Claude and GPT only.", "bestFor": "Teams that call Claude and GPT models from one key and want the cost of every call in the response, with their own provider keys where they have them.", "strengths": [ "llms.txt, llms-full.txt and a Markdown copy of every page, with an integration guide written for coding agents", "Every billed response carries `usage.cost` in USD, and `GET /v1/generation` lists each attempt behind a request", "Any chat model answers on both the OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible surfaces, with the format translated by the gateway", "Typed errors with a stable `error_type`, an origin header, and `retry-after` on rate-limit 429s", "The gateway stores no prompt or completion content for ordinary accounts, and BYOK inference carries no RouterPlus charge" ], "weaknesses": [ "No terms of service, privacy policy, status page, changelog or security.txt found for the gateway", "The chat catalogue on 13 October 2026 was nine Claude and ten GPT models, all marked as retained by the provider with no ZDR", "Signup adds no free credit, purchases start at $10, and keys stay at 20 requests a minute until the first purchase", "No idempotency keys, no batch route and no embeddings, and the `zdr` and `regions` filters remove every marketplace route", "Optimize, the eval-based model search the homepage leads with, is paused" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `max_tokens` on every request. Without it the balance hold assumes up to 32,768 output tokens and can return `insufficient_quota` on a small balance", "Switch on `error_type`. Retry `rate_limit` after `retry-after`, and stop on `insufficient_quota`, which needs a person to add credit or raise a cap", "Don't add a retry loop on top of the SDK's. There is no idempotency key, so a retry that reaches a provider is billed again", "Copy model ids from `GET /v1/models` or /api/models.json. An unknown id is a 404 and the gateway never substitutes one", "Use `/v1/messages` for Claude when you need `thinking` or server tools, and `/v1/chat/completions` with `response_format` only for GPT ids" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 51.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 44, "payments": 40, "reliability": 45, "schema": 59, "security": 62, "transparency": 26 }, "provenanceScore": 50 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -N https://api.routerplus.com/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TM_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"claude-haiku-4-5\",\"stream\":true,\"max_tokens\":60,\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.router", "tool": "https://letme.dev/routerplus" }, "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Markup on provider token prices", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0, "note": "Pass-through per the pricing docs. Credits are bought in $10 steps or more" }, { "item": "Claude Opus 5.5 input", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 4, "note": "claude-opus-5-5, served by Anthropic's API" }, { "item": "Claude Opus 5.5 output", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 20 }, { "item": "GPT-6.1 Sol input", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 2, "note": "gpt-6.1-sol, served by OpenAI's API, 1,050,000-token context" }, { "item": "GPT-6.1 Sol output", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 10 }, { "item": "Anthropic web search server tool", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 10, "note": "$10 per 1,000 searches, Anthropic's price, on top of tokens" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "EVO HQ Inc", "domain": "routerplus.com", "domainRegistered": "2014-04-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-13", "notes": [ "EVO HQ Inc, a Delaware corporation, is named only in the terms of the capacity request form at https://routerplus.com/capacity/terms/, which govern form submissions and not the gateway. The footer elsewhere reads © 2026 RouterPlus.", "No terms of service or privacy policy for the gateway were found. /terms, /privacy and /legal/terms answer 404 on both hosts, the signup page links neither, and the footer's Privacy and Security links open an email to founders@evo-hq.com. The docs' data policy page (https://app.routerplus.com/docs/data-policy.md) is the only data statement for the gateway.", "No status page. Model pages such as https://app.routerplus.com/models/claude-haiku-4-5 show per-provider uptime over the last 24 hours, with no incident history. A request to status.routerplus.com failed at our proxy with a 502, so whether it exists is unchecked.", "No changelog found. /changelog and /docs/changelog.md answer 404, and the blog's newest post is dated 13 August 2026.", "routerplus.com/.well-known/security.txt and app.routerplus.com/.well-known/security.txt answer 404.", "RDAP gives 15 April 2014 as the registration date of routerplus.com and 2 October 2026 as its last change, so the registration may predate the current owner." ], "score": 50 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/routerplus.json", "live": { "slug": "routerplus", "probe": { "target": "https://api.routerplus.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-14T01:19:55.653579676Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 638, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 645, "p95ms24h": 1293, "samples24h": 18, "samples30d": 18, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 4, "ok": 4 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 14, "ok": 14 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:19:55.653579676Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model router", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Groq", "b": "RouterPlus", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1", "b": "https://api.routerplus.com/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs)", "b": "Closed service. No terms of service for the gateway were found on routerplus.com or app.routerplus.com on 13 October 2026. The only terms on the site govern the capacity request form and name EVO HQ Inc, a Delaware corporation (https://routerplus.com/capacity/terms/).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-21", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-06-22", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-11-12", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "619 stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (8)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "GroqCloud scores 75.6 (BB) on agent readiness against RouterPlus's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, GroqCloud or RouterPlus?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do GroqCloud and RouterPlus need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. GroqCloud has a hosted endpoint at https://api.groq.com/openai/v1 and RouterPlus at https://api.routerplus.com/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call GroqCloud and RouterPlus without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 100 against 45", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 64 against 59", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 71", "Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 62", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 44", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 38" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Many small, latency-sensitive calls on open-weight models, routing, extraction and classification, and agents that need to start free.", "slug": "groq", "watchFor": "Four model shutdown dates between 2026-07-17 and 2026-09-21, with no stated minimum notice" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that call Claude and GPT models from one key and want the cost of every call in the response, with their own 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"key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "routerplus": 40, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 28, "edge": "groq", "groq": 72, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "routerplus": 44, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 47, "edge": "groq", "groq": 85, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "routerplus": 38, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "GroqCloud scores 75.6 (BB) on agent readiness against RouterPlus's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do llm inference.", "verdicts": { "groq": "Free plan with no card, at 30 requests a minute and 1,000 a day on gpt-oss. Four model shutdown dates between 2026-07-17 and 2026-09-21, with no stated minimum notice.", "routerplus": "The docs are written for agents, every model price is public, and each response carries its own cost. No terms of service, privacy policy, status page or changelog were found. Signup adds no free credit, and the chat catalogue is Claude and GPT only." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-routerplus", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-routerplus.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-routerplus.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-routerplus.min.md" }, "markdown": "GroqCloud scores 75.6 (BB) on agent readiness against RouterPlus's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do llm inference.\n\n- GroqCloud: grade BB, 75.6/100, rank #44 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/groq.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/groq.json\n- RouterPlus: grade D, 51.2/100, rank #777 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/routerplus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/routerplus.json\n- Best model APIs and inference for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/inference/index.md\n- All 190 models comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inference/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### GroqCloud (BB)\n\nGood for: Many small, latency-sensitive calls on open-weight models, routing, extraction and classification, and agents that need to start free.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 100 against 45\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 64 against 59\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 71\n- Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 62\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 44\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 38\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Four model shutdown dates between 2026-07-17 and 2026-09-21, with no stated minimum notice\n\n### RouterPlus (D)\n\nGood for: Teams that call Claude and GPT models from one key and want the cost of every call in the response, with their own provider keys where they have them.\n\nWatch for: No terms of service, privacy policy, status page, changelog or security.txt found for the gateway\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | GroqCloud | RouterPlus | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 100 | 45 | GroqCloud +55 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 59 | GroqCloud +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 71 | GroqCloud +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 62 | GroqCloud +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 44 | GroqCloud +28 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 38 | GroqCloud +47 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **75.6 · BB** | **51.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | GroqCloud | RouterPlus |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model router |\n| Vendor | Groq | RouterPlus |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1` | `https://api.routerplus.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | Closed service. No terms of service for the gateway were found on routerplus.com or app.routerplus.com on 13 October 2026. The only terms on the site govern the capacity request form and name EVO HQ Inc, a Delaware corporation (https://routerplus.com/capacity/terms/). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-21 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-22 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-11-12 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n| Popularity | 619 stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (8) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**GroqCloud.** Free plan with no card, at 30 requests a minute and 1,000 a day on gpt-oss. Four model shutdown dates between 2026-07-17 and 2026-09-21, with no stated minimum notice.\n\n**RouterPlus.** The docs are written for agents, every model price is public, and each response carries its own cost. No terms of service, privacy policy, status page or changelog were found. Signup adds no free credit, and the chat catalogue is Claude and GPT only.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### GroqCloud\n\n1. Call `/models` at start-up. Four model ids stopped working this quarter\n2. Read `retry-after` on a 429 and the `x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens` header before the next call\n3. Free plan allows 8,000 tokens a minute on gpt-oss, so keep prompts small or batch them\n4. Don't build on Qwen 3.8 27B. It's a preview and previews can go at short notice\n5. Treat a 498 as Flex capacity and retry later; 5xx responses aren't billed\n\n### RouterPlus\n\n1. Send `max_tokens` on every request. Without it the balance hold assumes up to 32,768 output tokens and can return `insufficient_quota` on a small balance\n2. Switch on `error_type`. Retry `rate_limit` after `retry-after`, and stop on `insufficient_quota`, which needs a person to add credit or raise a cap\n3. Don't add a retry loop on top of the SDK's. There is no idempotency key, so a retry that reaches a provider is billed again\n4. Copy model ids from `GET /v1/models` or /api/models.json. An unknown id is a 404 and the gateway never substitutes one\n5. Use `/v1/messages` for Claude when you need `thinking` or server tools, and `/v1/chat/completions` with `response_format` only for GPT ids\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, GroqCloud or RouterPlus?\n\nGroqCloud scores 75.6 (BB) on agent readiness against RouterPlus's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do GroqCloud and RouterPlus need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call GroqCloud and RouterPlus without installing anything?\n\nYes. GroqCloud has a hosted endpoint at https://api.groq.com/openai/v1 and RouterPlus at https://api.routerplus.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-routerplus.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-vs-routerplus.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"groq\", \"b\": \"routerplus\"}`. 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