# Tencent Hy4 vs OpenRouter (slim)

> OpenRouter scores 69.1 (B) to Tencent Hy4's 64 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenRouter scores 69.1 (B) on agent readiness against Tencent Hy4's 64 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do llm inference.

- Tencent Hy4: B 64, rank #595 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy4.min.md
- OpenRouter: B 69.1, rank #348 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openrouter.min.md
- Tencent Hy4, good for Long-context agent work, coding and office or finance tasks on a 1M-token context with images, for teams already on Tencent Cloud or happy to verify an account there. Also No incidents deducted, where OpenRouter loses 3 points for them.
- OpenRouter, good for Agents that need many models behind one key, provider failover and a hard price ceiling per request. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 46; Schema & documentation, 90 against 73; Payments & pricing, 60 against 45; Maintenance & community, 82 against 73; Transparency & trust, 72 against 52. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Tencent Hy4 | OpenRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 46 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Tencent Hy4 | OpenRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | Model router |
| Vendor | Tencent (Hy team) | OpenRouter |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://openrouter.ai/api/v1` |
| Licence | Hosted model under the Tencent Cloud TokenHub terms. Tencent says weights and a system card will follow; no licence is stated yet | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-31 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-31 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-31 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | none | 226 stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |

Why the edge:
- Transparency & trust, OpenRouter +20: Tencent Hy4 52 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); OpenRouter 72 (Closed service with clear terms, SDKs Apache-2.0 (15).)
- Schema & documentation, OpenRouter +17: Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); OpenRouter 90 (Public OpenAPI document at openrouter.ai/docs/openapi/openapi.yaml (25).)
- Payments & pricing, OpenRouter +15: Tencent Hy4 45 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); OpenRouter 60 (No machine payment protocol found in the docs index.)
- Reliability, OpenRouter +9: Tencent Hy4 46 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); OpenRouter 55 (Status page at status.openrouter.ai, which rendered only in a browser with its feed and JSON paths answering 403 on 1 and 2 October.)
- Maintenance & community, OpenRouter +9: Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.); OpenRouter 82 (Model reading.)