# Beam 1.0 vs RouterPlus (slim)

> Beam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) to RouterPlus's 51.2 (D) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Beam 1.0 scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against RouterPlus's 51.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. RouterPlus leads on reliability, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do llm inference.

- Beam 1.0: D 53.4, rank #786 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-beam.min.md
- RouterPlus: D 51.2, rank #851 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/routerplus.min.md
- Beam 1.0, good for An OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a large open-weight coding and agent model, for builders who want the same model hosted or self-hosted under Apache-2.0. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 59; Maintenance & community, 50 against 44; Transparency & trust, 68 against 38.
- RouterPlus, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 45 against 40; Security & auth, 62 against 46; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20.

| Category | Beam 1.0 | RouterPlus |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 44 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 38 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Beam 1.0 | RouterPlus |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | Model router |
| Vendor | Reflection | RouterPlus |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.reflection.ai/openai/v1` | `https://api.routerplus.com/v1` |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | Weights under Apache-2.0. The hosted Reflection API is a closed service under Reflection AI, Inc.'s commercial terms of service | 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/). |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | none |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |