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If you're making a commercial SaaS, that's probably the way to go. For individual users like me, with a coding harness and some extra BYOK tools, OpenRouter is
by dvdkon 5d ago
If you're making a commercial SaaS, that's probably the way to go. For individual users like me, with a coding harness and some extra BYOK tools, OpenRouter is convenient and the few extra percent don't hurt much. I appreciate being able to try out any new model with just an ID swap, same with inference providers when they prices change. I know I wouldn't enjoy managing 5+ accounts, each with their own balance, in 3+ tools, so this is one thing I'm happy to outsource.
- system2 5d agoI have multiple commercial products using multiple LLM APIs. My concern is adding an extra 3rd party dependency and markup on top of the API usage. It just freaks me out to build entire apps on 3rd party single-point dependency.