[D] LLM API aggregators in 2026: OpenRouter vs alternatives

Been evaluating this space pretty deeply for the last few months for work. sharing notes for people making similar decisions because honestly the marketing for all of these is not super helpful OpenRouter strong: huge model catalog, well-documented, easy to get started. the routing logic is solid for most western models and the community around it is genuinely good worth noting: Chinese model coverage is inconsistent. pricing can be opaque.