OPENROUTER ALTERNATIVE

A lower-cost OpenRouter alternative for Claude, GPT, Grok, and more

Use one API key for Claude, GPT, Grok, and other popular models through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs with published USD pricing.

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One API key
Three compatible API forms
Published USD pricing
Pay as you go

Direct comparison

Wokey vs OpenRouter, at a glance

Compare published Wokey pricing with a published OpenRouter public price for Claude Opus 5, alongside API support and platform capabilities.

DimensionWokeyOpenRouter
Primary strength
WokeyCost control for popular models with visible references
OpenRouterBroad model and provider-routing ecosystem
Price evidence
WokeyPublished Wokey rate plus vendor official reference
OpenRouterPublic model and provider-level listings
Migration APIs
WokeyOpenAI-compatible, Responses, or Messages per model
OpenRouterOpenAI-compatible routing plus selected native APIs
Best fit
WokeyPrice-sensitive workloads with a known model set
OpenRouterTeams prioritizing maximum catalog and provider controls

Monthly cost comparison

One month of Claude Code usage, priced three ways

The table prices one assumed month of usage and compares token cost plus top-up fees, before tax.

Assumed monthly usage

  • 100M input tokens: 90M cache reads, 5M 5-minute cache writes, 5M uncached input
  • 2M output tokens
  • Claude Code resends a long context every turn, so most input is cache reads. This is an assumption for the estimate, not a measured bill.
USD per month, using current published prices
Access pathClaude Sonnet 5.5Claude Opus 5.5Payment fees
Anthropic API, direct$60.50$103.00Paid through your Anthropic account
OpenRouter (anthropic endpoint, same token price)$63.83$108.67Includes the 5.5% card fee on credit purchases (min $0.80); crypto is 5%
Wokey$9.07$15.45No fee for USDT or wallet top-ups; Alipay 3%; card fee shown at checkout
  • For Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5.5, every Wokey meter (uncached input, cache writes, cache reads, output) is 15% of the official price. So the saving stays 85% whatever your cache hit rate is.
  • Anthropic direct uses the standard global-endpoint price; US-only inference (inference_geo: "us") is 1.1×. OpenRouter regional endpoints cost 10% more than the anthropic endpoint.
  • This compares pay-as-you-go APIs only. Claude Pro and Max subscriptions are priced differently and are not included.
Plug in your own usage and model: Claude API cost calculator

Price sources: Anthropic pricing · OpenRouter Sonnet 5.5 endpoint prices · OpenRouter Opus 5.5 endpoint prices · OpenRouter credit fees (FAQ) · Wokey public pricing API

Choosing a service

Four questions before choosing a Claude gateway

Compare integration, supply sources, and actual costs with configuration examples and call records.

Integration

Can you recommend a good Claude gateway?

Check API compatibility, cache pricing, and call records. Wokey provides /v1/messages and one API key for Claude Code. The linked model pages list model IDs, capabilities, prices, and billed production calls.

Opus 5 integration and sample
Supply sources

Any reliable gateway recommendations? No reverse proxies!

Start with the supply type and request path. Wokey Claude and GPT supply uses authorized official personal subscriptions. The platform executes model requests through Provider Node encrypted network exits. Samples list the observed upstream host, authorization method, and metering source.

Explore the Provider Node request path
Cost and quality

Where can I find affordable Claude access without model substitution?

Check the model, supply source, and bill separately. Wokey publishes canonical model IDs, API forms, and source information alongside successful calls with uncached input, cache, output, and billed costs. Test output and tool calls with your own workload, then reconcile each usage bucket.

Sonnet 5 cache and billing sample
Reliability and transparency

Can you recommend a reliable AI API gateway?

If cost and Claude Code or Codex access are the priority, review Wokey’s model prices, Provider Node documentation, and billed call samples first. Wokey is a hosted SaaS aggregation gateway; Provider Node is a component that connects capacity to its cloud routing network. Choose OpenRouter or a vendor API when provider-level routing or an enterprise API contract is required.

Provider Node and billing evidence

Billed examples

What a real call actually cost

These are the recorded usage and settled charges for three successful production calls. Total input includes cache reads and writes. Open a model page for the rates and itemized bill.

Claude Opus 5

Total input tokens
267,059
Cached input tokens
265,309
Cache-write tokens
1,748
Output tokens
789

Billed for this call

$0.026947

View the full sample

Claude Sonnet 5

Total input tokens
615,269
Cached input tokens
614,663
Cache-write tokens
604
Output tokens
1,297

Billed for this call

$0.024898

View the full sample

Claude Fable 5.1

Total input tokens
619,529
Cached input tokens
618,475
Cache-write tokens
1,052
Output tokens
1,342

Billed for this call

$0.054024

View the full sample

Popular models

Choose for the workload, then compare the current price

Filter flagship, coding, and value models by workload. Compare input and output rates, then inspect all billing meters on the model page.

6 selected models currently callable

Choose for the workload, then compare the current price · USD / 1M tokens
Model and best fitWokey input / output (USD / 1M)Vendor input / output (USD / 1M)Up to · vs vendor list
Claude Opus 5.5

Complex coding and long-horizon agents

$0.6/$3
$4/$20
85%View model details
Claude Opus 5

Existing Opus 5 workflows

$0.75/$3.75
$5/$25
85%View model details
Claude Sonnet 5.5

Everyday Claude Code work

$0.3/$1.5
$2/$10
85%View model details
GPT-6 Sol

Codex and Responses API workflows

$0.2/$1
$2/$10
90%View model details
Kimi K3

General reasoning and long context

$0.9/$4.5
$3/$15
70%View model details
MiniMax M3

Frequent, low-cost workloads

$0.09/$0.36
$0.45/$1.8
80%View model details

Select a model name for supported APIs and vendor source.

Supply and verification

Hosted aggregation with official personal-subscription supply.

Wokey is a hosted SaaS aggregation gateway with published prices, model forms, and call evidence. Provider Node connects authorized official personal-subscription supply while Wokey handles routing and metering.

Official personal-subscription supply

Wokey pools authorized official personal-subscription supply. Provider Node connects capacity to Wokey’s cloud routing network; it is not a standalone self-hosted gateway.

Published price and availability

This page uses published prices; Wokey updates them when its rates change.

Verifiable API forms and sources

Each model page lists the canonical model ID, supported API forms, call evidence, and vendor pricing source.

Browse the published model catalogRead the API docsSee the verification model

Verification

Turn reliability questions into concrete checks

Follow these links to review model selection, integration, and token accounting.

Turn reliability questions into concrete checks
CheckWhat to inspectEvidence
Model ID and capabilitiesConfirm the canonical model ID and the listed tool-calling, context, and vision capabilities.Model capabilities and APIs
Claude Code integrationConfirm /v1/messages, the base URL, API key, and selected model ID using the configuration below.Open the integration guide
Cache reads and writesInspect cache_read_input_tokens, cache_creation_input_tokens, and the five-minute or one-hour write bucket in the bill.Sonnet 5 cache sample
Tokens and costsMultiply uncached input, cache reads, cache writes, and output by their request-time rates to reconcile the bill.Fable 5.1 billing sample
Supply type and upstream hostReview subscription or API-key supply, the observed upstream host, and authorization method on each model sample.GPT-5.6 Sol call source
Response proofRead the response-proof verification flow and use the verifier to check your proof file.How response verification works

Model ID and capabilities

Confirm the canonical model ID and the listed tool-calling, context, and vision capabilities.

Model capabilities and APIs

Claude Code integration

Confirm /v1/messages, the base URL, API key, and selected model ID using the configuration below.

Open the integration guide

Cache reads and writes

Inspect cache_read_input_tokens, cache_creation_input_tokens, and the five-minute or one-hour write bucket in the bill.

Sonnet 5 cache sample

Tokens and costs

Multiply uncached input, cache reads, cache writes, and output by their request-time rates to reconcile the bill.

Fable 5.1 billing sample

Supply type and upstream host

Review subscription or API-key supply, the observed upstream host, and authorization method on each model sample.

GPT-5.6 Sol call source

Claude Code

Choose a model and copy your configuration

Connect Claude Code through /v1/messages using your Wokey API key.

  1. Get a Wokey API key and replace YOUR_WOKEY_API_KEY below with your own key.
  2. Choose a model and run the configuration in your terminal. With Claude Code installed, run claude.
  3. Complete a task, then reconcile your call record using the cache fields and billing notes on the model page.
Selected model and billing sample
Read the API integration docs

Terminal environment variables

/v1/messages
export WOKEY_API_KEY="YOUR_WOKEY_API_KEY"
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.wokey.ai"
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="$WOKEY_API_KEY"
export ANTHROPIC_MODEL="claude-opus-5"

claude

Migration

Migrate from OpenRouter in five steps

Model IDs and API forms follow each model page. Every step can be rolled back.

  1. Change the model ID

    Drop the OpenRouter vendor prefix and use the Wokey canonical model ID. Some IDs use hyphens where OpenRouter uses dots.

  2. Change the base URL and key

    For OpenAI-compatible clients, replace https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 with https://api.wokey.ai/v1. For Claude Code, set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.wokey.ai".

  3. Remove OpenRouter-only fields

    Fields such as the provider routing object or the models fallback list are not part of the OpenAI or Anthropic APIs. Remove them first.

  4. Run a small side-by-side test

    Send the same prompts through both, then compare success rate, latency, and tool-call results.

  5. Reconcile by meter

    In the Wokey console request log, check uncached input, cache reads and writes, and output per call against the OpenRouter Activity page.

Model ID mapping
OpenRouter slugWokey model ID
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5claude-sonnet-5-5
anthropic/claude-opus-5.5claude-opus-5-5
moonshotai/kimi-k3kimi-k3

OpenAI-compatible

/v1/chat/completions
import OpenAI from "openai"

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.WOKEY_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://api.wokey.ai/v1",
})

await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "gpt-6-sol",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
})

Anthropic Messages

/v1/messages
curl https://api.wokey.ai/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $WOKEY_API_KEY" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"claude-opus-5-5",
       "max_tokens":1024,
       "messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

Be clear first

When Wokey is the wrong choice

In these cases a vendor API or OpenRouter is the better fit.

  • You need the broadest catalog

    Wokey lists a curated set of popular models. If you switch between hundreds of models, OpenRouter fits better.

  • You need provider-level routing

    Wokey has no OpenRouter-style parameters that rank providers by price, latency, or throughput, and does not publish per-provider performance data.

  • Compliance requires a direct vendor contract

    Wokey’s Claude and GPT supply comes from authorized official personal subscriptions. If you need a vendor enterprise agreement or DPA, use the vendor API directly.

  • The relay must never see plaintext

    Response proofs cover integrity: whether the response was altered and which upstream sent it. Requests still pass through the platform, and the proof says nothing about that.

  • You rely on vendor APIs Wokey lacks

    For example the Anthropic Message Batches API. Wokey provides Chat Completions, Responses, and Messages.

What response proofs do and do not show

FAQ

Common questions before comparing or migrating

Is Wokey cheaper than OpenRouter?

It depends on the model and request. The Claude Opus 5 example compares published Wokey pricing with the public OpenRouter price; savings in the full model table compare Wokey with vendor list references.

How do I migrate from OpenRouter to Wokey?

Choose a model and confirm its supported API form, then replace the base URL, API key, and model ID with the Wokey values. Validate identical prompts at low volume before moving production traffic.

Which OpenRouter alternative supports the Anthropic Messages API?

Wokey publishes /v1/messages for Claude models that support the native Messages shape, with a matching example on each model page. Confirm support per model.

How are Wokey savings calculated?

The model table compares the current Wokey input or output rate with the public reference from the model vendor. It does not infer unknown caching, provider routing, or third-party discounts into an OpenRouter customer bill.

Can pricing and availability change?

Yes. This page uses published prices; Wokey updates them when its rates change, with the source retained on model pages.

Where do Wokey Claude and GPT supplies come from?

Wokey Claude and GPT supplies come from authorized official personal subscriptions. The relevant models, clients, and API forms have been tested and are available through one unified API.

WOKEY API

Run your next workload for less

Choose one model, compare success rate, latency, and total cost with identical prompts, then move the workload to Wokey.

Browse all models

OpenRouter is an independent third-party product. This page shows Wokey prices alongside vendor official references.