OpenRouter lists 6 models and Particle Ai 1. OpenRouter is cheaper on a typical model ($-1000000.0000 per 1M tokens median). Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| OpenRouter | Particle Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 6 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 6 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $-1000000.0000 | $0.44 |
| Cheapest paid model | Auto Router ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Longest context | Auto Router (2M) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (1.0M) |
| Free models | 1 | 0 |
| Newest model | Auto Router (Beta) (2026-07-17) | Particle AI: Particle-1 (2026-10-28) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 0 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | OpenRouter | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $-95000000.0000 with Auto Router | $38.75 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $-130000000.0000 with Auto Router | $40.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $-132000000.0000 with Auto Router | $42.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $-86000000.0000 with Auto Router | $26.00 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $-51000000.0000 with Auto Router | $13.50 with Particle AI: Particle-1 |
| You need | OpenRouter | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | Auto Router ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With tool calling | Auto Router ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With image input | Auto Router ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| With reasoning mode | Auto Router ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 128K+ context | Auto Router ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| 1M+ context | Auto Router ($-1000000.0000) | Particle AI: Particle-1 ($0.44) |
| Model type | OpenRouter | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+file+audio+video->text+image | 2 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 1 | 1 |
| text->text | 3 | 0 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | OpenRouter | Particle Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 | 0 |
| Under $0.50 | 0 | 1 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 0 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
OpenRouter is cheaper on a typical model: a median of $-1000000.0000 per 1M tokens (3:1 input/output) against $0.44 for Particle Ai. The cheapest paid models are Auto Router at $-1000000.0000 and Particle AI: Particle-1 at $0.44.
It depends on the job: OpenRouter offers the broader line-up (6 models vs 1), OpenRouter the lower typical price, OpenRouter the longest context (2M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
OpenRouter: OpenRouter lists 6 models and Particle Ai lists 1.
OpenRouter: OpenRouter's longest is Auto Router at 2M tokens; Particle Ai's is Particle AI: Particle-1 at 1.0M.
OpenRouter: 1 free model (e.g. Free Models Router). Particle Ai: none.
OpenRouter: 3 of 6 models accept images. Particle Ai: 1 of 1.