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Founding-developer pricing — live now

OpenAI tokens at outlet prices.

GPT-5.5, GPT-5, and GPT-5 Codex — billed at 20% of OpenAI list. Same SDK. One line change. Pay-as-you-go credits.

OpenAI list price
GPT-5.5
Input
$5.00/M
Output
$30.00/M
1.1M context
On corouter
GPT-5.5
Input
$1.00/M
Output
$6.00/M
1.1M context
80%
5× cheaper · same model

How it works

One endpoint. Every GPT, billed in outlet pricing.

Point the OpenAI SDK at api.corouter.co/v1 and route any GPT model by name. Claude and Gemini land next.

Your app
OpenAI SDK
corouter
20% of list
Live now · OpenAI
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
OpenAI
GPT-5
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
Coming soon
Anthropic
Anthropic
Google Gemini
Gemini

Same SDK. Drop-in replace OPENAI_BASE_URL.

Pre-paid credits. $5 minimum. Live balance, transparent logs.

Cache passes through. OpenAI 90%-off cached input honored 1:1.

0%
Of OpenAI list price
0×
Cheaper than retail
$0
Dollar minimum to start
0%
Last-30-day uptime

Why corouter

Three reasons to swap your base URL.

Real outlet pricing.

Same GPT models, same response, billed at 20% of OpenAI's list rate. No subscription, no tier ladder, no enterprise sales call — just one rate card.

Same SDK. One line change.

Swap OPENAI_BASE_URL to api.corouter.co/v1 and use the OpenAI SDK as-is. Streaming, tool calls, JSON mode, vision — every surface passes through 1:1.

A paper trail you can audit.

Live balance, per-request logs with upstream cost and our margin, and instant credit refunds. Every dollar in and out, on every invoice — no hidden math.

Features

Built for the bill, not the brochure.

OpenAI-API-compatible, drop-in.

Point the OpenAI SDK at api.corouter.co/v1 and you're done. Streaming, tool calls, vision, JSON mode — every surface passes through unchanged.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
  base_url="https://api.corouter.co/v1",  # one line
  api_key="cr-...",
)

# the rest of your codebase doesn't change
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
  model="openai/gpt-5.5",
  messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "ship it"}],
)

Your bill, but smaller.

GPT-5.5 at 20% of list. Same model ID, same JSON, 5× cheaper output.

OpenAI list
$5.00 in · $30.00 out
corouter
$1.00 in · $6.00 out
80% · 5× cheaper

GPT today. Claude and Gemini next.

We ship one vendor at a time, properly. Anthropic and Google land this summer at the same outlet pricing posture.

AnthropicClaude family
Summer 2026
Google GeminiGemini family
Summer 2026

Three GPT flagships live now.

GPT-5.5, GPT-5, and GPT-5 Codex. Each row shows OpenAI list with a line through it, and what you actually pay.

OpenAI
GPT-5.5
1.1M ctx
$30.00
$6.00
OpenAI
GPT-5
400K ctx
$10.00
$2.00
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
400K ctx
$10.00
$2.00
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
1.1M ctx
$30.00
$6.00
OpenAI
GPT-5
400K ctx
$10.00
$2.00
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
400K ctx
$10.00
$2.00
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
1.1M ctx
$30.00
$6.00
OpenAI
GPT-5
400K ctx
$10.00
$2.00
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
400K ctx
$10.00
$2.00
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
1.1M ctx
$30.00
$6.00
OpenAI
GPT-5
400K ctx
$10.00
$2.00
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
400K ctx
$10.00
$2.00

Bring a teammate. Both bills halve again.

Founding-developer referral: share a key, tap another 50% off your next $20 of usage. Built for word-of-mouth.

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Earnings this month$0 → unlocked at first signup

Zero data retention by default.

No prompt logging. Per-key audit log streamed to your S3 on request. Instant credit refund if a request fails to charge.

  • Same OpenAI capacity — billed in plain dollars
  • Live balance + per-request margin shown
  • EU + US edge POPs, China-direct routing soon

Catalog

3 GPT family flagships live. Claude and Gemini next.

OpenAI
GPT-5.5
$30.00 $6.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5
$10.00 $2.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
$10.00 $2.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
$30.00 $6.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5
$10.00 $2.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
$10.00 $2.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
$30.00 $6.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5
$10.00 $2.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
$10.00 $2.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5.5
$30.00 $6.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5
$10.00 $2.00 out / Mtok
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex
$10.00 $2.00 out / Mtok
Anthropic
Claude family
Landing summer 2026
Soon
Google Gemini
Gemini family
Landing summer 2026
Soon
Anthropic
Claude family
Landing summer 2026
Soon
Google Gemini
Gemini family
Landing summer 2026
Soon
Anthropic
Claude family
Landing summer 2026
Soon
Google Gemini
Gemini family
Landing summer 2026
Soon
Anthropic
Claude family
Landing summer 2026
Soon
Google Gemini
Gemini family
Landing summer 2026
Soon

Quickstart

Three lines from any SDK.

Same OpenAI-compatible payload. Pick a model by slug — region routing happens at the gateway.

api.corouter.co/v1
TypeScriptPythoncurl
import OpenAI from "openai"

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.corouter.co/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.COROUTER_KEY,
})

// Same SDK, just route by model name.
const overseas = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4.7",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Plan the launch" }],
})

const china = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek/v4-pro",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Plan the launch" }],
})

Outlet pricing

Every GPT, in plain dollars.

What OpenAI charges, with a line through it. What you pay, in bold. Same model IDs, same JSON, same cache discounts.

OpenAIGPT-5.5new
openai/gpt-5.5
80%
5× cheaper
Input / Mtok
$5.00
$1.00
Output / Mtok
$30.00
$6.00
1.1M contextcache read · $0.100
OpenAIGPT-5popular
openai/gpt-5
80%
5× cheaper
Input / Mtok
$1.25
$0.250
Output / Mtok
$10.00
$2.00
400K contextcache read · $0.025
OpenAIGPT-5 Codex
openai/gpt-5-codex
80%
5× cheaper
Input / Mtok
$1.25
$0.250
Output / Mtok
$10.00
$2.00
400K context

FAQ

The questions every dev asks first.

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