RouterPlex

What is RouterPlex?

RouterPlex is an AI gateway to models from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and other providers through one OpenAI-compatible API. Pay as you go is the default, and Plex Lite, Plex Pro, and Plex Max are optional monthly plans. The about page says it is not Plex Media Server and not a home-router product.

What RouterPlex does

A RouterPlex API key connects Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or an OpenAI-compatible SDK. Each key can have a hard spend budget, a model allowlist, and rate limits. The page says a built-in optimizer cuts cost by up to 40% with no quality loss. Usage is request-level token usage and cost in the dashboard. Models are billed at the vendor public list price, per token, from a prepaid balance that cannot overdraft. The about page says it will store usage metadata, not prompt content, and does not train on that data, with contributor models as the exception.

Who RouterPlex is for

People connecting a coding assistant or their own application to more than one model provider, with a prepaid balance and a hard limit per key.

How RouterPlex works

Verify email, then create a budget-controlled key in guided setup. An eligible verified account with no previous paid top-up, no existing credit, and no previous setup-credit grant receives $1 free credit when that setup key is created. The $1 credit does not expire and no card is required to sign up. Add a card only to top up. Paid top-ups start at $5. Recurring plans use card checkout. A balance can fund one non-renewing 30-day plan cycle, once per account.

Key features

• One OpenAI-compatible endpoint for coding tools and for apps, with a key per project.
• Hard spend budget, model allowlist, and rate limits on a key. The balance cannot go negative.
• Catalog rates in USD per million tokens, billed at vendor list price, with a $0 platform fee.
• Optimizer described as cutting cost by up to 40% with no quality loss.
• Pay as you go with no RouterPlex RPM or TPM cap, or a monthly plan with 4-hour, weekly, and monthly spend windows.
• Card and crypto top-ups. A playground is included. Support is community, email, priority, or a direct channel by plan.

Pricing

As listed on routerplex.com, checked 14 October 2026. Prices can change; see the site for current terms.

• $1 free credit once, when an eligible account creates the setup key. It does not expire. No card is required to claim it. The setup key starts with a $1 hard budget. Promotional credit has no cash value.
• Trial traffic is limited to 10 requests per minute, 250,000 tokens per minute, and four concurrent requests.
• Pay as you go starts at $5, with a $0 top-up fee and a $0 platform fee. The pricing page lists pay as you go at $0 per month. API keys are unlimited after a paid top-up.
• Plex Lite is $10/month for $11 of model credit, $2.20 per 4 hours, $5.50 per week, an $11 monthly usage cap, and up to 10 API keys, with email support.
• Plex Pro is $30/month for $35 of model credit, $7 per 4 hours, $17.50 per week, a $35 monthly cap, and up to 50 API keys, with priority support.
• Plex Max is $100/month for $125 of model credit, $25 per 4 hours, $62.50 per week, a $125 monthly cap, and unlimited API keys, with a direct support channel.
• The cards say +10% value, +17% value, and +25% value. The comparison also lists effective discount 9%, 14%, and 20%. Token rates do not change between tiers. Cancel anytime. Unused credit stays in the pooled balance.
• Catalog rates on the page, USD per million tokens: Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00 and $15.00, GPT-5.6 at $2.00 and $12.00, Gemini 2.5 at $0.30 and $2.50, DeepSeek V4.1 at $0.18 and $0.73.

Facts from routerplex.com, checked 14 October 2026

• The about page says RouterPlex launched in July 2026 and is independently built.
• It says the service is not Plex Media Server and not a home-router product.
• The about page says support at routerplex.com.
• The about page says 63 models across 15 providers.

Written from RouterPlex's own website (Homepage, Pricing, About). The maker can claim this listing to edit it.