Posts2/23/2026 by OpenRouter

February Release Spotlight

Our monthly Product Spotlight highlights a few of our biggest releases from the past month.

Benchmarks on Model Pages

Every model page now shows industry-standard benchmark scores powered by Artificial Analysis: programming, math, science, long-context reasoning, and more. See how models actually perform before you pick one. See an example with Claude Sonnet 4.6(opens in new tab)

Benchmarks Screen Capture

Announcement(opens in new tab)

Effective Pricing

Model pages now have an Effective Pricing tab showing what you actually pay per provider, including tiered pricing. Full cost transparency before you route. See an example with GLM-5(opens in new tab)

Pricing Screen Capture

Announcement(opens in new tab)

Rankings & Leaderboard Updates

The Rankings page now includes benchmark scatter charts and expanded tables. Plus, long-context generations are surging. See what's trending for 100K–1M token requests.

Rankings Screen Capture

Announcement(opens in new tab)

Free Router

New router: openrouter/free — the easiest way to route to all free LLMs, automatically selected for compatibility with your request. See the top free models here(opens in new tab)

Free Router Screen Capture

Announcement(opens in new tab)

Are we missing something you want to see? Let us know on Discord.(opens in new tab)