# OpenRouter: what changed

OpenRouter's announcements; model listings, removals and price changes come from the model registry collector. Quoted from https://openrouter.ai/blog/. Updated 2026-10-28. Page: https://newruntime.com/tools/openrouter/

## Week of Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026 (2026-10-26 to 2026-11-01)

### 2026-10-28 Alibaba Qwen Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.6-27b

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.32 → $0.45, output $3.2 → $2.7. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Alibaba Qwen Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: cache_read $0.05 → $0.025. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Alibaba Qwen Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.2 → $0.039, output $2.5 → $1.25, cache_read $0.09 → $0.0039. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.0473 → $0.14, output $0.0946 → $0.28, cache_read $0.0095 → $0.028. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.8754 → $0.9553, output $1.7508 → $1.9105, cache_read $0.0729 → $0.0796. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.66 → $1.32, output $1.98 → $3.96, cache_read $0.022 → $0.044. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.15 → $0.3, output $0.6 → $1.2, cache_read $0.003 → $0.006. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Google DeepMind Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B : list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.0765 → $0.09, output $0.255 → $0.3, cache_read $0.0425 → $0.05. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Meta AI Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.05 → $0.02, output $0.08 → $0.04. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.159 → $0.179, cache_read $0.149 → $0.169. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.159 → $0.179, cache_read $0.149 → $0.169. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.189 → $0.159, output $20 → $11.5, cache_read $0.179 → $0.149. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.15 → $0.189, cache_read $0.14 → $0.179. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 NVIDIA NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.08 → $0.3, output $0.45 → $2.4. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 NVIDIA NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.3 → $0.08, output $2.4 → $0.45. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Zhipu AI (Z.ai) Z.ai: GLM 5.2: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/z-ai/glm-5.2

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.0165 → $0.014, cache_read $0.0155 → $0.013. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-28 Zhipu AI (Z.ai) Z.ai: GLM 5.2: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/z-ai/glm-5.2

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.0242 → $0.0165, cache_read $0.0232 → $0.0155. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 CSAM Screening Across OpenRouter

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/csam-screening/

### 2026-10-27 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.0449 → $0.0473, output $0.45 → $0.0946, cache_read $0.0449 → $0.0095. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.05 → $0.0449, cache_read $0.05 → $0.0449. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.8771 → $0.8754, output $1.7543 → $1.7508, cache_read $0.0731 → $0.0729. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.8804 → $0.8771, output $1.7609 → $1.7543, cache_read $0.0734 → $0.0731. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.8973 → $0.8804, output $1.7946 → $1.7609, cache_read $0.0748 → $0.0734. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.9553 → $0.8973, output $1.9105 → $1.7946, cache_read $0.0796 → $0.0748. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $1.32 → $0.66, output $3.96 → $1.98, cache_read $0.044 → $0.022. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 DeepSeek DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.3 → $0.15, output $1.2 → $0.6, cache_read $0.006 → $0.003. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 Google DeepMind Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B : list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.09 → $0.0765, output $0.3 → $0.255, cache_read $0.05 → $0.0425. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 Meta AI Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is listed to retire on 2026-11-03 (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/meta-llama/llama-3.1-70b-instruct

Sections: expiration_set

- OpenRouter now gives Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct a retirement date of 2026-11-03. The vendor's deprecation page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.6725 → $0.56. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.56 → $0.6725. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.2 → $0.15, output $11.5 → $20, cache_read $0.19 → $0.14. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.15 → $0.2, cache_read $0.14 → $0.19. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: input $0.2 → $0.159, output $11.5 → $20, cache_read $0.19 → $0.149. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

### 2026-10-27 Moonshot AI MoonshotAI: Kimi K3: list price changed (OpenRouter) (model registry)

Source: https://openrouter.ai/moonshotai/kimi-k3

Sections: price_changed

- Per million tokens: output $20 → $11.5. Seen in the OpenRouter listing; the vendor's pricing page is the authority.

## Week of Oct 12–18, 2026 (2026-10-12 to 2026-10-18)

### 2026-10-14 Private Endpoints: Bring Your Fine-Tuned Models and Capacity to OpenRouter

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/private-endpoints/

## Week of Oct 5–11, 2026 (2026-10-05 to 2026-10-11)

### 2026-10-07 ElevenLabs is now on OpenRouter

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/elevenlabs-on-openrouter/

### 2026-10-07 How an AI Sales Agent Saved Our Sales Team 600 Hours a Month

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/case-studies/how-an-ai-sales-agent-saved-our-sales-team-600-hours-a-month/

### 2026-10-05 Server-Side Code Execution Tools for AI Agents, Compared

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/insights/server-side-code-execution-tools-for-ai-agents-compared/

## Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 (2026-09-28 to 2026-10-04)

### 2026-10-02 Agent Frameworks Compared: Tool-Calling Schema Handling

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/insights/agent-frameworks-compared-tool-calling-schema-handling/

### 2026-10-02 LangChain vs CrewAI: Orchestration Compared to OpenRouter-Native Routing

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/insights/langchain-vs-crewai-orchestration-compared-to-openrouter-native-routing/

### 2026-10-02 Model Router Benchmarks

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/model-router-benchmarks/

### 2026-10-02 Model Routing for Support Bots: Cheap-First FAQ Handling

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/tutorials/model-routing-for-support-bots-cheap-first-faq-handling/

### 2026-10-01 Confidence Thresholds for Model Escalation Routing

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/insights/confidence-thresholds-for-model-escalation-routing/

## Week of Aug 17–23, 2026 (2026-08-17 to 2026-08-23)

### 2026-08-19 OpenRouter is Joining Stripe

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/openrouter-is-joining-stripe/

## Week of Aug 3–9, 2026 (2026-08-03 to 2026-08-09)

### 2026-08-03 Ori Eval: Find the Best Model for What You're Building

Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/ori-eval/