| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | OpenRouter |
| Category | inference |
| Offer status | available |
| Deal type | spend_unlock |
| What the spend to unlock gives you | Purchasing at least 10 credits (~$10, one-off) raises the daily cap on :free model variants from 50 to 1000 requests/day. The per-minute limit is 20 RPM either way. The credits are yours to spend on paid models; the raised free-tier cap is the side effect. |
| Access barrier | credit-card |
| How you get a credential | web-form (stated on the row) |
| Agent-usable | True |
| Evidence | documented |
| Confidence | verified |
| Last verified | 2026-08-24 |
| Source | https://openrouter.ai/docs/api-reference/limits |
| Caveats | Not free — it requires a real $10 purchase, which is why it is deal_type spend_unlock and not a free row; the underlying 50/day free tier (afr-0010) needs no spend. OpenRouter's docs state the threshold as "at least 10 credits" purchased, cumulative rather than a balance you must maintain, but they do not say what happens if you spend the credits down, so treat the persistence of the raised cap as unconfirmed. Free variants remain subject to upstream availability and to per-model rate limits below the account cap. |
No measured example — this row is evidence: documented: it states what the provider's own page advertised on the date shown, and this worker holds no credential to call it. The provider's documentation is the source: https://openrouter.ai/docs/api-reference/limits
Rendered 2026-08-25 01:29 UTC. Machine-readable: ai-deals.json.