OpenRouter Provider Economics

Infrastructure usage, market share, and estimated provider billings

Billings Listed Cache-adjusted

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Sail Research

US · slug sail-research · as of 2026-08-26 (last complete UTC day) · methodology observed_tokens_calibrated_model_mix_observed_pricing

Observed Daily Tokens
49.4B
Observed Monthly Tokens
898.2B
7d Avg Tokens
50.3B
30d Avg Tokens
27.5B
Token Share
0.3%
7d Share Change
—
30d Share Change
+0.2 pts
Models Served
4
Weighted $/M
$1.0300
Est Billings / Day Estimated OpenRouter-attributable billings for August 26th, 2026, using observed provider tokens, calibrated model mix, and endpoint prices.
$32.6K
30-Day Trailing Rev Sum of estimated daily billings over the last 29 complete UTC days ending August 26th, 2026. Actual trailing history, not an extrapolation.
$921.0K
Est Billings / Month Est. Billings / Day × 30 using the August 26th, 2026 daily estimate. Forward month run rate, not trailing calendar-month actuals.
$977.2K
Annualized Run Rate Est. Billings / Day × 365 using the August 26th, 2026 daily estimate. Illustrative annual run rate, not trailing twelve-month actuals.
$11.89M
Revenue Share
0.2%
Provider Rank
#38
Growth Class
—

Daily tokens vs estimated billings

Jul 1, 2026 → Aug 26, 2026 · observed tokens with calibrated model-mix revenue estimates

Estimated billings by model

Stacked daily OpenRouter-attributable billings from this provider’s model mix (similar layout to OpenRouter’s tokens chart, in $)

Model Economics

Model Est Tokens Listed In $/M Listed Out $/M Eff In $/M Eff Out $/M Cache Hit I/O Mix Blended $/M Est Billings % Tokens % Revenue
z-ai/glm-5.2 31.6B $0.5000 $3.1500 — — — — $1.0300 $32.6K 64.0% 100.0%
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash 8.3B — — — — — — — — 16.8% 0.0%
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 5.1B — — — — — — — — 10.3% 0.0%
moonshotai/kimi-k3 4.4B — — — — — — — — 8.9% 0.0%

History since Jul 1

Date Tokens Share $/Day RouteProxy
2026-08-26 49.4B 0.3% $32.6K 0.000
2026-08-25 49.6B 0.3% $49.4K 0.001
2026-08-24 65.3B 0.4% $45.9K 0.001
2026-08-23 37.4B 0.2% $51.6K 0.001
2026-08-22 45.9B 0.3% $42.6K 0.001
2026-08-21 42.7B 0.3% $55.9K 0.001
2026-08-20 60.6B 0.5% $76.5K 0.001
2026-08-18 79.0B 0.6% $132.8K 0.001
2026-08-17 71.2B 0.5% $131.7K 0.001
2026-08-16 23.3B 0.2% $21.2K 0.001
2026-08-15 21.9B 0.2% $21.1K 0.001
2026-08-14 60.4B 0.5% $56.3K 0.001
2026-08-13 71.8B 0.6% $55.9K 0.003
2026-08-12 51.8B 0.5% $56.3K 0.003
2026-08-11 28.5B 0.3% $32.4K 0.003
2026-08-10 9.1B 0.1% $8.6K 0.003
2026-08-09 1.8B 0.0% $1.9K 0.003
2026-08-08 3.0B 0.0% $3.1K 0.003
2026-08-07 6.9B 0.1% $7.0K 0.003
2026-08-06 9.0B 0.1% $6.2K 0.003
2026-08-05 7.5B 0.1% $6.9K 0.003
2026-08-04 6.0B 0.1% $6.2K 0.003
2026-08-03 3.5B 0.0% $3.6K 0.003
2026-08-02 3.0B 0.0% $3.1K 0.003
2026-08-01 2.9B 0.0% $3.0K 0.003
2026-07-31 3.0B 0.0% $3.1K 0.003
2026-07-30 2.0B 0.0% $2.1K 0.003
2026-07-29 1.2B 0.0% $1.3K 0.003
2026-07-28 2.7B 0.0% $2.8K 0.003
2026-07-27 1.9B 0.0% $1.9K 0.003
2026-07-26 1.4B 0.0% $1.4K 0.003
2026-07-25 1.3B 0.0% $1.3K 0.003
2026-07-24 629.6M 0.0% $649 0.003
2026-07-23 167.2M 0.0% $172 0.003
2026-07-22 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-21 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-20 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-19 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-18 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-17 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-16 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-15 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-14 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-13 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-12 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-11 0 0.0% $0.00 0.003
2026-07-10 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-09 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-08 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-07 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-06 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-05 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-04 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-03 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-02 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001
2026-07-01 0 0.0% $0.00 0.001