Packaging change·Jun 29 → Jul 6, 2026·Week 28, 2026·AI & Machine Learning
OpenRouter swaps free BYOK request quotas for dollar-based fee thresholds
What changed
Metric change
BYOK Limits changed from free-request quotas (1M/5M reqs/month) to dollar-based inference thresholds ($25,000 PAYG, $200,000 Enterprise) before a 5% fee; Enterprise no longer shows opaque custom pricing.
Before and after
Jun 29, 2026 vs Jul 6, 2026Pulse.
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What changed
BYOK Limits changed from free-request quotas (1M/5M reqs/month) to dollar-based inference thresholds ($25,000 PAYG, $200,000 Enterprise) before a 5% fee; Enterprise no longer shows opaque custom pricing.
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