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Save 80% for video generations. OpenRouter for videos and images

VideoRouter launched a unified API for video and image generation models that charges a flat 2% platform fee, compared with 5% on OpenRouter, claiming users can save up to 80% on video generations. The service provides one endpoint to access Sora 2, Veo 3, Kling 2.5, Wan 3.0, Seedance 2.5, MiniMax, and more than 15 other video models, routing each request to the cheapest healthy host among Fal, WaveSpeedAI, Atlas Cloud, Replicate, and Novita. VideoRouter said it negotiates volume GPU pricing, resyncs live per-generation rates, batches non-urgent renders, and self-hosts select open-weight checkpoints, and it is OpenAI SDK-compatible via a base URL change.

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            One API for all video and image models

Always find the best price.

Access Sora, Kling, Veo, Minimax, and 15+ video models through a single interface.

One flat 2% platform fee β€” vs. 5% on OpenRouter.

The OpenRouter alternative for video & image models

  • 2% fee
  • flat, all-inclusive
  • Full transparency
  • into each model's price, latency & quality

Day 0 access to the best model with lowest price. #

Explore all models

Image to Video

Seedance 2.5

Text to Video

Wan 3.0

Image to Video

Kling 2.5

Text to Video

Veo 3

Text to Video

Sora 2

Text to Image

Seedream 5.0 Pro

Text to Image

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The architecture

Not another router. An optimization layer. #

One endpoint in. Every model, max uptime. We shop Fal, WaveSpeedAI, Atlas Cloud, Replicate, Novita, and more for the best price on every model, every request β€” and health-check every host continuously so your app fails over automatically and stays online.

Your application

VideoRouter

Inference Optimization Layer

Inside the layer: cost optimization

Six ways we lower your spend. #

We negotiate lower prices

We negotiate volume pricing directly with GPU-hosting providers, so you get rates much cheaper than going direct.

We route to the cheapest host for that model

The same open-weight model β€” Wan, HunyuanVideo, MiniMax H3 β€” is hosted by multiple providers at different prices. We route every generation to whichever host is cheapest and healthy right now.

We track live prices, not stale ones

Video/image hosts change per-generation and per-second rates constantly. We resync prices continuously across every provider, so you never overpay against a stale number.

We batch non-urgent renders

Latency-tolerant video and image jobs run through provider batch queues at a discount, and we pass those savings straight through to you.

We serve open-source models ourselves

For select open-weight checkpoints, we run the model ourselves β€” cutting out the reseller markup entirely.

We charge less

Just a flat 2% platform fee β€” vs. 5% on OpenRouter β€” on every render, every model.

The full layer

We hide the complexity. You just get results. #

Everything below runs automatically, on every request, under a single flat 2% fee.

Price, latency, and quality for every provider β€” in one place, live β€” so you never have to guess who's cheapest or fastest for the model you want.

Cost optimization

Every render is priced against the cheapest host serving that model at your requested resolution and duration β€” automatically, not by hand.

Spending control

Set budgets and limits per key, project, or team, and get alerted before spend runs away β€” not after the invoice.

Model routing

One API for every video & image model β€” Fal, WaveSpeedAI, Atlas Cloud, Replicate, Novita, and closed hosts like Sora, Veo, and Kling. Swap models with a single string change.

Retry / failover

If a host degrades or rate-limits mid-render, we fail over transparently β€” your app never sees the outage.

Price, latency & quality, in one place

Every provider hosting a given model, side by side β€” live price, measured latency, and benchmark quality β€” so you can see who's actually cheapest and fastest, not guess.

Performance optimization

We track latency and throughput per host and route toward whoever is fastest for your render right now.

Quickstart

Already on the OpenAI SDK? Change one line. #

Point your base URL at VideoRouter and call any open-source or closed video/image model directly β€” same request format, one API key, a flat 2% fee.

  • OpenAI-compatible β€” no code rewrite
  • Works with any host's key, or bring your own
  • 2% fee on every request β€” vs. 5% on OpenRouter
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://videorouter.sh/api/v1",
    api_key="llmr_sk_...",
)

video = client.videos.create(
    model="wan-2.2",
    prompt="A drone shot over a neon-lit city at night",
    seconds=5,
)

print(video.id)

Plug in once. Let the layer do the rest. #

Create a developer account, grab an API key, and point your OpenAI SDK at us β€” every video & image host, price, latency, and failover, optimized automatically.

OpenAI-compatible Β· one API key Β· 2% fee.

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