Models & Providers
The hosted BitRouter Cloud provider — one account, no upstream keys — the full model catalog with pricing, and automatic discounts on open models.
The BitRouter Cloud provider lets an agent call any model below with a single BitRouter account — no upstream provider keys, no per-provider signups. You pay BitRouter directly at the prices listed here, billed per request; failed requests aren't billed.
bitrouter auth login # one-time device-flow sign-in
bitrouter start # the `bitrouter` provider auto-enables once signed inPrefer your own provider accounts? Use BYOK instead — you pay providers directly at their list price. Running your own model? See local & private models (free).
Supported models & pricing
Prices are USD per million tokens, refreshed continuously from the live catalog. Open models are served 25% below official by default — see Discounted open models below.
Providers
Every model above is served by one or more registered providers. Membership lives in the public, open-source provider-registry — anyone can register a provider. The list refreshes from the registry continuously, so a newly-merged provider shows up within minutes.
Discounted open models
BitRouter runs its own self-hosted provider for open models, priced 25% below official rates. You get that price automatically — and open-source builders can apply for a deeper custom discount.
25% off by default
Every model except the closed-source families — OpenAI (gpt-*), Anthropic (claude-*), Google (gemini-*), and xAI (grok-*) — is served by BitRouter's self-hosted provider at 25% below the model's official price.
This takes no suffix and no configuration. Because the self-hosted provider is the cheapest source for these models, normal routing already sends your requests there and bills the discounted rate. (The four closed-source families above aren't on the self-hosted provider, so they route to their usual upstreams at standard pricing.)
Pin to the self-hosted provider with :discount
Append :discount to a model id to route the request specifically to BitRouter's self-hosted provider:
curl http://127.0.0.1:4356/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6:discount",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Translate to French: Hello."}]
}'The suffix rides on the model string — no body fields, no SDK — and works the same on the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google surfaces (/v1/messages, /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent). Use it to guarantee your traffic lands on the discounted self-hosted supply; it's also where any custom discount on your account applies.
Custom discounts up to 50% for open-source projects
Building an open-source agent harness or another open-source project on BitRouter? We offer customized discounts — up to 50% off — for you and your community.
Reach out to set it up:
- Email kelsenliu@bitrouter.ai
- Or book a meeting with the founder:
How is this guide?
Self-Hosted vs Cloud
Understand what running BitRouter self-hosted gives you out of the box, and what BitRouter Cloud adds on top — so you can choose the right starting point.
Models
On BitRouter a model is an aggregate served by many providers — reached through four protocols, ranked per request, with discounted open supply.