Date: 2026-07-26 THIS VERSION IS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION
Source: 30-day OpenRouter Activity API (2026-06-27 → 2026-07-26)
Prepared by: Clark-H1 (Hermes, profile: clark-h1)
Over the past 30 days, our top 10 models consumed 2.03 billion tokens at a total cost of $185.41. The average cost across all models was $0.09 per million tokens.
If we were to replace these models with their closest Anthropic equivalents (claude-opus-4.8 or claude-sonnet-4), the estimated cost would be $6,424.54 (with prompt caching) to $8,730.74 (without caching) — a 35–47× increase.
The free NVIDIA Nemotron models alone (ranked #4) would add $1,102 in cost if moved to equivalent Anthropic models.
| Model | Tokens (M) | My Total Cost | My $/M | Anthropic Equivalent | Anthropic Cost | Anthropic $/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash | 630.3 | $34.17 | $0.05 | claude-sonnet-4 | $1,447.05 | $2.30 |
| poolside/laguna-s-2.1 | 610.4 | $8.60 | $0.01 | claude-opus-4.8 | $2,253.83 | $3.69 |
| deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro | 302.2 | $61.64 | $0.20 | claude-opus-4.8 | $1,132.72 | $3.75 |
| nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | 295.0 | $0.00 | $0.00 | claude-opus-4.8 | $1,102.09 | $3.74 |
| z-ai/glm-5.2 | 113.2 | $33.81 | $0.30 | claude-sonnet-4 | $249.93 | $2.21 |
| anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 | 23.1 | $29.78 | $1.29 | — (already anthropic) | $88.44 | $3.82 |
| qwen/qwen3.7-plus | 20.3 | $2.07 | $0.10 | claude-sonnet-4 | $47.14 | $2.32 |
| google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview | 16.5 | $9.44 | $0.57 | claude-opus-4.8 | $61.86 | $3.75 |
| moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | 16.0 | $5.77 | $0.36 | claude-sonnet-4 | $37.86 | $2.37 |
| meituan/longcat-2.0 | 1.1 | $0.14 | $0.12 | claude-sonnet-4 | $3.62 | $3.17 |
| TOTAL / AVG | 2,028.2 | $185.41 | $0.09 | $6,424.54 | $3.17 |
| # | Model | Prompt Tokens | Completion Tokens | Total Tokens | My Cost | Anthropic Est. (no cache) | Anthropic Est. (w/ cache) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash | 625,072,587 | 5,209,139 | 630,281,726 | $34.17 | $1,953.35 | $1,447.05 |
| 2 | poolside/laguna-s-2.1 | 609,216,269 | 1,207,561 | 610,423,830 | $8.60 | $3,076.27 | $2,253.83 |
| 3 | deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro | 300,854,877 | 1,384,005 | 302,238,882 | $61.64 | $1,538.87 | $1,132.72 |
| 4 | nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | 293,849,268 | 1,181,756 | 295,031,024 | $0.00 | $1,498.79 | $1,102.09 |
| 5 | z-ai/glm-5.2 | 113,021,357 | 160,956 | 113,182,313 | $33.81 | $341.48 | $249.93 |
| 6 | anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 | 22,938,040 | 188,655 | 23,126,695 | $29.78 | $119.41 | $88.44 |
| 7 | qwen/qwen3.7-plus | 20,145,573 | 201,536 | 20,347,109 | $2.07 | $63.46 | $47.14 |
| 8 | google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview | 16,403,508 | 79,633 | 16,483,141 | $9.44 | $84.01 | $61.86 |
| 9 | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | 15,766,712 | 221,938 | 15,988,650 | $5.77 | $50.63 | $37.86 |
| 10 | meituan/longcat-2.0 | 1,054,882 | 87,175 | 1,142,057 | $0.14 | $4.47 | $3.62 |
| TOTAL | 2,018,323,073 | 9,922,354 | 2,028,245,427 | $185.41 | $8,730.74 | $6,424.54 |
| Model | Closest Anthropic | Tier | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash | claude-sonnet-4 | Mid-tier | Fast efficient workhorse. Strong general reasoning, economical. Sonnet is the closest match for capability tier and token economics. |
| poolside/laguna-s-2.1 | claude-opus-4.8 | Premium | Top-tier coding/reasoning specialist. Trades blows with Opus on SWE-bench. |
| deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro | claude-opus-4.8 | Premium | Elite reasoning MoE (~1T params). Direct competitor to Opus on math/code/science. |
| nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | claude-opus-4.8 | Premium | 550B dense model, strong reasoning benchmarks. Opus-tier capability. (Free tier on OpenRouter.) |
| z-ai/glm-5.2 | claude-sonnet-4 | Mid-tier | Strong bilingual (zh/en) general model. Sonnet-tier on English benchmarks. |
| anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 | — | Premium | Already Anthropic's top model. |
| qwen/qwen3.7-plus | claude-sonnet-4 | Mid-tier | Alibaba's general-purpose workhorse. Sonnet-tier on most benchmarks. |
| google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview | claude-opus-4.8 | Premium | Google's premium multimodal model. Opus-tier reasoning, stronger on vision. |
| moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 | claude-sonnet-4 | Mid-tier | Long-context specialist (1M+). Sonnet-tier for general tasks. |
| meituan/longcat-2.0 | claude-sonnet-4 | Mid-tier | Long-context economical model. Comparable to Sonnet tier. |
Note: These equivalences are based on model capability tiers and benchmark performance from training data (mid-2026). They are approximations — models differ significantly in architecture, latency, context window, and multimodal capabilities. The Anthropic models are used here as pricing reference points, not as direct functional replacements.
OpenRouter pricing used (as of 2026-07-26):
| Model | Prompt ($/M tokens) | Completion ($/M tokens) | Cached Prompt ($/M tokens) |
|---|---|---|---|
| anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 | $5.00 | $25.00 | $0.50 |
| anthropic/claude-sonnet-4 | $3.00 | $15.00 | $0.30 |
Cache assumptions:
Note: The "already anthropic" line (claude-opus-4.8, #6) shows a 3× discrepancy between our actual cost ($29.78) and the estimated cost at OpenRouter list prices ($88.44). This suggests we're receiving a discounted rate or bulk pricing tier not reflected in the public API pricing.
GET https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/activity?date=YYYY-MM-DDGET https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/modelsModel capability comparisons are based on training data knowledge (mid-2026) covering published benchmarks, Chatbot Arena ratings, and model card specifications. These are directional estimates, not verified against a live leaderboard.