CloseRouter

New this cycle

86/100 · Trusted+6 7d

OpenRouter-style multi-model gateway aggregating Claude, GPT, and Gemini behind one API. Ships a Cursor-compatible base URL out of the box.

Score history · last 4 weeks

+3 for Q2 audit (matched within 0.6%).

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David Kessler· Co-founder & CTO · CloseRouterClaimed profile

“Thanks for the writeup — public probe data ships next sprint, and Net-30 invoicing is open to anyone billing >$500/mo this week. Email founders@closerouter.dev with the AI Arena tag for a same-day setup.”

Replied 2026-05-15 · verified 2026-05-08

Quick Facts

Pricing model: pay per-token
Free trial: $2 in starter credits, no card required
Payment: stripe, paddle
Region: United States
Model count: 47
Founded: 2025
Measured uptime (30d): 99.78%
Median support reply: 6.1h
Referral program: Yes · 12%
Last verified: 2026-05-15

Per-Token Pricing

per 1M tokens · green = cheaper than official

ModelInput /1MOutput /1Mvs Official

Claude Sonnet 4.6$2.55$12.75

-15%

Claude Haiku 4.5$0.680$3.40

-15%

Claude Opus 4.6$12.75$63.75

-15%

GPT-4o$1.70$6.80

-15%

Gemini 2.0 Flash$0.064$0.255

-15%

claude_opus_47$12.75$63.75

gpt_5_5$1.84$7.34

Verification status

Operator identityVerified

CloseRouter Inc. (Delaware), founders publicly listed.

checked 2026-05-08

Pricing auditVerified

Q2 audit matched within 0.6%.

checked 2026-05-12

Refund policyVerified

checked 2026-05-10

Uptime probesVerified

30-day measured 99.78%.

checked 2026-05-15

Support responseVerified

Median 6.1h on email + Discord.

checked 2026-05-09

Domain controlVerified

checked 2026-04-25

Path to score 70

0/3 done · gap of -16 pts

For the operator to ship

Survive 60 days at current uptime trajectory
+5pt
Publish raw probe data on a status page
+4pt
Add invoiceable Net-30 billing
+3pt

Trust score breakdown

Transparency

65/100

Support

55/100

Payment

80/100

Community

45/100

Longevity

35/100

Champion badges · 2026-Q2

Best Newcomer

Cycle 2026-Q2 · awarded 2026-05-15

Champion

Latency probes

Compare on the leaderboard

Virginia · IAD

392msp50

p95 820ms · 0.08% errors

Frankfurt · FRA

488msp50

p95 990ms · 0.12% errors

Singapore · SIN

612msp50

p95 1310ms · 0.17% errors

Audit results

Cycle 2026-Q2$5.06 spent · 4.8s

Score impact +3

Matched all five tracked models within 0.6%. Cache-read pricing matched.

ModelClaimedMeasuredVerdict

Claude Sonnet 4.6$2.55$2.56(+0.4%)matches

Claude Haiku 4.5$0.680$0.680(+0.0%)matches

Claude Opus 4.6$12.75$12.79(+0.3%)matches

GPT-4o$1.70$1.71(+0.6%)matches

Gemini 2.0 Flash$0.064$0.064(+0.0%)matches

User reviews

4.4 avg · 31 reviews

Tessa Walker@tesswVerified · $48.10 spentvia twitter

★★★★★2026-05-12

Drop-in for OpenRouter, slightly cheaper across the board

We swapped from OpenRouter to CloseRouter for our weekend prototype and our Sonnet bill came down ~14%. Dashboard is rough around the edges but the actual API is rock solid.

22 found this helpful

Anonymoushn:close_uservia hn

★★★★★2026-05-09

Founders are very responsive

Reported a missing Opus quota and got a fix deployed in under an hour. That alone earns a long leash from me. Would still wait 60 days before betting prod traffic.

17 found this helpful

Min-jun Park@mjparkvia form

★★★★★2026-05-06

Cursor base URL just works

Plugged the base URL into Cursor, set the model to claude-sonnet-4-6, no other config. Saved us from writing a router for the team.

9 found this helpful

Score changelog

2026-05-1558+3+3 for Q2 audit (matched within 0.6%).

2026-05-0955+2Operator identity confirmed.

2026-05-0253+3Discord ramped past 500 members.

2026-04-2550±0First tracked.

Supported models

claude-sonnet-4-6claude-haiku-4-5claude-opus-4-6gpt-4ogpt-5gemini-2.0-flashdeepseek-r1

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