OpenRouter Introduces Flex Tier
strickvl · x · 2026-07-11
OpenRouter has introduced a new flex service tier for models.
It acts somewhat like a discounted version of /batch: eligible models receive a 50% price discount without the need to handle a full asynchronous queue like the batch mode.
The trade-off is that the client may need to handle rate limiting more proactively, and latency will be slower and more volatile. The post mentions that for eligible Gemini models, this tier effectively cuts the price in half.
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