fal.ai vs OpenRouter

Production endpoints for image, video and audio models billed per call or per second

Run private models on dedicated NVIDIA GPUs with autoscaling and scale-to-zero

Inference engines tuned for diffusion and audio workloads

Single API endpoint for 300+ models from dozens of providers

Requests automatically route to the best available provider for each model

Drop-in replacement using the OpenAI SDK format

Routes to the fastest or cheapest provider based on your preference

Pay per token with no minimum commitments or subscriptions

Reduced pricing for cached input tokens on supported models