Free model routesPartially privateHigh confidence
OrcaRouter
Operated by Continuum AI Corp.
4 model routes currently listed at zero price.
Free accessFree model routes
Payment cardNo
AccountRequired
Sources9 first-party links
API endpoint
https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1Models mentioned
deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-freedeepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-freeqwen/qwen3.8-27b-freetencent/hy3-freeEquivalent paid value
How this was valued: The published allowance or a defensible paid comparison is not precise enough to calculate.
Free request limits conflict across first-party surfaces and the free aliases do not have stable like-for-like paid rates.
Limits and terms
- Published General Numeric Limits
- No
- Exhausted Behavior
- HTTP 429 or free-quota-exhausted; the wallet is not charged by the free router.
- Recent Announcement Snapshot
- Requests Per Minute
- 10
- Requests Per Day
- 50
- After 20 USD Cumulative Workspace Payments
- Requests Per Minute
- 20
- Requests Per Day
- 1,000
- Caveat
- The launch announcement, localized offer page, and live catalog differed during the 2026-08-21 audit; prefer the signed-in offer/account state.
What happens to your prompts?
Partially privateReviewed
OrcaRouter says it does not retain or train on content, but independently governed upstream providers receive the requests.
- Plan Scope
- OrcaRouter gateway; upstream provider policies separately govern routed processing.
- Prompt Retention
- OrcaRouter states prompt and output content is processed in transit and not logged, stored, or retained by OrcaRouter.
- Response Retention
- Not retained by OrcaRouter.
- Ordinary Logging
- Request metadata needed for operation, security, and billing is retained without prompt or output content.
- Model Training
- OrcaRouter states it does not train models on user content.
- Product Improvement
- Performance and reliability improvement uses metadata rather than prompt or output content.
- Human Or Operator Access
- OrcaRouter states it keeps no content copy; the selected upstream provider necessarily processes the request under its own controls.
- Subprocessors And Routing
- Prompts and responses are disclosed to upstream LLM providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Together AI, and Groq; their terms and privacy policies apply.
- Deletion Controls
- Users may delete accounts and exercise privacy rights; metadata follows the published retention schedule and legal exceptions.
- Caveat
- OrcaRouter's no-retention promise covers its gateway, not the independently governed upstream provider.
Governing documents
- Terms Of Service
- https://www.orcarouter.ai/terms.html
- Privacy Policy
- https://www.orcarouter.ai/privacy.html
Eligibility
- Account Required
- Yes
- Payment Method Required
- No
- Free Models May Require Claim
- Yes
Primary sources
Official ProductOrcaRouter offershttps://www.orcarouter.ai/offersOfficial ProductFree routerhttps://www.orcarouter.ai/models/orcarouter/freeLive CatalogModels endpointhttps://api.orcarouter.ai/v1/modelsOfficial PricingPricinghttps://www.orcarouter.ai/pricingCompany Press Release · 2026-05Hosted OrcaRouter launchhttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/orcarouter-launches-the-open-llm-api-router--zero-markup-mit-licensed-100-models-302766356.htmlOfficial TermsTerms of Servicehttps://www.orcarouter.ai/terms.htmlOfficial PrivacyPrivacy Policyhttps://www.orcarouter.ai/privacy.htmlOfficial RepositoryOrcaRouter Lite open-source router by Continuum AI Corp.https://github.com/Continuum-AI-Corp/OrcaRouter-LiteCode Hosting StatsContinuum AI GitHub organizationhttps://github.com/Continuum-AI-Corp