Snapshot Sample data
The GridRouter Grid: AI Utilities
- Rated vendors
- 2
- Not yet rated
- 15
- Calls behind the scores
- 388.1K
- Leaders
- 1
AI Utilities on the Grid
Hover or focus a vendor for its scores; select it for its profile. The table below carries the same numbers.
- Leaders1
OpenRouter- Performers1
Diffbot
- Visionaries0
- None this snapshot
- Specialists0
- None this snapshot
Scores
Execute and Coverage are 0-100. The part columns are the 0-1 inputs to Execute, measured over the trailing 30 days.
| Vendor | Quadrant | Execute | Coverage | Reliability | Fill | Accuracy | Speed | Value | Calls | Since last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaders | 96.5 | 57.8 | 94% | 98% | 92% | 100% | 100% | 382K | -1.1 / -0.9 | |
| Performers | 67.3 | 49.8 | 52% | 89% | 90% | 58% | 17% | 6.1K | +1.1 / +2.0 |
Strengths and cautions
Written from the scores and the vendor research, not by an analyst's hand.
OpenRouterLeadersStrengths
- Best reliability in the category: 99.7% success over 382k calls
- Best fill rate in the category: fill 98.2% over 382k calls
- Best accuracy in the category: accuracy 92%
Cautions
- No SOC 2 or GDPR statement in our research yet
DiffbotPerformers
Strengths
No category-best metric yet.
Cautions
- Low value per verified hit: $0.0099 per verified hit
What the quadrants mean
Leaders
High execution, broad coverage
Measured results are strong and the vendor covers most of what the category asks for, with an API you can buy and audit.
1 vendor: OpenRouter
Performers
High execution, narrower coverage
Measured results are strong on the jobs they cover. Fewer capabilities, thinner API surface or less transparent pricing keep them left of the line.
1 vendor: Diffbot
Visionaries
Broad coverage, execution still proving out
Wide capability and API coverage, but routed traffic has not yet shown results at the level of the category's best.
0 vendors
Specialists
Focused niche
Narrow by design or early in our data. Often the right pick for one job; check the scores for that job before routing to them.
0 vendors
Changes since the last snapshot
No vendor changed quadrant since the Aug 31, 2026 snapshot.
Not yet rated
Vendors in AI Utilities that we have researched but that don't have 5,000 routed calls behind them yet. They are listed, not placed.
| Vendor | Why not rated | API | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Per-token model pricing | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | No public API | Free; Launch $167/mo; Growth $446/mo | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Per-token; Model Vault from $4.00/hour per instance | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | From $0.15/1M input (cache miss, off-peak) | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Per 1M tokens; $1 free credits | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Free plan; Developer plan pay per token | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Token-based; free API key tier | |
| Mistral AI API | Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Per-token; e.g. Mistral Large $0.5/M input tokens |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Per-token model pricing | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Search $1–$5 / 1,000 requests; Extract $1 / 1,000 URLs | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Search API $5 per 1K requests | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Free 500 credits; Starter $20/mo | |
| Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Per 1M tokens by model; Batch API discounted | |
| xAI API | Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | Per 1M tokens by model (e.g. $2.00 input) |
| You.com APIs | Researched; no routed traffic yet | Self-serve API | $100 free credits; usage-based |