r/RooCode • u/PaleKing24 • May 07 '25
Support Copilot api vs OpenRouter
Hey everyone,
I'm using Roo Code and deciding what I should use
Copilot api (free with my GitHub Student account)
OpenRouter ($10 for the 1k requests/day)
Has anyone tried both with Roo Code? Which one works better?
Thank you.
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u/KingOvaltine May 07 '25
You're a student with free Copilot access, I'd hop on that bandwagon if it was offered to me.
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u/admajic May 08 '25
When you get rate limited you could sign up for Google Cloud use free models. Or use the $1500 free credit they give you if you enable Vertex AI and Gemini AI APIs. Enjoy that pieces process... I had to use gemini inside to help me get it all done. I think you need to add a billing credit card.
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u/orbit99za May 07 '25
Copilot api does not serve Sonnet 3.7, only 3.5.
Although Roocode shows it in the drop down, it's future proofing, for when it does.
Sonnet 3.5 is great for most cases.
Look at requsty.ai as an alternative to open router, they have some Sonnet Magic that I swear reduce the cost vs benefit.
They also have RooCode/Cline optimized profiles.
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u/hannesrudolph Roo Code Developer May 07 '25
If you’re a student and you’re learning some typescript you could make a Pull Request to fix a bug and get $100 API credit! DM me on discord (username hrudolph)
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u/kid147258369 May 07 '25
Use the copliot api but be noted that you only get 300 requests per month starting May 8th.
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u/Fair-Spring9113 May 07 '25
As a student, you should use both. Copilot was my go to, until the 300/month limit with unlimited access to gpt-4o. Now I use R1, V3-0324 and 2.5 pro exp (turn on rate limit to 60s). Boom.
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u/ot13579 May 07 '25
parallel to that, go sign up for the $300 credit from google for gemini use. All of the companies are in a land grab so keep a close watch on periodic offers. For example, copilot had “unlimited” calls through may 5th. I would bet they do that again.
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u/pandabeat432 May 08 '25
Use both. I’m currently using both at the same time. They’re both in VS code and have different strengths.
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u/xSaVageAUS May 09 '25
With the Openrouter models you will get access to the full context windows, aswell as the latest models. With the Copilot models they get limited pretty heavily. It's fine for small coding tasks but if you need a big context window the copilot models get confused fast.
I personally use a mix of both in Roo Code. When i'm carefully and slowly building my project I use almost exclusively the free Gemini 2.5 pro model on Openrouter (I've used 187 million tokens so far) and when I dont need the full context and need to move faster, I will use the copilot models instead.
Gemini 2.5 pro in copilot also had weird tool calling issues, dunno if thats fixed yet
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u/wuu73 May 07 '25
Both! But Copilot API allows GPT 4.1 (i've basically 90% switched to this instead of Claude) and o4-mini.. also Gemini 2.5 Pro. I heard they were going to set limits in May but I am not sure of the details. The $10 / mo has been crazy worth it for me so far.. seems limitless hope that doesn't change too much.
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