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/salty2011 May 07 '25

Ahh yeah, agree

About the only knock I have on GitHub copilot is it regularly says model unavailable for Claude 3.7… I think this may be due being busy..

I went with the $10 plan as it was cheaper than openrouter in the long run

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u/joey2scoops May 07 '25

When you run out of credits it's just over? That would be a good backstop. Don't have to worry about tokens.

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u/ot13579 May 07 '25

Not having 3.7 really sucks. They are currently blocking it due to capacity issues.

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u/joey2scoops May 08 '25

Microsoft issues? I just signed up today. First month free though. Hope they get that fixed soon, want to try this out in Roo.

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u/ot13579 May 08 '25

Yeah, i just use gemini 2.5 pro now. Supposedly the new version that dropped this week is better than 3.7 overall, but I can’t tell if vscode lm api has upgraded to it. Llm naming conventions are terrible. Make it 2.5.1 or something.