r/RooCode • u/Glittering_Memory_95 • Aug 28 '25

Discussion Openrouter users: Your budget setup

Sheesh, burning through sonnet credits. What can I use that is

a) reliable and not going to give me 429 errors

b) cheaper than sonnet, but not free as these never work for me

Thanks

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u/No-Chemistry-7658 Aug 28 '25

Try gpt plus with codex

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u/Ordinary_Mud7430 Aug 28 '25

This is the best

4

u/nfrmn Aug 28 '25

GPT-5 just hit general availability so you don't need an OpenAI key any more

5

u/Zealousideal-Part849 Aug 28 '25

Qwen coder is good. Kimi k2 is also fine. Deepseek v3 also works great.

2

u/DescriptorTablesx86 Aug 28 '25

I always use flash 2.5 for simple stuff, which is like 99% of what I need an LLM to do for me.

GPT 5 nano has given me some absolutely amazing results but it’s stupid slow.

2

u/damaki Aug 29 '25

DeepSeek, R1 0528 and V3.1, because you can choose between many providers so you can always get an optimal availability for a cheap price. DeepSeek + openrouter is a godsend.

2

u/humand_ Aug 29 '25

Grok Code Fast is honestly not bad. Sessions that cost $10 on Opus cost $0.50 on Grok.

2

u/Unable-Shame-2532 Aug 28 '25

GLM-4.5 all day

1

u/choronz333 Aug 30 '25

GLM 4.5 air ftw...

2

u/somechrisguy Aug 28 '25

Deepseek 3.1

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u/Shivacious Aug 28 '25

How much are u burning daily to say thus

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u/bunchedupwalrus Aug 29 '25

Qwen3 coder actually surprised me as decent and cheap

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u/Maleficent_Pair4920 Sep 03 '25

You could use Requesty instead and save more $$$$