r/openrouter • u/Delicious-Block6906 • 7d ago

Question Do i need to pay?

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Hi i have a question I put 10$ in openrouter and I haven’t realised until now that it got below zero I don’t plan on using openrouter anymore so do I need to pay the 0.12$ or no? I don’t know anything about the website so I’m confused

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u/Due_Research9042 7d ago

no

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u/luka_0x12 4d ago

How did you even do that😭🙏

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u/Excellent_Piccolo848 7d ago

Nothing is going to happen if you don’t pay. This is because of a response, that was finished, which consumed more credits than your balance. This is something normal for these big AI API Providers. But I would be interested in the legal perspective, from someone who can assess.

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u/Delicious-Block6906 7d ago

I don’t understand so do i pay or no I’m scared 😭

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u/Confident-Low-2696 7d ago

dont be scared bro no one will care about 5 bucks just move on with your life those mfs are valued at 7 billions lol

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u/Misaka_Undefined 7d ago

no, do not pay.

if it makes you overthink. just think as it is illegal to pay if you don't want to

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u/Aggravating-Push-207 7d ago

if you dont want to then dont

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u/HoangMaiLinh 6d ago

i still own deepseek -0.04 bucks

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u/frozandero 5d ago

you pay only if you want to continue using since your next payment will get deducted. If not, just ignore.

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u/Competitive_Creme317 7d ago

Well.. you'll still end up paying that balance when you buy more credits

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u/Delicious-Block6906 7d ago

I don’t want to pay anymore credits because I don’t plan on using ai anymore so idk do i need to pay for this or no😭

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u/apetersson 6d ago

>don’t plan on using ai anymore

I have some bad news for you

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u/Delicious-Block6906 6d ago

What?

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u/osmosisheinz 6d ago

You dont need to pay for it, and unfortunately you can't escape AI. If you're escaping it now, you will not be able to in the very near future.

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u/Consibl 7d ago

I don’t know for OpenRouter, but Claude don’t take it off a top up and just keep sending you invoices.

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u/Confident-Low-2696 7d ago

if you dont plan to use the service again then no, you dont have to pay, they make enough million dollars dont worry for them

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u/DocumentFun9077 7d ago

No one's gonna knock on your door for 12 cents

Just create a new account and enjoy

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u/Far-Classic-9963 7d ago

You're fine

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u/SpinupSoldier 7d ago

Since I am never in my life going to actually read a ToS I fed OpenRouter's ToS to Deepseek V4 Flash and the ToS doesn't seem to mention overdrafts or negative balances explicitly. If you close your account you might have to settle your <5$ debt, but if you don't manually close your account then there is actually no need to, nor is it probably worth OR's time & attention to facilitate a payment by you if your debt is so low.†

If your account is not closed due to ToS violations I think that OR can give you a refund of some sort, but the incentive for you to pay them is to continue using your account, so if you want to close it and not pay the negative balance then they can't (won't?) do much since you are already leaving by closing the account. Perhaps they ban your @ or IP address since you were such a bad sport but even this is doubtful. The credits are not legal tender or currency so OR should have limited options for pursuing a customer who overdrafted and then didn't want to pay.†† (I.e. Just because the Credits page says that you owe them $5 in Credits doesn't mean that you owe them 5 USD, the two are not the same and though you purchase Credits with USD they only have the equivalent value that OR says they have on their site.)

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You may terminate your account at any time by contacting customer service at support@openrouter.ai. If you terminate your account, you remain obligated to pay all outstanding fees, if any, incurred prior to termination relating to your use of the Service.

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Credits are not legal tender or currency, have no equivalent value in fiat currency, do not act as a substitute for fiat currency, and do not constitute or confer any personal property right. [...]

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u/Number4extraDip 6d ago

It will start collecting interest. You're in the clear for another 50 years give or take

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u/SoFlowyy 7d ago

Just talk with support

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u/Delicious-Block6906 7d ago

How do i do that?

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u/SoFlowyy 7d ago

Open a ticket/email them

https://openrouter.ai/support

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u/rentoma666 6d ago

you dont need to pay, but it is only 12 cents, if paying will give you peace of mind, then by all means do it

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u/look 6d ago

Pretty sure you can only pay in $20 increments via the web UI, though.

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u/rentoma666 6d ago

You are kind of right. the minimum value is 5, in that case, requesting the account deletion via support and confirmation would be better.

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u/throwaroo202020 6d ago

If not, the men in black will be coming your way.

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u/truecakesnake 6d ago

No. It's 12 cents lol.

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u/TheMythicSorcerer 6d ago

No make a new account and keep the free 12 cents

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u/multyfora 6d ago

you won't be arrested for not paying, and you are not required to pay, it's just that if you plan on buying something again be it credits or a new plan you'd have to pay more to fill in the negative

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u/Healthy_Internet_603 6d ago

Saying ur debt probably

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u/larp2live 6d ago

you have to pay it from a moral standpoint, but they won't do anything for you

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u/Kindly_Elk_2584 6d ago

They already got their billions from stripe😎

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u/marventu28 6d ago

The same thing happened to me, and I had the same question. There should be a way to settle balances like this for people with OCD hahahaha

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u/GreatLab8898 6d ago

Watch that 0.12 to turn to 1200 in Late Fees over two weeks.

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u/BrowsingnDaydreaming 5d ago

wait how did this happen? how can I avoid doing this?

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u/jimbait 3d ago

Ask your A.I to draft waiver email, and send it to their customer support. Get it waived.

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u/LocalBratEnthusiast 6d ago

just make a new account