MagmaRouter vs OpenRouter
OpenRouter wins on price and breadth. MagmaRouter is built around a short uncensored, tool-capable line with hard per-key spend caps, zero retention and signed receipts.
Facts checked September 2026 against OpenRouter’s own site, docs and policies.
| MagmaRouter | OpenRouter | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Hosted gateway for one uncensored, tool capable model line (Xploded). | A unified API over many providers, with routing, fallbacks and policy filters. |
| Pricing | Pay as you go, $5 minimum top-up, no subscription required. | Pay as you go on credits. Platform fee 5.5% on card top-ups (5% crypto), 8% on the Business plan. No markup on model prices. |
| OpenAI-compatible | Yes | Yes |
| Anthropic-compatible | Yes, /v1/messages (verified with Claude Code) | Yes, an Anthropic "skin" at /v1/messages (built for Anthropic models) |
| Uncensored / abliterated | Seven uncensored models, the Xploded line: GLM 5.3, GLM 5.3 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Lite 1017, MiMo V2.6 Flash, Qwen3.8 27B and Qwen3.8 27B Ultrafast. Every one calls tools. | No models tagged uncensored or abliterated; carries loosely aligned finetunes (e.g. Dolphin Venice) |
| Prompt retention | No prompt or completion stored; model, tokens and cost kept 90 days; signed prompt-hash receipt | Zero logging of prompts and completions by default; opt-in logging for a 1% discount; per-request ZDR and data_collection controls |
| Per-key spend caps | Lifetime and monthly per-key caps, enforced by reserving the worst case and clamping max_tokens | Per-key limits (daily/weekly/monthly) and org budgets; in-flight overrun handling not documented; balances can go negative |
Where OpenRouter is the better choice
- Cheaper and broader: a far larger catalogue at list price with a small top-up fee, where MagmaRouter is a short, focused uncensored line.
- More of everything: 20+ free models, BYOK with $25k/month fee-free, provider routing and fallbacks, per-request ZDR and data-collection filters, org guardrails and in-region routing. MagmaRouter has none of these; it sells one short line.
Where MagmaRouter is different
- MagmaRouter enforces a cap by reserving the worst-case cost and clamping max_tokens before the call, so a key cannot overrun its lifetime or monthly cap. OpenRouter documents caps but not how an in-flight request that would cross one is handled.
- MagmaRouter returns a signed receipt (HMAC over the prompt’s SHA-256) on every call and states a 90-day metadata window for billing.
The uncensored models MagmaRouter sells
If you are comparing OpenRouter because you want an uncensored or abliterated model API, these are the models on MagmaRouter: GLM 5.3 uncensored, GLM 5.3 Flash uncensored, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 abliterated, DeepSeek Flash Lite abliterated, MiMo V2.6 Flash abliterated, Qwen3.8 27B uncensored and Qwen3.8 27B Ultrafast uncensored. Every one calls tools, works in Claude Code through the Anthropic endpoint, and is priced per million tokens as listed on its model page.
| Model | What it is | Context | Price in / out | Supports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.3 Xploded glm-5.3-xploded | GLM 5.3 uncensored API | 1M | $2.00 / $5.00 | tools, reasoning |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded glm-5.3-flash-xploded | GLM 5.3 Flash uncensored API | 1M | $0.30 / $1.00 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Xploded deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017-xploded | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 abliterated API | 1M | $1.25 / $2.50 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| DeepSeek Flash Lite Xploded deepseek-v4.1-flash-lite-1017-xploded | DeepSeek Flash Lite abliterated API | 512K | $0.36 / $1.44 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded mimo-v2.6-flash-xploded | MiMo V2.6 Flash abliterated API | 1M | $1.00 / $2.00 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| Qwen3.8 27B Xploded qwen3.8-27b-xploded | Qwen3.8 27B uncensored API | 1M | $1.50 / $5.00 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| Qwen3.8 27B Ultrafast Xploded qwen3.8-27b-fast-xploded | Qwen3.8 27B Ultrafast uncensored API | 524K | $1.75 / $5.50 | tools, vision, reasoning |
FAQ
Why pick MagmaRouter over OpenRouter?
MagmaRouter is a focused uncensored, tool-capable line with hard per-key spend caps and a zero-retention signed receipt. OpenRouter is broader and cheaper. If you do not need the uncensored line or the caps, OpenRouter is the cheaper choice.
Which uncensored models does MagmaRouter sell?
MagmaRouter sells GLM 5.3 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Xploded, DeepSeek Flash Lite Xploded, MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Ultrafast Xploded. The table above has the price and context for each.
Are these models abliterated or uncensored?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Xploded and DeepSeek Flash Lite Xploded and MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded are abliterated: the refusal direction was removed from the weights. GLM 5.3 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Ultrafast Xploded are uncensored: the refusal was trained back out. The abliterated vs uncensored page explains the difference.
Which one answers fastest?
MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded usually starts answering in one to two seconds. The GLM 5.3 Flash model thinks before it answers, so its first word can take much longer.