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Chutes AI
Chutes shows up as a provider name on a model’s price table. The call is still an OpenRouter slug.
Updated 2026-09-27
OpenRouter’s Chutes page listed 6 models on 27 Sep 2026. Sample rates on that page included Qwen3.8 27B around $0.24 input and $2.20 output per million tokens, a Moonshot model at $3 / $15 with a context past one million tokens, and a Gemma-class row near $0.12 / $0.37.
Those numbers are Chutes’s rows, not a universal price for the model. The same weights on another provider can be cheaper or offline. When you compare “Chutes AI” to DeepInfra or Together, compare the row, the status, and the latency column on that model page.
To prefer Chutes, set the provider order to their slug in the request. Leave fallbacks on unless you would rather fail than move. Their terms are linked from the provider page.
Questions
Is Chutes a model?
No. It is a provider that hosts models OpenRouter can route to.
Where is the list?
https://openrouter.ai/provider/chutes
Do I need a Chutes key?
Not if you call through OpenRouter. Your OpenRouter key is enough unless you are using bring-your-own-key.
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