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That’s great for the team. Though as a user of openrouter, I am worried that the much larger company will soon find ways to enshittify it :S

Switching costs are zero and alternatives are plentiful.

OpenRouter is a name.

You're right in that OpenRouter alone does not have embedded switching costs, but bundled with Stripe's other offerings, it creates lock-in.

What are some good alternatives?

Some other comments suggested https://cortecs.ai/. I never tested it, but from a brief look, it does seem a viable alternative.