Text Generator vs OpenRouter

Both services give one OpenAI-compatible endpoint for many models. Text Generator also provides a semantic auto router and first-party speech, vision and embedding endpoints, and OpenRouter is one of its fallback providers.

Feature	Other	Text Generator
Unified endpoint	Yes	Yes
Auto routing profiles	Provider-side routing options	Task-based profiles: fast, cheap, code, reasoning, vision
Speech, captioning, embeddings	Not the focus	Native endpoints included
Open source stack	No	Yes, self-hostable

Feature sets change; verify details on each provider's own documentation.

Quick start

curl

curl https://api.text-generator.io/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TEXT_GENERATOR_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"text-generator/auto","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Write a haiku about routers"}]}'

Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(api_key="YOUR_SECRET", base_url="https://api.text-generator.io/v1")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="text-generator/auto",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about routers"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: process.env.TEXT_GENERATOR_SECRET, baseURL: "https://api.text-generator.io/v1" });
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "text-generator/auto",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Write a haiku about routers" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);

Pricing

Cloud plan $19/month or $190/year; pay-as-you-go API credits at $0.01 each; self-hosting the open source stack is free. Model rates are listed per 1M tokens at https://text-generator.io/models. See pricing

FAQ

Is the API OpenAI compatible?

Yes. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.text-generator.io/v1 and use your Text Generator secret as the API key. Chat completions, streaming and model listing use the OpenAI request and response format.

How much does it cost?

Cloud plan $19/month or $190/year; pay-as-you-go API credits at $0.01 each; self-hosting the open source stack is free. Model rates are listed per 1M tokens at https://text-generator.io/models.

Can I self-host it?

Yes. The stack is open source at github.com/TextGeneratorio/text-generator.io and can be self-hosted for free.