Eden AI
Shares rank 3 of 12 LLM routers by recommenders
Recommended as an EU alternative to OpenRouter with pay-as-you-go pricing and failover between providers. Critics note it mostly proxies US and Chinese models with a 5.5% fee.
Recommended as an EU alternative to OpenRouter with pay-as-you-go pricing and failover between providers. Critics note it mostly proxies US and Chinese models with a 5.5% fee.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 12
- approval share
- 43%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 2.5 years
Median of the 3 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Solid product that works well
“Eden AI is a solid product and it’s good that there are alternatives to OpenRouter out there.”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter” “I tested for a week, it is working fine.”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Adds 5.5% fee over proxied models
“Under what circumstances would one pay a 5.5% premium so that an EU-built (but not EU hosted) routing layer could proxy to US/chinese model providers?”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter” “If it's just a pass-through to the same US/China model endpoints with +5.5%, I don't see much reason for devs to switch”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter” “it appears that many of these models are simply proxied from the specific cloud provider with fees attached”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter” - Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter”
Not really EU-independent
“it should be more independent from foreign services if it is to be sold as fully EU-based”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter” “Net souvereignty gain is zero by switching the middle man.”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter” Company registration and imprint unclear
“This website doesn't even comply with general basic standards for imprint and responsible persons and firms behind it.”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter” “as far as I can tell there is no registered French company with that name”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter”
Other LLM routers people recommend
The four most recommended other LLM routers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | 666 | 321 | 67% | 13 | 6 mo8 owners | Approved |
| OpenCode Zen | 36 | 16 | 69% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Eden AIThis page | 9 | 12 | 43% | 2 | 2.5 yrs3 owners | — |
| Cortecs | 9 | 2 | 82% | 6 | — | — |
| Amazon API Gateway | 9 | 9 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
21 of the 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“but then they pivoted to other platoform ideas”
“I've been using them since 2.5 years”
“It's well buried though. Does not seem to be a focus of theirs.”
“Nice, but I could't find pay-as-you-go plan”
“Net souvereignty gain is zero by switching the middle man.”
“for me it's just a play on words”
“It provides failover between multiple providers”
“they have some fishy stuff in their ToS like”
“I tested for a week, it is working fine.”
“Choice of models, including fully european, and pay-as-you-go plan.”
“Eden AI is a solid product and it’s good that there are alternatives to OpenRouter out there.”
“their lack of proper documentation probably makes them more of a liability than an asset”
“If it's just a pass-through to the same US/China model endpoints with +5.5%, I don't see much reason for devs to switch”
“as far as I can tell there is no registered French company with that name”
“Under what circumstances would one pay a 5.5% premium so that an EU-built (but not EU hosted) routing layer could proxy to US/chinese model providers?”
“a "European" router serving mostly US models is (deliberately?) missing the point”
“I can videcode it in 3 hours or maybe even less.”
“it appears that many of these models are simply proxied from the specific cloud provider with fees attached”
“there is 0 differentiation from this and OpenRouter”
“it should be more independent from foreign services if it is to be sold as fully EU-based”
“This website doesn't even comply with general basic standards for imprint and responsible persons and firms behind it.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.