Dataiku LLM Mesh vs OpenRouter

In short

• Both: Choice of models, API, Traces and evaluates
• Only Dataiku LLM Mesh states: Self-hosted, Search over your data
• Only OpenRouter states: Official SDKs, Builds agents and workflows

Dataiku LLM Mesh

Dataiku LLM Mesh connects applications to multiple hosted and self-hosted LLMs with centralized routing, governance, monitoring, and cost controls.

Plans

Not read from the maker’s page yet.

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Choice of models — “Switch or mix models based on cost, performance, and compliance needs without breaking your applications.” source
• Self-hosted — “Connect to a broad ecosystem of LLM providers and self-hosted models through a secure, agnostic gateway.” source
• API — “Send completion and embedding queries to all LLMs supported by the LLM Mesh” source
• Search over your data — “Interact with knowledge banks, and perform semantic search” source
• Traces and evaluates — “Monitor LLM usage and round-trip performance in real time, cache frequent responses for efficiency, and pick the right model for each task, avoiding runaway spend while meeting SLAs.” source

Security

• SOC 2 Type II — “Dataiku has completed SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II assessments to assure our customers that internal controls are in place to protect their data.” source
• SOC 2 — “Dataiku has completed SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II assessments to assure our customers that internal controls are in place to protect their data.” source
• ISO 27001 — “Dataiku is ISO 27001:2022-certified, demonstrating that it has implemented and maintained an Information Security Management System (ISMS).” source
• ISO 42001 — “Dataiku is ISO 42001:2023-certified for the implementation and governance of its Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS).” source
• GDPR — “Dataiku is compliant with global data protection regulations, such as the GDPR and the CCPA.” source
• HIPAA — “To support the compliance programs for our Healthcare/ Life Sciences customers, Dataiku has voluntarily extended its Trust program to include a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance report.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-04-14 New feature: Leverage existing external Vector Stores (14.5.0)

  Leverage existing external Vector Stores

• 2025-06-27 New feature: Automatic throttling for LLM connections (14.0.0)

  Automatic throttling for LLM connections

• 2025-06-27 New feature: Enhanced documents embedding (14.0.0)

  Enhanced documents embedding

OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides one API for accessing and routing requests across AI models from multiple providers.

Plans

Free

Free

• 25+ free models
• 4 free providers
• Chat and API access
• 50 requests/day
• Community support

Standard

• 5.5%

• 500+ models
• 80+ providers
• Budgets & Spend Controls
• Email support
• $25,000 of list price inference / month with no fees, 5% fee after

Business

• 8%

• 500+ models
• 80+ providers
• EU and US in-region routing
• Workspace limit: 1,000
• Email support
• $25,000 of list price inference / month with no fees, 5% fee after

Enterprise

Price on request

• 500+ models
• Custom workspace limit
• Managed Policy Enforcement
• SSO/SAML
• Contractual SLAs
• Dedicated support team

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Choice of models — “500+ Models” source
• API — “Create an API key and start making requests.” source
• Official SDKs — “Client SDKs” source
• Builds agents and workflows — “Agent SDK” source
• Traces and evaluates — “Activity logs & export” source

Security

• SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type 2” source
• SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type 2” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-22 Batch API: half-price inference by bundling requests

  Batch API lets you bundle requests in one POST, receive results within 24 hours, and typically pay half the per-token price.