# Auto Router (Beta)

Provider: openrouter  
Category: image  
Model ID: `openrouter/auto-beta`

Auto Router (Beta) is a task-aware router from OpenRouter. It classifies each request, then routes it the [most popular model](/rankings#task-spend) for that task based on aggregate spend, filtered by your...

## Specs

- Context length: 2000000 tokens
- Max output: unknown tokens
- Modalities: text, image, audio, file, video
- Released: 2026-07-17

## Verdict

Auto Router is OpenRouter's experimental request dispatcher that picks the best available model for each prompt based on real-time performance and availability. It targets cost-conscious teams who want decent results without model selection overhead. The trade-off is unpredictability — you sacrifice control over which model runs your request, making debugging harder and output quality variable. Reach for this when you're prototyping or running low-stakes batch jobs where consistency matters less than average cost per token.

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Last verified: 2026-09-04T02:00:56.012Z  
Canonical URL: https://switchy.build/directory/models/auto-beta