OpenRouter
OpenRouter's May Release Spotlight (published 2026-06-01) introduces the Pareto Code Router as a new way to set a min coding score and route to the cheapest code-capable model that clears the configured quality bar, framing it as a way for coding agents to stop overpaying for good-enough code. The router ships with con Pareto Code is positioned in the release as one of several routing and orchestration options OpenRouter shipped that month, complementing Auto Router (Beta) and the new Model Fusion plugin that ensembles multiple models per request. The combination signals OpenRouter's push to give developers cost/quality control knobs