OpenRouter app · rank #8Snapshot 2026-04-27
Descript
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287.0B
Tokens (30d)
5.7M
Requests
$6.40M
Monthly cost
$5.42
Blended $/M tokens
Ranks in the 83th percentile by spend and 83th by raw tokens among the top 30 apps.
Primary driver
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 is Descript's top model at 768.6B — 267.8% of total token volume and 76.4% of monthly cost ($4.89M).
Top-20 model breakdown
Ranked by monthly cost. Prices from OpenRouter's live catalog. Blended $/M = price_in × 72% + price_out × 28%.
| # | Model | Vendor | Tokens | % of vol. | $/M in | $/M out | Blended $/M | Monthly cost | % of spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217 | anthropic | 768.6B | 267.8% | $3.00 | $15.00 | $6.36 | $4.89M | 76.4% |
| 2 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 anthropic/claude-4.6-opus-20260205 | anthropic | 82.6B | 28.8% | $5.00 | $25.00 | $10.60 | $876K | 13.7% |
| 3 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 anthropic/claude-4.5-sonnet-20250929 | anthropic | 57.2B | 19.9% | $3.00 | $15.00 | $6.36 | $364K | 5.7% |
| 4 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 anthropic/claude-4.7-opus-20260416 | anthropic | 9.7B | 3.4% | $5.00 | $25.00 | $10.60 | $102K | 1.6% |
| 5 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 openai/gpt-5.4-20260305 | openai | 6.1B | 2.1% | $2.50 | $15.00 | $6.00 | $37K | 0.6% |
| 6 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite | 191.9B | 66.9% | $0.10 | $0.40 | $0.18 | $35K | 0.6% | |
| 7 | OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini openai/gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 | openai | 39.6B | 13.8% | $0.40 | $1.60 | $0.74 | $29K | 0.5% |
| 8 | OpenAI: GPT-5.5 openai/gpt-5.5-20260423 | openai | 2.1B | 0.7% | $5.00 | $30.00 | $12.00 | $26K | 0.4% |
| 9 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview-20260219 | 3.4B | 1.2% | $2.00 | $12.00 | $4.80 | $16K | 0.3% | |
| 10 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) anthropic/claude-4.6-opus-fast-20260407 | anthropic | 188.5M | 0.1% | $30.00 | $150.00 | $63.60 | $12K | 0.2% |
| 11 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 anthropic/claude-4.5-opus-20251124 | anthropic | 577.2M | 0.2% | $5.00 | $25.00 | $10.60 | $6K | 0.1% |
| 12 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 anthropic/claude-4.5-haiku-20251001 | anthropic | 1.6B | 0.6% | $1.00 | $5.00 | $2.12 | $3K | 0.1% |
| 13 | OpenAI: GPT-5.2 openai/gpt-5.2-20251211 | openai | 505.9M | 0.2% | $1.75 | $14.00 | $5.18 | $3K | 0.0% |
| 14 | Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite google/gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 | 15.5B | 5.4% | $0.07 | $0.30 | $0.14 | $2K | 0.0% | |
| 15 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 moonshotai/kimi-k2.6-20260420 | moonshotai | 107.8M | 0.0% | $0.74 | $4.66 | $1.84 | $198 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro google/gemini-2.5-pro | 37.8M | 0.0% | $1.25 | $10.00 | $3.70 | $140 | 0.0% | |
| 17 | Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) google/gemini-3-pro-image-preview-20251120 | 5.0M | 0.0% | $2.00 | $12.00 | $4.80 | $24 | 0.0% | |
| 18 | Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview-20260226 | 9.6M | 0.0% | $0.50 | $3.00 | $1.20 | $11 | 0.0% | |
| 19 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini openai/gpt-5.4-mini-20260317 | openai | 5.5M | 0.0% | $0.75 | $4.50 | $1.80 | $10 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview google/gemini-3-flash-preview-20251217 | 6.3M | 0.0% | $0.50 | $3.00 | $1.20 | $8 | 0.0% |
Cross-references
- Full leaderboard: OpenRouter app leaderboard
- Inverted view: Which models AI agents actually use
- Related benchmarks: /agentic
- Source: openrouter.ai/apps/descript
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