Wild West API or OpenRouter?
Wild West API runs on top of OpenRouter, so this is an honest comparison of a reseller against its own source. If price and breadth are what you want, OpenRouter wins. Wild West API exists for the controls layered on top.
Facts checked September 2026 against OpenRouter’s own site, docs and policies.
| Wild West API | OpenRouter | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Hosted gateway for one uncensored, tool capable model line (Xploded), at twice the upstream price. | The unified API Wild West API itself routes through: many providers, routing, fallbacks and policy filters. |
| Pricing | Pay as you go, 2x upstream price, $5 minimum top-up, no subscription required. | Pay as you go on credits. Platform fee 5.5% on card top-ups (5% crypto), 8% on the Business plan. No markup on model prices. |
| OpenAI-compatible | Yes | Yes |
| Anthropic-compatible | Yes, /v1/messages (verified with Claude Code) | Yes, an Anthropic "skin" at /v1/messages (built for Anthropic models) |
| Uncensored / abliterated | Four uncensored models, the Xploded line: GLM 5.3, GLM 5.3 Flash, MiMo V2.6 Flash and Qwen3.8 27B. Every one calls tools. | No models tagged uncensored or abliterated; carries the same finetunes Wild West API resells (e.g. Dolphin Venice) |
| Per-key spend caps | Lifetime and monthly per-key caps, enforced by reserving the worst case and clamping max_tokens | Per-key limits (daily/weekly/monthly) and org budgets; in-flight overrun handling not documented; balances can go negative |
Where OpenRouter is the better choice
- Cheaper for the exact same models: 5.5% on credit top-ups versus Wild West API’s 2x on usage, on the identical catalogue. Wild West API is strictly a pricier way to reach OpenRouter models.
Where Wild West API is different
- Wild West API enforces a cap by reserving the worst-case cost and clamping max_tokens before the call, so a key cannot overrun its lifetime or monthly cap. OpenRouter documents caps but not how an in-flight request that would cross one is handled.
The uncensored models Wild West API sells
If you are comparing OpenRouter because you want an uncensored or abliterated model API, these are the models on Wild West API: Outlaw 1 abliterated, GLM 5.3 uncensored, GLM 5.3 Flash uncensored, MiMo V2.6 Flash abliterated and Qwen3.8 27B uncensored. Every one calls tools, works in Claude Code through the Anthropic endpoint, and is priced at twice what we pay upstream, per million tokens.
| Model | What it is | Context | Price in / out | Supports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlaw 1 Xploded outlaw-1-xploded | Outlaw 1 abliterated API | 1M | $0.30 / $1.00 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| GLM 5.3 Xploded glm-5.3-xploded | GLM 5.3 uncensored API | 1M | $2.50 / $4.50 | tools, reasoning |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded glm-5.3-flash-xploded | GLM 5.3 Flash uncensored API | 1M | $0.40 / $1.60 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded mimo-v2.6-flash-xploded | MiMo V2.6 Flash abliterated API | 1M | $1.00 / $3.00 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| Qwen3.8 27B Xploded qwen3.8-27b-xploded | Qwen3.8 27B uncensored API | 524K | $0.30 / $2.40 | tools, vision, reasoning |
FAQ
Which uncensored models does Wild West API sell?
Wild West API sells Outlaw 1 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded, MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Xploded. The table above has the price and context for each.
Are these models abliterated or uncensored?
Outlaw 1 Xploded and MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded are abliterated: the refusal direction was removed from the weights. GLM 5.3 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Xploded are uncensored: the refusal was trained back out. The abliterated vs uncensored page explains the difference.
Which one answers fastest?
MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded usually starts answering in one to two seconds. The GLM 5.3 Flash model thinks before it answers, so its first word can take much longer.