Because some tools (AFAIR Kilo Code but I might be wrong) gave it away for free....

ribelo · 2025-11-09T08:44:20 1762677860

Openrouter is not counting tokens used by Kilo or Cline. They have own endpoints.

wqaatwt · 2025-11-09T08:58:39 1762678719

Yet if you go to the actual model’s page:

Cline and Kilo code are in the top 3. So how does that work?

It’s considerably cheaper than competing models like 2.5 flash, though. So its not that surprising

YetAnotherNick · 2025-11-10T12:05:23 1762776323

It doesn't include the free usage. There is a different model named grok code fast 1 free.