Our take
Chutes is a small host for downloadable models, and its cheapest listed offer sits well below the rest of its own line-up. It states it does not train on prompts, but its compliance and data-residency posture is unverified in our data.
Use it for cost-sensitive work on Gemma 4 31B, the cheapest row it lists, or to reach Kimi K2.6, GLM 5.1 and Qwen3 27B variants without running them yourself. Skip it if you need a verified security attestation or a European endpoint, or if you want measured quality or speed before you commit.
- Its Gemma 4 31B offer is the cheapest row it lists, well under its own Kimi K3 rate, so it is the one to start with if the bill decides the choice.
- It states it does not train on prompts, which matters if client or internal material is going through it.
- Headquarters country, a European endpoint, an independent security attestation and a zero-retention option are all unverified in our data, so regulated or EU-bound work needs confirming with the host first.
- No benchmark score or throughput figure is recorded for any of its offers, so judging output means a trial on your own work.
Point your tools here
We have not recorded what a router needs for Chutes yet — no base URL and no docs link on file. That is our gap, not a sign Chutes has no API; its own documentation is the place to look until we close it.
Privacy & data handling
These answers cover requests sent to Chutes through OpenRouter, as OpenRouter records them, last read 3 hours ago. For Chutes's own API we hold no answer: check its terms. SOC 2 and the data processing agreement below are hand-checked, not part of that sync.