Owl Alpha is a high-performance foundation model designed for agentic workloads. Natively supports tool use, and long-context tasks, with strong performance in code generation, automated workflows, and complex instructio
Hosted API only
No self-host path — closed weights.
Owl Alpha's weights aren't published. Use it via the access providers below.
Where to use it
Cheapest hosted endpoints.
| Provider | Access | $/M in | $/M out | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | api aggregator | — | — | Launch ↗ |
Performance
Speed across providers.
Tokens/sec and time-to-first-token measured against the same prompt template on each provider's API.
| Provider | Tokens/sec | TTFT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | 12.8 | 3301 ms | 8846 ms |
FAQ
Frequently asked.
How do I run Owl Alpha?
Owl Alpha is a closed-source API model. The cheapest way to access it is through the API providers listed on this page (direct API, aggregators, and hosted chat UIs).
Where can I access Owl Alpha?
Owl Alpha is available via OpenRouter. Each access option lists its own pricing (per million tokens or hourly hosting).
How much does it cost to run Owl Alpha?
API pricing starts at $0.0/M input tokens and $0.0/M output tokens. Self-hosting cost depends on the GPU you rent — see the Run It Yourself tab.
Is Owl Alpha open-source or proprietary?
Owl Alpha is a proprietary model from Openrouter. Access is API-only — there are no public weights to download.
Context window
How much it can remember.
1M tokens
≈ 786,567 English words
4K
32K
128K
1M
Capabilities
What it can do.
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Vision input
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Audio input
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Video input
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Function calling
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Tool use
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JSON mode
✓
Streaming
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Fine-tuning