OpenRouter, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Anthropic API vs LangGraph

The registry records OpenRouter as available only on vendor_api; it is scored here as a model vendor's API.

The registry records Amazon Bedrock AgentCore as available on vendor cloud or private cloud; it is scored here as enterprise SaaS.

The registry records Anthropic API as available only on vendor_api; it is scored here as a model vendor's API.

The registry records LangGraph as available on self-hosted or private cloud or vendor cloud; it is scored here as self-hosted.

For this brief — confidential documents — a model vendor's API is a strong alternative. Change the brief and this verdict changes.

For this brief — confidential documents — enterprise SaaS is conditional: worth it only if the conditions in the options section hold. Change the brief and this verdict changes.

For this brief — confidential documents — a model vendor's API is a strong alternative. Change the brief and this verdict changes.

For this brief — confidential documents — self-hosted is a strong alternative. Change the brief and this verdict changes.

Covers your main objective (agent workflow) and 2 of 3 secondary objectives (choosing a model, private company ChatGPT).

Covers your main objective (agent workflow) and 1 of 3 secondary objectives (AI customer-support agent).

Covers your main objective (agent workflow) and 2 of 3 secondary objectives (choosing a model, private company ChatGPT).

Covers your main objective (agent workflow) and 1 of 3 secondary objectives (AI customer-support agent).

You stated no hosting preference, so no option is favoured on that basis. No hard restriction on where processing happens was stated. You did not name a cloud you already run on, so no design is favoured on that basis.

You stated no hosting preference, so no option is favoured on that basis. No hard restriction on where processing happens was stated. You did not name a cloud you already run on, so no design is favoured on that basis.

You stated no hosting preference, so no option is favoured on that basis. No hard restriction on where processing happens was stated. You did not name a cloud you already run on, so no design is favoured on that basis.

You stated no hosting preference, so no option is favoured on that basis. No hard restriction on where processing happens was stated. You did not name a cloud you already run on, so no design is favoured on that basis.

External data transfer: yes. No catalogue deployment names OpenRouter, so this is read from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the best-matching a model vendor's API deployment for this brief. Confidential content leaves your control on the Tools + retrieval (your APIs and data) → Vendor model API link.

External data transfer: some. Computed from “Agent workflow on a managed cloud runtime”, the catalogue deployment that names Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and best matches this brief. Confidential content leaves your premises for your own cloud tenancy ("Private endpoints"). You keep control of the account; the provider is a processor, so a DPA and a documented region apply.

External data transfer: yes. Computed from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the catalogue deployment that names Anthropic API and best matches this brief. Confidential content leaves your control on the Tools + retrieval (your APIs and data) → Vendor model API link.

External data transfer: yes. Computed from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the catalogue deployment that names LangGraph and best matches this brief. Confidential content leaves your control on the Tools + retrieval (your APIs and data) → Vendor model API link.

We hold no fetched residency commitment for OpenRouter. That is a question to put to the vendor, not an assumption to make about them. The vendor is headquartered in United States, which is where a transfer question starts, not where it ends.

We hold no fetched residency commitment for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. That is a question to put to the vendor, not an assumption to make about them. The vendor is headquartered in United States, which is where a transfer question starts, not where it ends.

We hold no fetched residency commitment for Anthropic API. That is a question to put to the vendor, not an assumption to make about them. The vendor is headquartered in United States, which is where a transfer question starts, not where it ends.

Self-hosted: the content stays wherever you run the server, so residency is a property of your own infrastructure rather than a vendor commitment.

We have fetched none of the four commitments for OpenRouter: data processing agreement, subprocessor list, training on customer data, zero retention option. Each is a question for the vendor, and until it is answered it is unknown rather than absent.

We have fetched none of the four commitments for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: data processing agreement, subprocessor list, training on customer data, zero retention option. Each is a question for the vendor, and until it is answered it is unknown rather than absent.

We have fetched none of the four commitments for Anthropic API: data processing agreement, subprocessor list, training on customer data, zero retention option. Each is a question for the vendor, and until it is answered it is unknown rather than absent.

Run on your own infrastructure, so the vendor questions apply only to whatever you still buy. We hold none of the four commitments for this subject, and for a self-hosted deployment none of them is required.

8–22 FDE-days to implement. No catalogue deployment names OpenRouter, so this is read from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the best-matching a model vendor's API deployment for this brief.

8–20 FDE-days to implement. Computed from “Agent workflow on a managed cloud runtime”, the catalogue deployment that names Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and best matches this brief.

8–22 FDE-days to implement. Computed from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the catalogue deployment that names Anthropic API and best matches this brief.

8–22 FDE-days to implement. Computed from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the catalogue deployment that names LangGraph and best matches this brief.

You own the identity integration and joiner/leaver process, the connectors and their credentials, operating-system patching and backups. Assessed difficulty 3/5 is the shape of that work; someone has to hold it after go-live.

The vendor runs the service. Your standing work is access control, the policy staff work under, and re-reading the contract and subprocessor list when they change — not patching or capacity.

You own the identity integration and joiner/leaver process, the connectors and their credentials, operating-system patching and backups. Assessed difficulty 3/5 is the shape of that work; someone has to hold it after go-live.

You own the identity integration and joiner/leaver process, the connectors and their credentials, operating-system patching and backups. Assessed difficulty 3/5 is the shape of that work; someone has to hold it after go-live.

3/5. Starting point 2/5: software you install, run and keep running on your own machines. -0.5 The model runs on the vendor’s infrastructure: there is no capacity planning, no GPU driver, no model upgrade window and no failover for you to design.

4/5. Starting point 2/5: your own tenancy to build in, but no hardware to buy or rack. +0.5 You run the model server yourself: GPU drivers, quantisation choice, memory headroom and restarts are all yours to own.

3/5. Starting point 2/5: software you install, run and keep running on your own machines. -0.5 The model runs on the vendor’s infrastructure: there is no capacity planning, no GPU driver, no model upgrade window and no failover for you to design.

3/5. Starting point 2/5: software you install, run and keep running on your own machines. -0.5 The model runs on the vendor’s infrastructure: there is no capacity planning, no GPU driver, no model upgrade window and no failover for you to design.

USD 6,100 – 43,000 — one-off — for OpenRouter at this headcount. No catalogue deployment names OpenRouter, so this is read from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the best-matching a model vendor's API deployment for this brief.

USD 6,100 – 39,000 — one-off — for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore at this headcount. Computed from “Agent workflow on a managed cloud runtime”, the catalogue deployment that names Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and best matches this brief. Licences are not in that figure: no per-seat price has been read from the vendor’s own pricing page, so the software line is excluded from the total rather than guessed. Read it as implementation only.

USD 6,100 – 43,000 — one-off — for Anthropic API at this headcount. Computed from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the catalogue deployment that names Anthropic API and best matches this brief.

USD 6,100 – 43,000 — one-off — for LangGraph at this headcount. Computed from “Agent workflow on a model vendor’s API”, the catalogue deployment that names LangGraph and best matches this brief.

OpenRouter is a vendor product: you configure what the vendor exposes — policies, connectors, retention settings — and nothing below that line.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is a vendor product: you configure what the vendor exposes — policies, connectors, retention settings — and nothing below that line.

Anthropic API is a vendor product: you configure what the vendor exposes — policies, connectors, retention settings — and nothing below that line.

The registry files LangGraph as open source, so the interface, retrieval behaviour and the model behind it can be changed — subject to the licence, which is a fetched fact on its own page.

9 issues spotted for this brief, 0 of them legal requirements; 0 carry a quote from the instrument they rest on. Leading with: Confidentiality duties bind independently of data protection law.

8 issues spotted for this brief, 0 of them legal requirements; 0 carry a quote from the instrument they rest on. Leading with: Confidentiality duties bind independently of data protection law.

9 issues spotted for this brief, 0 of them legal requirements; 0 carry a quote from the instrument they rest on. Leading with: Confidentiality duties bind independently of data protection law.

7 issues spotted for this brief, 0 of them legal requirements; 0 carry a quote from the instrument they rest on. Leading with: Confidentiality duties bind independently of data protection law.