Model mix widens: teams route across more labs and self-host more
OpenRouter data cited by Kilo says customers spending $100+ a month now use a median of 6 model families, double a year ago. Kilo's own dashboard shows the leading model changing by agent role, with no model above 30% of any role.
Developers can expect per-agent model defaults rather than one default model: cheaper open models for code and debug, frontier models for review. Kilo points to per-agent settings in Settings → Models or kilo.jsonc, local models in Kilo Desktop, and Auto Efficient routing.
Source: blog.kilo.ai
November 5, 2026 166
