Comparison

Cloudflare AI Gateway vs MLflow

On the evidence we track, Cloudflare AI Gateway leads this comparison with a composite score of 81/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Cloudflare AI Gateway full profile →MLflow full profile →

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★Cloudflare AI Gateway81

MLflow76

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Cloudflare AI GatewayLeader	MLflow
Vioscale score	81 / 100low · 37%	76 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$0.05	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	15
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.5
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 80 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=mlflow&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 27 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	5,089
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	27,687
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	9,993,245
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	10
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

Cloudflare AI Gateway81 / 100low · 37%

MLflow76 / 100medium · 63%

Pricing

Free tier

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Model

Cloudflare AI Gatewayfreemium

MLflowcommercial

Price level

Cloudflare AI Gatewaylow

MLflowfree

Starting price

Cloudflare AI Gateway$0.05

MLflow–

Transparent

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Integrations

Count

Cloudflare AI Gateway8

MLflow15

Security

Scorecard

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflow5.5

Vulnerabilities

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflowCount: 80 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=mlflow&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 27 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Adoption

Dependent repos

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflow5,089

Github stars

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflow27,687

Package downloads weekly

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflow9,993,245

Activity

Commits last 30d

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflow100

Release

Cadence days

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflow10

History

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflow20 items

License

Spdx

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflowApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Cloudflare AI Gateway–

MLflowPython

Market

Availability

Cloudflare AI GatewayAvailable worldwide

MLflow–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for llm gateways. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Llm Gateways
Capability	Cloudflare AI Gateway	MLflow
Capabilities
Openai compatible API	✓	✓
Automatic failover	✓	-
Routing strategy	-	-
Caching	Exact	-
Virtual key management	-	-
Budget spend controls	-	✓
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Guardrails moderation	Built in	Built in
Request cost observability	✓	✓
Streaming support	-	✓
Deployment model	Managed SaaS	Self hosted
Open source	✗	✓
Pricing model	Usage based saas	free_open_source

Capabilities

Openai compatible API

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Automatic failover

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow-

Routing strategy

Cloudflare AI Gateway-

MLflow-

Caching

Cloudflare AI GatewayExact

MLflow-

Virtual key management

Cloudflare AI Gateway-

MLflow-

Budget spend controls

Cloudflare AI Gateway-

MLflow✓

Rate limiting

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Guardrails moderation

Cloudflare AI GatewayBuilt in

MLflowBuilt in

Request cost observability

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Streaming support

Cloudflare AI Gateway-

MLflow✓

Deployment model

Cloudflare AI GatewayManaged SaaS

MLflowSelf hosted

Open source

Cloudflare AI Gateway✗

MLflow✓

Pricing model

Cloudflare AI GatewayUsage based saas

MLflowfree_open_source

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Cloudflare AI Gateway

Leader

A platform providing visibility into AI API usage through analytics and logging, with controls for caching, rate limiting, and request management across multiple AI providers.

Independently observed

MLflow

A comprehensive, open-source platform that provides experiment tracking, model registry, LLM tracing, prompt management, and deployment capabilities across the complete machine learning and AI lifecycle

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cloudflare AI Gateway

Leader

from $0.05/million requestsHybridFree tier

Free core features; usage-based pricing for requests on paid plans. Inference costs passed through at provider rates with no markup.

FreeFree
- Dashboard analytics
- Caching
- Rate limiting
- Request retries
- Model fallback
- +1 more
Workers Paid$0.05 per million requests after 10M/month included
- All free features
- 10M logs per gateway
- Logpush
- DLP with full profiles (if Zero Trust included)
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

MLflow

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Cloudflare AI Gateway	MLflow
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

CLI

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Cloudflare AI Gateway✓

MLflow✗

Self-hosted

Cloudflare AI Gateway✗

MLflow✓

On-premise

Cloudflare AI Gateway✗

MLflow✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)

OpenAI
Anthropic
Google Gemini

Cloudflare AI Gateway

Leader

10 total - 7 not shared

Workers AI
Vectorize
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Third-party LLM models
Replicate
Cloudflare Workers
Agent Memory

Independently observed

MLflow

28 total - 25 not shared

Databricks
AWS S3
Google Cloud Storage
Azure Storage
AzureML
Kubernetes
LangChain
Pydantic AI
Anthropic Claude
SAP AI Core
JFrog
Aliyun
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MSSQL
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
Gemini
Ollama
OpenClaw
Qwen Code
LiteLLM
Amazon S3
OpenTelemetry/OTLP
+1 more

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.