Comparison

Envoy AI Gateway vs LiteLLM

On the evidence we track, LiteLLM 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.

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Envoy AI Gateway49

★LiteLLM81

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Envoy AI Gateway	LiteLLMLeader
Vioscale score	49 / 100low · 28%	81 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	18	140
Security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fenvoyproxy%2Fai-gateway&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	1,961	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	65	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	11	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Envoy AI Gateway49 / 100low · 28%

LiteLLM81 / 100low · 36%

Pricing

Free tier

Envoy AI Gateway✓

LiteLLM✓

Model

Envoy AI Gatewaycommercial

LiteLLMfreemium

Price level

Envoy AI Gatewayfree

LiteLLMlow

Transparent

Envoy AI Gateway–

LiteLLM✓

Integrations

Count

Envoy AI Gateway18

LiteLLM140

Security

Vulnerabilities

Envoy AI GatewayCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fenvoyproxy%2Fai-gateway&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE

LiteLLM–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Envoy AI Gateway0

LiteLLM–

Github stars

Envoy AI Gateway1,961

LiteLLM–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Envoy AI Gateway65

LiteLLM–

Release

Cadence days

Envoy AI Gateway11

LiteLLM–

History

Envoy AI Gateway20 items

LiteLLM–

License

Spdx

Envoy AI GatewayApache-2.0

LiteLLM–

Language

Primary

Envoy AI GatewayGo

LiteLLM–

Market

Availability

Envoy AI Gateway–

LiteLLMAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Llm Gateways
Capability	Envoy AI Gateway	LiteLLM
Capabilities
Openai compatible API	-	✓
Automatic failover	-	✓
Routing strategy	-	Cost based
Caching	-	-
Virtual key management	-	✓
Budget spend controls	-	✓
Rate limiting	-	✓
Guardrails moderation	-	Built in
Request cost observability	-	✓
Streaming support	-	-
Deployment model	-	Self hosted
Open source	-	✓
Pricing model	-	Open source self host

Capabilities

Openai compatible API

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM✓

Automatic failover

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM✓

Routing strategy

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLMCost based

Caching

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM-

Virtual key management

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM✓

Budget spend controls

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM✓

Rate limiting

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM✓

Guardrails moderation

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLMBuilt in

Request cost observability

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM✓

Streaming support

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM-

Deployment model

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLMSelf hosted

Open source

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLM✓

Pricing model

Envoy AI Gateway-

LiteLLMOpen source self host

What each one is

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

Envoy AI Gateway

Provides routing and traffic management between applications and generative AI services, built on the open source Envoy Gateway. Supports multiple AI provider integrations and OpenAI-compatible APIs.

Independently observed

LiteLLM

Leader

An open-source AI gateway that provides a centralized control point for managing multiple large language models from different providers. It offers virtual key management, spend tracking, budget controls, and intelligent request routing without charging per token.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Envoy AI Gateway

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

LiteLLM

Leader

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free open-source tier. Enterprise pricing based on annual request volume, not per-token.

Open SourceFree
- 100+ LLM providers
- Virtual keys, users & teams
- Spend tracking
- Prometheus metrics
- Logging and alerting
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Open Source, plus:
- SSO + SCIM provisioning
- OIDC / JWT authentication
- Audit logs on every request
- Secret manager integration
- +7 more

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Envoy AI Gateway	LiteLLM
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Envoy AI Gateway✗

LiteLLM✓

CLI

Envoy AI Gateway✓

LiteLLM✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Envoy AI Gateway✗

LiteLLM✓

Self-hosted

Envoy AI Gateway✓

LiteLLM✓

On-premise

Envoy AI Gateway✗

LiteLLM✓

Hybrid

Envoy AI Gateway✗

LiteLLM✓

Air-gapped

Envoy AI Gateway✗

LiteLLM✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)

OpenAI
AWS Bedrock
Google Vertex AI
Anthropic

Envoy AI Gateway

18 total - 14 not shared

Azure OpenAI
Google Gemini
Groq
Together AI
Mistral
Cohere
DeepInfra
DeepSeek
Hunyuan
Tencent LLM Knowledge Engine
SambaNova
Grok
OIDC
cert-manager

Independently observed

LiteLLM

Leader

32 total - 28 not shared

Azure
Cloudflare
Meta Llama
Mistral AI
NLP Cloud
OVHCloud
vLLM
Nvidia NIM
Slack
Discord
Microsoft Teams
PagerDuty
Prometheus
AWS Secrets Manager
Google Cloud Secret Manager
MCP servers
Gemini
Bedrock
VertexAI
Langfuse
Langsmith
Datadog
Email
Webhook
+4 more

Independently observed

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