Comparison

Gravitee vs OpenRouter

No leader: the top candidate OpenRouter has only 0.34 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Gravitee45
OpenRouter67
Score
vioscaleAI score
Gravitee45 / 100medium · 74%
OpenRouter67 / 100low · 34%
Pricing
Free tier
Gravitee✗
OpenRouter✓
Model
Graviteecommercial
OpenRouterfreemium
Price level
Graviteehigh
OpenRouterlow
Starting price
Gravitee$2,500
OpenRouter–
Transparent
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✓
Integrations
Count
Gravitee21
OpenRouter80
Security
Gdpr
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✓
Iso27001
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter–
Reliability
Sla pct
Gravitee99.9
OpenRouter–
Content
Faq
Gravitee7 items
OpenRouter6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai gateway security. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Architecture model
GraviteeManaged cloud saas
OpenRouterManaged cloud saas
Universal API key for 100 plus LLM providers
Gravitee✗
OpenRouter✓
Auto fallback routing on rate limit or downtime
Gravitee✗
OpenRouter✓
Semantic caching for repeat queries and cost savings
Gravitee✗
OpenRouter✗
Organization wide cost tracking and chargebacks
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✓
Custom rate limiting by user or tenant id
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✓
Pii redaction and data masking in flight
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter-
Streaming token support server sent events
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✓
Bring your own keys byok routing
Gravitee✗
OpenRouter✓
Zero data retention and prompt logging opt out
Gravitee✗
OpenRouter✓
SOC2 type ii
Gravitee✗
OpenRouter-
Mit or apache permissive oss license
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter-
Pricing model
GraviteeVolume tiered saas
OpenRouterusage-based-saas

What each one is

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

Gravitee

A platform for designing, securing, and governing APIs, event streams, and AI agents through a single control plane. Supports multiple deployment options including self-hosted, hybrid, and fully managed cloud environments.

Independently observed

OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified, OpenAI-compatible API that consolidates access to over 500 language models from 80+ providers. It features automatic failover for reliability, cost-optimized routing, transparent provider pricing with modest platform fees, and support for multiple deployment and authentication methods.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Gravitee

from $2500/moSubscription

From $2,500/month

  • Planet$2,500/month
    • Unlimited Users
    • 1 Production + 1 Non-production Gateway
    • 1 module of your choice
    • Standard Features
    • Gold Support
  • GalaxyContact sales
    • 2 Production + 2 Non-production Gateways
    • Enterprise Features
    • Add a second module
    • Self-hosted, hybrid, or full SaaS
    • Consumption Model available
    • +1 more
  • UniverseContact sales
    • 4+ Production + 4+ Non-production Gateways
    • 2 modules included, add as many as you need
    • Technical Account Manager
    • Platinum Support
as of verify ↗

OpenRouter

HybridFree tier

Free tier with 50 requests/day, or pay-as-you-go at 5.5% markup

  • FreeFree
    • Chat and API access
    • 25+ free models
    • 4 free providers
    • 50 requests/day rate limit
    • Community support
  • Standard5.5% platform fee on provider pricing
    • Pay-as-you-go usage billing
    • 500+ models
    • 80+ providers
    • Email support
    • Budgets and spend controls
    • +2 more
  • BusinessContact sales
    • Fee discounts available
    • 500+ models
    • 80+ providers
    • Custom rate limits
    • Invoicing options
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom pricing
    • 500+ models
    • 80+ providers
    • Dedicated support team
    • Contractual SLAs
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✓
Linux
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✗
CLI
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✓
Self-hosted
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✗
On-premise
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✗
Hybrid
Gravitee✓
OpenRouter✗

Integrations

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

Gravitee

29 total
  • Kafka
  • MQTT
  • Solace
  • RabbitMQ
  • Confluent
  • AWS API Gateway
  • Azure
  • IBM
  • Apigee
  • Auth0
  • Okta
  • AWS Cognito
  • OAuth2
  • SAML
  • mTLS
  • GraphQL
  • WebSocket
  • REST
  • SOAP
  • AWS
  • Webhook
  • gRPC
  • OAuth
  • OpenFGA
  • +5 more
Independently observed

OpenRouter

11 total
  • Vercel AI SDK
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • OpenAI SDK
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google
  • Meta
  • Mistral
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Terraform
Independently observed
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Gravitee or OpenRouter: which one depends on you

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