Comparison

Higress 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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Higress47

★LiteLLM81

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Higress	LiteLLMLeader
Vioscale score	47 / 100low · 34%	81 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	140
Security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Falibaba%2Fhigress%2Fplugins%2Fwasm-go&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.95	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	4	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	9,195	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	19	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in CN, US · HQ CN	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Higress47 / 100low · 34%

LiteLLM81 / 100low · 36%

Pricing

Free tier

Higress✓

LiteLLM✓

Model

Higressfreemium

LiteLLMfreemium

Price level

Higresslow

LiteLLMlow

Transparent

Higress✗

LiteLLM✓

Integrations

Count

Higress7

LiteLLM140

Security

Vulnerabilities

HigressCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Falibaba%2Fhigress%2Fplugins%2Fwasm-go&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

LiteLLM–

Reliability

Sla pct

Higress99.95

LiteLLM–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Higress4

LiteLLM–

Github stars

Higress9,195

LiteLLM–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Higress100

LiteLLM–

Release

Cadence days

Higress19

LiteLLM–

History

Higress20 items

LiteLLM–

License

Spdx

HigressApache-2.0

LiteLLM–

Language

Primary

HigressGo

LiteLLM–

Market

Availability

HigressAvailable worldwide · Popular in CN, US · HQ CN

LiteLLMAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Llm Gateways
Capability	Higress	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

Higress-

LiteLLM✓

Automatic failover

Higress-

LiteLLM✓

Routing strategy

Higress-

LiteLLMCost based

Caching

Higress-

LiteLLM-

Virtual key management

Higress-

LiteLLM✓

Budget spend controls

Higress-

LiteLLM✓

Rate limiting

Higress-

LiteLLM✓

Guardrails moderation

Higress-

LiteLLMBuilt in

Request cost observability

Higress-

LiteLLM✓

Streaming support

Higress-

LiteLLM-

Deployment model

Higress-

LiteLLMSelf hosted

Open source

Higress-

LiteLLM✓

Pricing model

Higress-

LiteLLMOpen source self host

What each one is

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

Higress

An API gateway that routes requests to multiple language models and manages AI agents through pluggable extensions. Provided as open-source for self-hosting or as a managed cloud service with 99.95% availability guarantee.

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.

Higress

HybridFree tier

Free open-source version and commercial cloud service offerings

as of 2026-08-20verify ↗

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	Higress	LiteLLM
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Higress✓

LiteLLM✓

CLI

Higress✓

LiteLLM✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Higress✓

LiteLLM✓

Self-hosted

Higress✓

LiteLLM✓

On-premise

Higress✗

LiteLLM✓

Hybrid

Higress✗

LiteLLM✓

Air-gapped

Higress✗

LiteLLM✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

OpenAI

Higress

7 total - 6 not shared

Claude
DeepSeek
Azure OpenAI
Aliyun Dashscope
Aliyun DashVector
Doubao

Independently observed

LiteLLM

Leader

32 total - 31 not shared

Anthropic
Azure
AWS Bedrock
Cloudflare
Google VertexAI
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
+7 more

Independently observed

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