# LiteLLM vs PromptLayer

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** PromptLayer

| Attribute | LiteLLM | PromptLayer |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.6 (35% (low)) | 63.3 (72% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A gateway that consolidates language model API requests across 140+ providers through a single endpoint, with centralized cost tracking, budget controls, rate limiting, and team-based access management. Available as open-source software for self-hosted deployment or as an enterprise managed service. It is indexed under Llm Gateways.","source":"https://litellm.ai","question":"What is LiteLLM?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"LiteLLM does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Free and Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://litellm.ai","question":"How much does LiteLLM cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"LiteLLM supports the web and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://litellm.ai","question":"What platforms does LiteLLM support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. LiteLLM can be deployed cloud / SaaS, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://litellm.ai","question":"Can LiteLLM be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 29 integrations for LiteLLM, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, AWS Bedrock, Cloudflare, Google VertexAI, Meta Llama and Mistral AI, plus 21 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://litellm.ai","question":"What does LiteLLM integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"A service that records interactions with various LLM providers, allowing developers to review past requests, troubleshoot issues, and restore previous prompt configurations. Includes distributed tracing, version control, regression testing, and automated evaluation for prompts and AI agents. It is indexed under Prompt Management.","source":"https://promptlayer.com","question":"What is PromptLayer?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"PromptLayer offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.00. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.promptlayer.com/pricing/","question":"Is PromptLayer free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to PromptLayer. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://promptlayer.com","question":"What platforms does PromptLayer support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for PromptLayer, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://promptlayer.com","question":"Can PromptLayer be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for PromptLayer, including Pydantic AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google GenAI, AWS Bedrock, OpenTelemetry, Vertex AI and Gemini API. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://promptlayer.com","question":"What does PromptLayer integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for PromptLayer. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as PromptLayer not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.promptlayer.com/pricing/","question":"What security certifications does PromptLayer have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"PromptLayer is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.promptlayer.com/pricing/","question":"Where is PromptLayer available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source AI gateway that abstracts access to over 140 language model providers behind a single OpenAI-compatible API, enabling teams to implement spend tracking, request routing, and governance controls without changing application code. | A platform that maintains logs of prompts and API requests, enabling debugging and replay of previous completions. Provides version tracking, testing, and monitoring with integrated tracing and evaluation features. |
| features.capabilities | `{"open_source":true,"pricing_model":"open-source-self-host","rate_limiting":true,"deployment_model":"self-hosted","routing_strategy":"cost-based","architecture_model":"open_source_proxy","automatic_failover":true,"budget_spend_controls":true,"guardrails_moderation":"built-in","openai_compatible_api":true,"virtual_key_management":true,"request_cost_observability":true,"bring_your_own_keys_byok_routing":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"custom_rate_limiting_by_user_or_tenant_id":true,"universal_api_key_for_100_plus_llm_providers":true,"auto_fallback_routing_on_rate_limit_or_downtime":true,"organization_wide_cost_tracking_and_chargebacks":true}` | `{"caching":"exact","ab_testing":true,"open_source":true,"pricing_model":"usage/seat-based-saas","rate_limiting":true,"self_hostable":true,"deployment_model":"managed-SaaS","multi_step_flows":true,"tracing_included":true,"versioning_model":"git-native","approval_workflow":true,"diff_and_rollback":true,"streaming_support":true,"automatic_failover":true,"non_engineer_editing":true,"openai_compatible_api":true,"multi_model_playground":true,"deploy_without_redeploy":true,"llm_judge_or_human_eval":true,"request_cost_observability":true}` |
| integrations.count | 140 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Google VertexAI"},{"name":"Meta Llama"},{"name":"Mistral AI"},{"name":"NLP Cloud"},{"name":"OVHCloud"},{"name":"vLLM"},{"name":"Nvidia NIM"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager"},{"name":"Google Cloud Secret Manager"},{"name":"MCP servers"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"Bedrock"},{"name":"VertexAI"},{"name":"Langfuse"},{"name":"Langsmith"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Azure Data Lake"},{"name":"GCP Secret Manager"},{"name":"Amazon S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Google Gemini","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Lunary","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"MLflow","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Pydantic AI"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Google GenAI"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"Vertex AI"},{"name":"Gemini API","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free forever, self-hosted","features":["100+ LLM providers, one OpenAI API","Virtual keys, users & teams","Spend tracking","Budgets + rate limits","LLM fallbacks","Request/response logging","Prometheus metrics","Admin UI"],"description":"Free forever, self-hosted","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing by annual request volume and deployment needs","features":["Everything in Open Source, plus:","SSO + SCIM","OIDC / JWT auth","Audit logs","Secret managers + key rotation","Org & team admins","Multi-region control plane","24/7 support & SLAs","Dedicated support & onboarding","Volume discount tiers"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Annual deployment priced by request volume and architecture","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source self-hosted tier; Enterprise priced to scale","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.litellm.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-02T10:55:52.193Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["5 Users","2.5k/month Requests","1 Workspace","250/month Eval Cell Executions","10MB max per Dataset","Basic Support"],"minSeats":5,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"for hackers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"5","requests":"2.5k/month","dataset_size":"10MB","eval_executions":"250/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$49/month plus $0.003/transaction","features":["Unlimited Playgrounds","Unlimited Workspaces","150MB max per Dataset","Webhooks Included","Dedicated Support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"transaction"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.003,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"for small teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"workspaces":"Unlimited","playgrounds":"Unlimited","dataset_size":"150MB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$500/month plus $0.002/transaction","features":["25 Users","100k+/month Requests","7.5k+/month Eval Cell Executions","1GB max per Dataset","Webhooks Included","Role Based Access Controls","Dedicated Support"],"minSeats":25,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"transaction"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"for growing teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"25","requests":"100k+/month","dataset_size":"1GB","eval_executions":"7.5k+/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, contact sales","features":["Custom limits on everything","Role Based Access Controls","Deployment Approvals","HIPAA with BAA","Flexible Hosting Options","Dedicated Support","Data Retention Control"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro starts at $49/month, Team at $500/month, both with usage-based billing ($0.002–$0.003 per transaction). Enterprise custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.promptlayer.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T12:43:41.184Z","startingPrice":{"amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":49,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Llm Gateways)

| Capability | LiteLLM | PromptLayer |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Openai compatible API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic failover | ✓ | ✓ |
| Routing strategy | Cost based | - |
| Caching | - | Exact |
| Virtual key management | ✓ | - |
| Budget spend controls | ✓ | - |
| Rate limiting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guardrails moderation | Built in | - |
| Request cost observability | ✓ | ✓ |
| Streaming support | - | ✓ |
| Deployment model | Self hosted | Managed SaaS |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Open source self host | usage/seat-based-saas |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-17T09:40:52.719Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*