Comparison

LiteLLM vs Vercel AI Gateway

On the evidence we track, LiteLLM leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★LiteLLM58

Vercel AI Gateway33

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	LiteLLMLeader	Vercel AI Gateway
vioscaleAI score	58 / 100low · 35%	33 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	140	2
Security
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://vercel.com/docs/cdn-security/security-headers
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

LiteLLM58 / 100low · 35%

Vercel AI Gateway33 / 100medium · 60%

Pricing

Free tier

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway–

Model

LiteLLMfreemium

Vercel AI Gatewaycommercial

Price level

LiteLLMlow

Vercel AI Gatewayunknown

Transparent

LiteLLM✗

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Integrations

Count

LiteLLM140

Vercel AI Gateway2

Security

Hipaa

LiteLLM–

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Trust center

LiteLLM–

Vercel AI Gatewayhttps://vercel.com/docs/cdn-security/security-headers

Market

Availability

LiteLLMAvailable worldwide

Vercel AI GatewayAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

LiteLLM5 items

Vercel AI Gateway6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Llm Gateways
Capability	LiteLLM	Vercel AI Gateway
Capabilities
Openai compatible API	✓	✓
Automatic failover	✓	✓
Routing strategy	Cost based	Custom
Caching	-	-
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 based saas

Capabilities

Openai compatible API

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Automatic failover

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Routing strategy

LiteLLMCost based

Vercel AI GatewayCustom

Caching

LiteLLM-

Vercel AI Gateway-

Virtual key management

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Budget spend controls

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Rate limiting

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway-

Guardrails moderation

LiteLLMBuilt in

Vercel AI Gateway-

Request cost observability

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Streaming support

LiteLLM-

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Deployment model

LiteLLMSelf hosted

Vercel AI GatewayManaged SaaS

Open source

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✗

Pricing model

LiteLLMOpen source self host

Vercel AI GatewayUsage based saas

What each one is

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

LiteLLM

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Vercel AI Gateway

AI Gateway provides a single integration point for routing requests to multiple AI model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, and others) through an OpenAI-compatible API. It includes budget controls, unified billing, usage tracking, and automatic failover to ensure reliable access to language models.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

LiteLLM

Leader

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free open-source self-hosted tier; Enterprise priced to scale

Open SourceFree
- 100+ LLM providers, one OpenAI API
- Virtual keys, users & teams
- Spend tracking
- Budgets + rate limits
- LLM fallbacks
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Open Source, plus:
- SSO + SCIM
- OIDC / JWT auth
- Audit logs
- Secret managers + key rotation
- +5 more

as of 2026-10-02verify ↗

Vercel AI Gateway

Usage-based

Usage-based pricing with no platform markup; invoicing available with no payment processing fees

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Platforms

Web

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✓

CLI

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✓

Self-hosted

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✗

On-premise

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✗

Air-gapped

LiteLLM✓

Vercel AI Gateway✗

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

LiteLLM

Leader

36 total - 33 not shared

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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
Datadog
+9 more

Independently observed

Vercel AI Gateway

7 total - 4 not shared

SpaceXAI
Cohere
AssistLoop
Vercel AI SDK

Independently observed

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