Comparison

LiteLLM vs Vercel AI Gateway

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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LiteLLM81
Vercel AI Gateway42
Score
Vioscale score
LiteLLM81 / 100low · 36%
Vercel AI Gateway42 / 100low · 41%
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 Gateway7
Security
Hipaa
LiteLLM
Vercel AI Gateway
Market

Capabilities

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

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 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

Vercel AI Gateway

A unified API gateway that routes requests across multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceXAI, Gemini, and others), providing automatic failover, intelligent routing based on cost and latency, and consolidated billing with zero platform fees.

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 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 verify ↗

Vercel AI Gateway

Usage-based

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

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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
Hybrid
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 (2)
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic

LiteLLM

Leader
32 total - 30 not shared
  • 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
  • Datadog
  • +6 more
Independently observed

Vercel AI Gateway

7 total - 5 not shared
  • SpaceXAI
  • Google Gemini
  • Cohere
  • AssistLoop
  • Vercel AI SDK
Independently observed

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

LiteLLM vs Vercel AI Gateway: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale