Comparison

LMDeploy vs SGLang

On the evidence we track, LMDeploy leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★LMDeploy56
SGLang50
Score
vioscaleAI score
LMDeploy56 / 100medium · 64%
SGLang50 / 100low · 10%
Pricing
Free tier
LMDeploy✓
SGLang–
Model
Price level
LMDeployfree
SGLangfree
Integrations
Count
LMDeploy2
SGLang3
Adoption
Dependent repos
LMDeploy2
SGLang–
Github stars
LMDeploy8,104
SGLang–
Activity
Commits last 30d
LMDeploy66
SGLang–
Release
Cadence days
LMDeploy21
SGLang–
History
LMDeploy20 items
SGLang–
License
Spdx
LMDeployApache-2.0
SGLang–
Language
Primary
LMDeployPython
SGLang–
Content
Faq
LMDeploy5 items
SGLang3 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Continuous batching
LMDeploy✓
SGLang-
Dynamic batching
LMDeploy-
SGLang-
Multi framework support
LMDeploy-
SGLang✓
GPU acceleration
LMDeploy✓
SGLang✓
Multi GPU multi node
LMDeploy✓
SGLang✓
Quantization support
LMDeploy✓
SGLang-
Openai compatible API
LMDeploy-
SGLang✓
Autoscaling scale to zero
LMDeploy-
SGLang-
Multi model serving
LMDeploy✓
SGLang-
Canary ab rollout
LMDeploy-
SGLang-
Kubernetes native
LMDeploy-
SGLang-
Open source
LMDeploy-
SGLang✓

What each one is

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

LMDeploy

Leader

LMDeploy is a comprehensive toolkit enabling efficient compression, deployment, and serving of large language models across multiple machines and GPUs with advanced optimization techniques.

Independently observed

SGLang

An open-source inference system designed for production deployments of large language and multimodal models, supporting both single-GPU and distributed cluster setups with emphasis on low latency and high throughput.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

LMDeploy

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

SGLang

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Windows
LMDeploy✓
SGLang–
CLI
LMDeploy✓
SGLang–
Deployment
Self-hosted
LMDeploy✓
SGLang✓

Integrations

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

LMDeploy

Leader
2 total
  • llm-compressor
  • OpenCompass
Independently observed

SGLang

3 total
  • Hugging Face
  • OpenAI
  • Slack
Independently observed
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LMDeploy or SGLang: which one depends on you

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