# MLflow vs One API

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** MLflow

| Attribute | MLflow | One API |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 70.4 (67% (medium)) | 46.2 (54% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 5,089 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 28,260 | 37,155 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 9,993,245 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A comprehensive, open-source platform that provides experiment tracking, model registry, LLM tracing, prompt management, and deployment capabilities across the complete machine learning and AI lifecycle It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://mlflow.org","question":"What is MLflow?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"MLflow is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://mlflow.org","question":"Is MLflow free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"MLflow supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://mlflow.org","question":"What platforms does MLflow support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. MLflow can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://mlflow.org","question":"Can MLflow be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 24 integrations for MLflow, including Databricks, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Storage, AzureML, Kubernetes, LangChain and Pydantic AI, plus 16 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://mlflow.org","question":"What does MLflow integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. MLflow is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow","question":"Is MLflow open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source system for managing and redistributing API access across multiple large language model providers—including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and others—through a single OpenAI-compatible API. Deploys as a self-contained binary or Docker container. It is indexed under Llm Gateways.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What is One API?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"One API is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Is One API free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"One API supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does One API support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. One API can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Can One API be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for One API, including OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, ByteDance Douyin, ChatGLM, Baidu ERNIE Bot and iFLYTEK Spark, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What does One API integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. One API is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/songquanpeng/one-api","question":"Is One API open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A comprehensive platform that helps teams debug, evaluate, monitor, and optimize production AI applications. Provides experiment tracking, prompt management, model deployment, systematic evaluation tools, and a unified API gateway for managing access to multiple LLM providers with cost controls. | An open-source system for managing and redistributing API access across multiple large language model providers—including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and others—through a single OpenAI-compatible API. Deploys as a self-contained binary or Docker container. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":true,"open_source":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","rate_limiting":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"deployment_model":"self-hosted","llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"streaming_support":true,"architecture_model":"open_source_proxy","framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true,"budget_spend_controls":true,"guardrails_moderation":"built-in","openai_compatible_api":true,"request_cost_observability":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"auto_fallback_routing_on_rate_limit_or_downtime":true,"organization_wide_cost_tracking_and_chargebacks":true}` | `{"open_source":true,"pricing_model":"open-source-self-host","rate_limiting":true,"deployment_model":"self-hosted","routing_strategy":"load-based","streaming_support":true,"automatic_failover":true,"budget_spend_controls":true,"openai_compatible_api":true,"virtual_key_management":true,"request_cost_observability":true}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Azure Storage"},{"name":"AzureML"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Pydantic AI"},{"name":"Anthropic Claude"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"SAP AI Core"},{"name":"JFrog"},{"name":"Aliyun"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"MSSQL"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"OpenAI Codex"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"OpenClaw"},{"name":"Qwen Code"},{"name":"LiteLLM"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry/OTLP"},{"name":"OpenAI-compatible endpoints"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"category":"observability"},{"name":"Azure ML","native":true,"category":"platform"},{"name":"AWS SageMaker","native":true,"category":"platform"},{"name":"Docker","native":true,"category":"platform"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic Claude"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"DeepSeek"},{"name":"ByteDance Douyin"},{"name":"ChatGLM"},{"name":"Baidu ERNIE Bot"},{"name":"iFLYTEK Spark"},{"name":"Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen"},{"name":"360 Brain"},{"name":"Tencent Hunyuan"},{"name":"Cloudflare Gateway"},{"name":"Alibaba Qwen","native":true},{"name":"Tencent Yuan","native":true},{"name":"Baidu Wenxin","native":true},{"name":"Byte Doubao","native":true},{"name":"360 AI Brain","native":true},{"name":"Claude","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Gemini","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Doubao","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Ernie","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Spark","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Qwen","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"360 Smart Brain","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Hunyuan","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | JavaScript |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://mlflow.org","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T10:15:00.395Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-14T09:24:50.525Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 9 | 19 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.scorecard | 5.4 | - |
| security.trust_center | https://mlflow.org/articles/tags/ai-compliance-policies/ | https://github.com/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":82,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=mlflow&per_page=100","last_12m":29,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsongquanpeng%2Fone-api&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` |

## Capabilities (Llm Gateways)

| Capability | MLflow | One API |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Openai compatible API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic failover | - | ✓ |
| Routing strategy | - | Load based |
| Caching | - | - |
| Virtual key management | - | ✓ |
| Budget spend controls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rate limiting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guardrails moderation | Built in | - |
| Request cost observability | ✓ | ✓ |
| Streaming support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deployment model | Self hosted | Self hosted |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing model | free_open_source | Open source self host |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T17:44:47.740Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*