Comparison

One API vs Vercel AI Gateway

No leader: the top candidate One API has only 0.27 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
One API48
Vercel AI Gateway42
Score
Vioscale score
One API48 / 100low · 27%
Vercel AI Gateway42 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Model
One APIcommercial
Vercel AI Gatewaycommercial
Price level
One APIfree
Vercel AI Gatewayunknown
Transparent
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Integrations
Count
One API13
Vercel AI Gateway7
Adoption
Dependent repos
One API0
Vercel AI Gateway
Github stars
One API36,589
Vercel AI Gateway
Activity
Commits last 30d
One API0
Vercel AI Gateway
Release
Cadence days
One API19
Vercel AI Gateway
History
One API20 items
Vercel AI Gateway
License
Spdx
One APIMIT
Vercel AI Gateway
Language
Primary
One APIJavaScript
Vercel AI Gateway
Market
Availability
One API

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Openai compatible API
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Automatic failover
One API-
Vercel AI Gateway
Routing strategy
One API-
Vercel AI GatewayCustom
Caching
One API-
Vercel AI Gateway-
Virtual key management
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Budget spend controls
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Rate limiting
One API
Vercel AI Gateway-
Guardrails moderation
One API-
Vercel AI Gateway-
Request cost observability
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Streaming support
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Deployment model
One APISelf hosted
Vercel AI GatewayManaged SaaS
Open source
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Pricing model
One APIOpen source self host
Vercel AI GatewayUsage based saas

What each one is

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

One API

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.

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.

One API

Open source
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
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
CLI
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
One API
Vercel AI Gateway
Self-hosted
One API
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
  • Google Gemini

One API

13 total - 11 not shared
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Anthropic Claude
  • DeepSeek
  • ByteDance Douyin
  • ChatGLM
  • Baidu ERNIE Bot
  • iFLYTEK Spark
  • Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen
  • 360 Brain
  • Tencent Hunyuan
  • Cloudflare Gateway
Independently observed

Vercel AI Gateway

7 total - 5 not shared
  • Anthropic
  • SpaceXAI
  • 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.