# Envoy AI Gateway vs Vercel AI Gateway

| Attribute | Envoy AI Gateway | Vercel AI Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.4 (28% (low)) | 44.7 (41% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 65 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 1,961 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Provides routing and traffic management between applications and generative AI services, built on the open source Envoy Gateway. Supports multiple AI provider integrations and OpenAI-compatible APIs. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"open_source":false,"pricing_model":"usage-based-saas","deployment_model":"managed-SaaS","routing_strategy":"custom","streaming_support":true,"automatic_failover":true,"budget_spend_controls":true,"openai_compatible_api":true,"virtual_key_management":true,"request_cost_observability":true}` |
| integrations.count | 18 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Groq"},{"name":"Together AI"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"DeepInfra"},{"name":"DeepSeek"},{"name":"Hunyuan"},{"name":"Tencent LLM Knowledge Engine"},{"name":"SambaNova"},{"name":"Grok"},{"name":"OIDC"},{"name":"cert-manager"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"SpaceXAI"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"AssistLoop"},{"name":"Vercel AI SDK"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T13:42:04.915Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Usage-based pricing with no platform markup; invoicing available with no payment processing fees","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://vercel.com/docs/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:08:31.437Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 11 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2026-08-21T18:23:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2026-06-23T15:32:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc1","date":"2026-06-23T02:37:10Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2026-06-06T20:59:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2026-05-05T20:43:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.6.0-rc1","date":"2026-04-30T21:12:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.6.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2026-01-23T21:17:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.5.0-rc1","date":"2026-01-12T19:47:59Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.5.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2025-11-08T00:55:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.4.0-rc2","date":"2025-11-07T22:42:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.4.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.4.0-rc1","date":"2025-11-05T21:31:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.4.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2025-08-21T10:28:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.3.0-rc2","date":"2025-08-21T10:01:37Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.3.0-rc1","date":"2025-08-15T04:15:29Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.2.1","date":"2025-06-10T04:01:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.2.0","date":"2025-06-05T21:20:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.2.0-rc3","date":"2025-06-05T21:12:25Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.2.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.2.0-rc1","date":"2025-06-02T22:27:40Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.2.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.1.5","date":"2025-07-04T17:22:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/releases/tag/v0.1.4","date":"2025-03-20T20:37:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.4"}]` | - |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fenvoyproxy%2Fai-gateway&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` | - |

## Capabilities (Llm Gateways)

| Capability | Envoy AI Gateway | Vercel AI Gateway |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Openai compatible API | - | ✓ |
| Automatic failover | - | ✓ |
| Routing strategy | - | Custom |
| Caching | - | - |
| Virtual key management | - | ✓ |
| Budget spend controls | - | ✓ |
| Rate limiting | - | - |
| Guardrails moderation | - | - |
| Request cost observability | - | ✓ |
| Streaming support | - | ✓ |
| Deployment model | - | Managed SaaS |
| Open source | - | ✗ |
| Pricing model | - | Usage based saas |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:41:42.079Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*