# LiteLLM vs Vercel AI Gateway

**Leader by Vioscale score:** LiteLLM

| Attribute | LiteLLM | Vercel AI Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 81 (36% (low)) | 42.1 (41% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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":true,"pricing_model":"open-source-self-host","rate_limiting":true,"deployment_model":"self-hosted","routing_strategy":"cost-based","architecture_model":"open_source_proxy","automatic_failover":true,"budget_spend_controls":true,"guardrails_moderation":"built-in","openai_compatible_api":true,"virtual_key_management":true,"request_cost_observability":true,"bring_your_own_keys_byok_routing":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"custom_rate_limiting_by_user_or_tenant_id":true,"universal_api_key_for_100_plus_llm_providers":true,"auto_fallback_routing_on_rate_limit_or_downtime":true,"organization_wide_cost_tracking_and_chargebacks":true}` | `{"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 | 140 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Google VertexAI"},{"name":"Meta Llama"},{"name":"Mistral AI"},{"name":"NLP Cloud"},{"name":"OVHCloud"},{"name":"vLLM"},{"name":"Nvidia NIM"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager"},{"name":"Google Cloud Secret Manager"},{"name":"MCP servers"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"Bedrock"},{"name":"VertexAI"},{"name":"Langfuse"},{"name":"Langsmith"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Azure Data Lake"},{"name":"GCP Secret Manager"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"SpaceXAI"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"AssistLoop"},{"name":"Vercel AI SDK"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free forever, self-hosted","features":["100+ LLM providers","Virtual keys, users & teams","Spend tracking","Prometheus metrics","Logging and alerting","Admin UI","Guardrails","Load balancing"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"MIT-licensed, self-hosted gateway","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"providers":"100+","deployment":"self-hosted"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Priced annually based on gateway request capacity and deployment architecture","features":["Everything in Open Source, plus:","SSO + SCIM provisioning","OIDC / JWT authentication","Audit logs on every request","Secret manager integration","Key rotation","Organization & team administration","Multi-region control plane","24/7 support & SLAs","Dedicated support & onboarding","Volume discount tiers","Air-gapped deployment available"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Production deployment with governance, security, and professional support","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"deployment":"self-hosted or air-gapped"}}],"summary":"Free open-source tier. Enterprise pricing based on annual request volume, not per-token.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.litellm.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T13:43:01.911Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["year"]}` | `{"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 | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Llm Gateways)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:33:39.799Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*