LLM gateways (11)
Gateways sit between your app and model providers. The money is in four layers: token markup, funding fees, logs and seats. Click a name for the layers.
| Product | Licence | Self-host | Entry | Free tier | Main source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | commercial (hosted) | no | 5.5% fee on credits | 25+ free models; 50 requests a day on free models (Flatkey) | OFFICIAL |
| Vercel AI Gateway | commercial (hosted) | no | free tier / open source | $5 a month credit, subset of models | OFFICIAL |
| Cloudflare AI Gateway | commercial (hosted) | no | 5% fee on credits | Core features free (analytics, caching, rate limiting) | OFFICIAL |
| Portkey | MIT gateway; hosted platform commercial | yes (MIT gateway) | from $49/mo | Developer: 10k recorded logs a month | OFFICIAL |
| Helicone | open source (self-host) | yes | from $79/mo | Hobby: 10,000 requests, 1 GB, 7-day retention | OFFICIAL |
| LiteLLM | MIT core; enterprise directory under a commercial licence | yes | free tier / open source | Open source | OFFICIAL |
| Kong AI Gateway (Konnect) | Apache 2.0 (open-source plugins); Konnect commercial | yes (Apache 2.0) | from $25/mo + usage | — | OFFICIAL |
| Bifrost (Maxim) | Apache 2.0 | yes (Apache 2.0) | free tier / open source | Open source; Enterprise 14-day trial | OFFICIAL |
| Flatkey | commercial (hosted) | no | free tier / open source | n/a | OFFICIAL |
| TrueFoundry AI Gateway | commercial | no | from $25 per seat/mo | Developer: free for up to 3 users, 10K requests and tool calls per user a month | OFFICIAL |
| Continuum | commercial (free app) | no | free tier / open source | Free app; BYOK free | OFFICIAL |