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AI Gateways Compared: LLM Gateway Leads Open-Source Options

The article compares eight AI gateways, tools that help manage multiple LLM providers, costs, and outages. LLM Gateway is highlighted as the best overall open-source option, offering self-hosting, built-in caching, and a wide model selection. OpenRouter is noted for its extensive model catalog but lacks open-source capabilities and charges fees. Portkey is positioned for enterprises with governance features, though its full observability requires a managed cloud service. LiteLLM is also mentioned as a popular open-source proxy. AI

IMPACT Provides developers with tools to manage LLM provider complexity, cost, and reliability.

RANK_REASON The article reviews and compares AI gateway products.

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · smakosh ·

    8 Best AI Gateways in 2026 (Compared)

    <p>Calling LLM providers directly works until it doesn't. The moment you're managing multiple API keys, tracking costs across providers, or scrambling during a provider outage, you need a gateway.</p> <p>But not all AI gateways are created equal. Some are pure proxies. Some lock …