Alternatives

Alternatives to Vercel AI Gateway

6 Model Gateways & Routers rivals, ranked by the same evidence-graded leaderboard — Vercel AI Gateway itself ranks #3 with a PA Score of 29/100. Every “beats Vercel AI Gateway on” below comes from a judged head-to-head round with cited evidence — see the methodology.

#1
LiteLLM
BerriAI, Inc.
PA Score 34/100vs Vercel AI Gateway →
coverage
47.7/100
Beats Vercel AI Gateway on: Self-host the core product · Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools
#2
OpenRouter
OpenRouter, Inc.
PA Score 30/100vs Vercel AI Gateway →
coverage
47.5/100
Beats Vercel AI Gateway on: Connect an agent via an official MCP server · Bring my own provider API keys and have the gateway use them for my traffic
#4
Portkey
Portkey, Inc.
PA Score 20/100vs Vercel AI Gateway →
coverage
38.7/100
Beats Vercel AI Gateway on: Bring my own provider API keys and have the gateway use them for my traffic · My agent can switch models mid-task by policy — cost, capability, or availability — through gateway routing rules
#5
Cloudflare AI Gateway
Cloudflare, Inc.
PA Score 19/100vs Vercel AI Gateway →
coverage
33.1/100
Beats Vercel AI Gateway on: Bring my own provider API keys and have the gateway use them for my traffic · My agent can switch models mid-task by policy — cost, capability, or availability — through gateway routing rules
#6
Kong AI Gateway
Kong Inc.
PA Score 19/100vs Vercel AI Gateway →
coverage
31.4/100
Beats Vercel AI Gateway on: Connect an agent via an official MCP server · Stream token-by-token responses through the gateway from any provider
#7
Requesty
Requesty
PA Score 18/100vs Vercel AI Gateway →
coverage
30.8/100
Beats Vercel AI Gateway on: Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools · Connect an agent via an official MCP server

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