Vendor 1
HigressAPI Gateway
Cloud-native API gateway by Alibaba based on Envoy with service discovery and plugin extensibility.
No reviewsRating2022Founded
Higress vs LiteLLM
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Vendor 2
LiteLLMAPI Gateway
LiteLLM provides a unified API proxy for calling 100+ LLM APIs in the OpenAI format, with load balancing, spend tracking, and fallback capabilities for production AI applications.
No reviewsRating2023Founded
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2-vendor view| Vendor 1 Higress API Gateway Production-grade AI Gateway for Agent development and LLM API management | Vendor 2 LiteLLM API Gateway Unified LLM API proxy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Category | API Gateway | API Gateway |
| What it is | Cloud-native API gateway by Alibaba based on Envoy with service discovery and plugin extensibility. | LiteLLM provides a unified API proxy for calling 100+ LLM APIs in the OpenAI format, with load balancing, spend tracking, and fallback capabilities for production AI applications. |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Custom quote | Not available |
| Free options | Free plan, Free trial | Free plan, Free trial |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2023 |
| Team size | 10000+ employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Hangzhou, China | San Francisco, California |
| Featured clients | Not available | AI companies, Enterprise, LLM developers |
