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Best Inference Gateway Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from LLM gateway software ranked against Inference Gateway on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Bifrost Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.7
    Inference Gateway vs Bifrost
  2. 2
    Kong Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.6
    Inference Gateway vs Kong Gateway
  3. 3
    YoloRouter Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Inference Gateway vs YoloRouter
  4. 4
    Requesty Free plan apiWeb $5/mo7.3
    Inference Gateway vs Requesty
  5. 5
    Routerly Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Inference Gateway vs Routerly
  6. 6
    TrueFoundry AI Gateway Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $25/mo7.3
    Inference Gateway vs TrueFoundry AI Gateway
  7. 7
    Helicone Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $79/mo7.2
    Inference Gateway vs Helicone
  8. 8
    LiteLLM Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Inference Gateway vs LiteLLM
  9. 9
    Vercel Free plan apiWeb $20/mo7.2
    Inference Gateway vs Vercel
  10. 10
    Manifest Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.0
    Inference Gateway vs Manifest
  11. 11
    OpenRouter Free plan apiWeb Free6.9
    Inference Gateway vs OpenRouter
  12. 12
    Apache APISIX apiLinuxself-hosted 6.6
    Inference Gateway vs Apache APISIX
  13. 13
    Prisma AIRS AI Gateway apiself-hostedWeb 6.5
    Inference Gateway vs Prisma AIRS AI Gateway
  14. 14
    OpenZiti LLM Gateway LinuxMacWin 6.2
    Inference Gateway vs OpenZiti LLM Gateway
  15. 15
    WSO2 AI Gateway WebWinMacLinux 6.2
    Inference Gateway vs WSO2 AI Gateway
  16. 16
    Cloudflare AI Gateway Web 6.0
    Inference Gateway vs Cloudflare AI Gateway
  17. 18
    Tyk AI Studio Proxy Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.0
    Inference Gateway vs Tyk AI Studio Proxy
  18. 19
    LLM Gateway Web 5.9
    Inference Gateway vs LLM Gateway
  19. 20
    Orq.ai Web 5.9
    Inference Gateway vs Orq.ai
  20. 21
    Polyrouter Web 5.9
    Inference Gateway vs Polyrouter

Inference Gateway alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Bifrost7.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Kong Gateway7.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3YoloRouter7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Requesty7.3Free plan$5/moAPI, Web
5Routerly7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6TrueFoundry AI Gateway7.3Free plan$25/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
7Helicone7.2Free plan$79/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
8LiteLLM7.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
9Vercel7.2Free plan$20/moAPI, Web
10Manifest7.0Free plan$19/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
11OpenRouter6.9Free planFreeAPI, Web
12Apache APISIX6.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted
13Prisma AIRS AI Gateway6.5No—API, self-hosted, Web
14OpenZiti LLM Gateway6.2No—Linux, Mac, Windows
15WSO2 AI Gateway6.2No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux
16Cloudflare AI Gateway6.0No—Web
18Tyk AI Studio Proxy6.0Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
19LLM Gateway5.9No—Web
20Orq.ai5.9No—Web
21Polyrouter5.9No—Web
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Questions about Inference Gateway alternatives

What is the best alternative to Inference Gateway?

Bifrost, number 1 in LLM gateway software with a score of 7.7 out of 10. The others here: Kong Gateway, YoloRouter, Requesty and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Inference Gateway?

Bifrost is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.