Best OpenRouter Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from LLM gateway software ranked against OpenRouter on the same published basis.
- 1OpenRouter vs Bifrost
- 2OpenRouter vs Routerly
- 3OpenRouter vs YoloRouter
- 4OpenRouter vs Kong Gateway
- 5OpenRouter vs Helicone
- 6OpenRouter vs LiteLLM
- 7OpenRouter vs Manifest
- 9OpenRouter vs Requesty
- 10OpenRouter vs TrueFoundry AI Gateway
- 11OpenRouter vs Vercel
- 12OpenRouter vs Apache APISIX
- 13OpenRouter vs OpenZiti LLM Gateway
- 14OpenRouter vs Prisma AIRS AI Gateway
- 15OpenRouter vs Inference Gateway
- 16OpenRouter vs Cloudflare AI Gateway
- 17OpenRouter vs Cortecs
- 18OpenRouter vs LLM Gateway
- 19OpenRouter vs Polyrouter
- 20OpenRouter vs SGLang
- 21OpenRouter vs TensorZero
OpenRouter alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bifrost | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Routerly | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | YoloRouter | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Kong Gateway | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 5 | Helicone | 6.4 | Free plan | $79/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 6 | LiteLLM | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 7 | Manifest | 6.4 | Free plan | $19/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 9 | Requesty | 6.4 | Free plan | $5/mo | API, Web |
| 10 | TrueFoundry AI Gateway | 6.4 | Free plan | $25/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 11 | Vercel | 6.4 | Free plan | $20/mo | API, Web |
| 12 | Apache APISIX | 5.4 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted |
| 13 | OpenZiti LLM Gateway | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 14 | Prisma AIRS AI Gateway | 5.4 | No | — | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 15 | Inference Gateway | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 16 | Cloudflare AI Gateway | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
| 17 | Cortecs | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
| 18 | LLM Gateway | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
| 19 | Polyrouter | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
| 20 | SGLang | 5.2 | No | — | Linux |
| 21 | TensorZero | 5.2 | No | — | Web |
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Questions about OpenRouter alternatives
What is the best alternative to OpenRouter?
Bifrost, number 1 in LLM gateway software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Routerly, YoloRouter, Kong Gateway and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to OpenRouter?
Bifrost is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.