LiteLLM

LiteLLM provides an open-source AI gateway and Python SDK for developers and platform teams managing access to AI models, tools, and agents.

StageEarly-stage

Founded2023

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Stage, from total funding, Founded — litellm.ai · 14 Oct 2026

litellm.ai

Products

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

AI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) Infrastructure service Sold on its own

The gateway routes requests to AI providers through an OpenAI-compatible API and manages access, spending limits, logging, and guardrails.
LiteLLM Lens Application Sold on its own Demonstrated, not sold

LiteLLM Lens uses AI agents to analyze agent traces and group recurring failures.

Inside AI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy)

LiteAdmin AI agent Included with the parent

LiteAdmin is a Slack agent for managing a LiteLLM gateway.
Auto Router Infrastructure service Paid add-on to the parent Beta

Add-on for the LiteLLM AI Gateway that classifies each request and sends it to the model that should handle it, using heuristics, an LLM classifier or keyword rules, and reports the savings per request.

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Maxim AIUndisclosedAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Bifrost both list guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare FA

Fiddler AILate-stageLiteLLM Lens and Fiddler Continuous Evaluations both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DatabricksLate-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Unity Gateway both list guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare T

TrueFoundryEarly-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and TrueFoundry MCP Gateway both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare AS

AI SpendOpsUndisclosedAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and AI SpendOps both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare AA

Arthur AIEarly-stageLiteLLM Lens and Arthur Engine both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare TT

The Token CompanyUndisclosedAuto Router and The Token Company LLM input compression both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships API service rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare R

RequestyEarly-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Requesty AI Gateway both list guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; ships API service rather than the same layer.3 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerSame scale bandCompare L

LangWatchUndisclosedLiteLLM Lens and LangWatch Instant Evals both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DataikuLate-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Dataiku LLM Guard Services both list guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare H

HoneyHiveEarly-stageLiteLLM Lens and HoneyHive both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent and watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare L

LunaryUndisclosedLiteLLM Lens and Lunary both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent and watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare D

DatadogPublicOverlaps on evaluation and observability, guardrails and safety and workflow automation; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare L

LaminarEarly-stageLiteLLM Lens and Laminar both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent and watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; same layer and the same scale band (early-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompare P

PromptLayerEarly-stageLiteLLM Lens and PromptLayer Observability both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent and watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare T

TrimioUndisclosedAuto Router and Trimio both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships API service rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare AA

Automation AnywhereUndisclosedAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and EnterpriseClaw both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare G

Guild.aiUndisclosedAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Guild agent control plane both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either; ships agent platform and developer tool rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare R

RespanEarly-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Respan both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare ND

Not DiamondUndisclosedAuto Router and Not Diamond Code both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare S

SplunkAcquiredLiteLLM Lens and Splunk Observability Cloud both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded; Splunk is acquired, with no independent scale.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare AA

Arize AIUndisclosedLiteLLM Lens and Arize Phoenix both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare O

OktaPublicAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Okta for AI Agents both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare CM

Comet MLEarly-stageOverlaps on evaluation and observability; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare B

BraintrustLate-stageLiteLLM Lens and Patterns both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare E

ElasticPublicLiteLLM Lens and Elastic LLM Observability both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare FA

Fireworks AILate-stageAuto Router and Fireworks Nexus both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare G

GalileoAcquiredLiteLLM Lens and Galileo both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded; Galileo is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare L

LangfuseAcquiredLiteLLM Lens and Langfuse both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded; Langfuse is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare L

LangChainLate-stageLiteLLM Lens and LangSmith Chat both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

MicrosoftPublicOverlaps on evaluation and observability, guardrails and safety, model inference and 1 more; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

MastraEarly-stageLiteLLM Lens and Mastra Studio both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare RA

Resemble AIEarly-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Resemble Watermarker both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare W

WorkdayPublicOverlaps on evaluation and observability, guardrails and safety and workflow automation; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare Z

ZapierLate-stageOverlaps on guardrails and safety and workflow automation; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare O

OpenRouterLate-stageLiteLLM Lens and Ori Eval both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DeepchecksAbsorbedOverlaps on evaluation and observability; LiteLLM's scale not recorded; Deepchecks is absorbed, with no independent scale; ships developer tool and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare IT

Invisible TechnologiesLate-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Synapse both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either; ships agent platform, data service and 1 more rather than the same layer.3 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare H

HeliconeAcquiredLiteLLM Lens and Helicone both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded; Helicone is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare W&

Weights & BiasesAcquiredLiteLLM Lens and W&B Weave both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded; Weights & Biases is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare HA

Hume AIUndisclosedLiteLLM Lens and User Testing API both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CyeraLate-stageOverlaps on guardrails and safety and workflow automation; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DynatracePublicOverlaps on evaluation and observability and workflow automation; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

ClickHouseLate-stageLiteLLM Lens and ClickStack both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; scale not recorded for either; ships agent platform, data service and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare C

CoreWeavePublicLiteLLM Lens and CoreWeave ARIA both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare HA

Hippocratic AILate-stageLiteLLM Lens and AI Call Supervisor both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent and watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare VE

Volcano EngineUndisclosedAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and LLM Application Firewall (大模型应用防火墙) both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare NR

New RelicUndisclosedLiteLLM Lens and New Relic AI Observability both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare S

SAPPublicOverlaps on evaluation and observability, guardrails and safety, model inference and 1 more; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

Mem0Early-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Gateway both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare PA

Palo Alto NetworksPublicLiteLLM Lens and Prisma AIRS AI Red Teaming both serve buyers who need to test and evaluate an AI agent; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare J

JFrogPublicAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and JFrog MCP Registry both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare Z

ZscalerPublicOverlaps on evaluation and observability and guardrails and safety; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare F

FactoryLate-stageAuto Router and Factory Router both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare S

SpendlineUndisclosedAuto Router and Spendline both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare I

IBMPublicOverlaps on evaluation and observability, guardrails and safety, model inference and 1 more; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CrusoeLate-stageOverlaps on evaluation and observability and model inference; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare KC

Kilo CodeAcquiredAuto Router and Kilo Gateway both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; LiteLLM's scale not recorded; Kilo Code is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare G

Glean (Glean Technologies)Late-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Glean AI Gateway both list guardrails and safety; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare N

n8nUndisclosedOverlaps on workflow automation; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare EA

Enkrypt AIAcquiredAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Enkrypt AI both list guardrails and safety; LiteLLM's scale not recorded; Enkrypt AI is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare C

CrowdStrikePublicOverlaps on guardrails and safety and workflow automation; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare R

RilletLate-stageLiteLLM Lens and Command Center both serve buyers who need to watch an AI agent for suspicious or runaway behaviour; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare V

VectaraEarly-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Vectara Guardian Agents both list guardrails and safety; scale not recorded for either.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare F

FortinetPublicAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and FortiAIGate both list guardrails and safety; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

ModalLate-stageOverlaps on model inference and workflow automation; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CiscoPublicAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Cisco AI Defense both list guardrails and safety; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare P

ParloaLate-stageAI Gateway (LiteLLM Proxy) and Parloa Lens both list guardrails and safety; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

ClayLate-stageOverlaps on evaluation and observability and workflow automation; LiteLLM's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare H

HarnessLate-stageOverlaps on evaluation and observability, guardrails and safety and workflow automation; scale not recorded for either.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare

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