{"name":"LiteLLM","tagline":"Open-source OpenAI-compatible gateway — 100+ providers, spend keys, optional Enterprise license.","url":"https://www.litellm.ai","category":"dev-infra","pricing":"freemium","price_note":"OSS proxy/SDK free (self-host); SSO free up to 5 users; Enterprise license is usage-quoted (30-day trial, no public $ table); 24/7 SLA extra","free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"api":true,"self_host":true,"model_routing":"byok","verdict":"situational","verdict_text":"The self-host cousin of OpenRouter: one OpenAI-shaped interface, virtual keys, budgets, fallbacks. OSS already does a lot. Enterprise is SSO/SCIM, audit, multi-region, and a license key — docs say pricing is usage-based and sales-quoted, so this card will not copy third-party $250/$30k blogs. You still pay every upstream model bill.","limitations":["docs.litellm.ai/docs/pricing 404s; Enterprise dollars are not on a public SKU page.","SSO beyond 5 users requires the commercial license.","You run Postgres/Redis/the proxy; the \"free\" gateway is not zero-ops.","Several built-in guardrail callbacks are Enterprise-gated, not OSS."],"strengths":["One OpenAI-shaped interface to more than a hundred providers.","Virtual keys, budgets and fallbacks in the OSS gateway.","Self-hostable proxy and SDK without a seat license."],"use_for":["Teams routing multiple model providers through one API shape.","Self-hosted deployments that need spend controls and virtual keys.","Evaluation setups that want to swap providers without code changes."],"skip_when":["You need a public, fixed Enterprise price list.","You want a zero-ops managed service without running Postgres/Redis.","SSO beyond five users is required without the commercial license."],"receipts":["https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/enterprise","https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"blueshift","featured":false,"data_sensitivity":{"trains_on_inputs":"unknown","local_processing":true},"last_verified":"2026-08-19","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"litellm","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/litellm/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}