Cloudflare's managed gateway for routing, securing, caching, and observing AI applications across many model providers.
Cloudflare AI Gateway is a managed gateway that sits between an application and any number of AI model providers, giving teams a single endpoint for routing, caching, rate limiting, observability, and cost tracking across LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
It competes with multi-model gateways such as OpenRouter for developers who want provider-neutral model access plus Cloudflare's edge security, caching, and logging without managing per-provider API keys, formats, and billing.
Aptible
Aptible LLM Gateway
aptible.com
Conifer
Conifer Gateway
conifer.build
Sakana AI
Fugu Ultra
sakana.ai
LiteLLM
LiteLLM — Open-Source LLM Gateway
litellm.ai
NetBird
NetBird Agent Network
netbird.io
OpenRouter
OpenRouter — Unified LLM API Gateway
openrouter.ai
Databricks
Unity Gateway
databricks.com
| Attribute | Cloudflare AI Gateway | Aptible LLM Gateway | Conifer Gateway | Fugu Ultra | LiteLLM — Open-Source LLM Gateway | NetBird Agent Network | OpenRouter — Unified LLM API Gateway | Unity Gateway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider |  | | | | | | | | |
| Founded | 2009 | 2013 | 2026 | 2023 | 2023 | 2021 | 2023 | 2013 | |
| Sells To | Enterprise, Small Business | Small Business | Developer, Enterprises | Enterprise, Government | Enterprise, Small Business | Business | Developer | Enterprise | |
| Pricing Model | Recurring, SaaS, Usage-based | Recurring | Usage-based | B2B Subscription | Recurring, Software | B2B Subscription | Usage-based | Usage-based | |
| Ownership | Private equity-backed, Public, Venture-backed | Venture-backed | Venture-backed | Venture-backed | Venture-backed | Private | Venture-backed | Venture-backed |
Provider
Founded 2009
Sells To Enterprise, Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring, SaaS, Usage-based
Ownership Private equity-backed, Public, Venture-backed
Provider
Founded 2013
Sells To Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring
Ownership Venture-backed
Provider
Founded 2026
Sells To Developer, Enterprises
Pricing Model Usage-based
Ownership Venture-backed
Provider
Founded 2023
Sells To Enterprise, Government
Pricing Model B2B Subscription
Ownership Venture-backed
Provider
Founded 2023
Sells To Enterprise, Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring, Software
Ownership Venture-backed
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