Cloudflare AI Gateway vs LiteLLM vs OpenRouter vs Pulze

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

Cloudflare AI Gateway Free LLM proxy: caching, spend limits, logging across providers Visit LiteLLM Open-source AI gateway: one OpenAI-format API for 100+ LLM providers Visit OpenRouter One API key, one bill, around 400 LLMs Visit Pulze No-code workspace routing prompts across 50+ AI models Visit
RECATOOLS Score 7.7 / 10 8 / 10 8.6 / 10 6.2 / 10
Capability 7 8 6
Value for money 9 8 6
Ease of use 7 9 7
ASEAN readiness 7 7 5
API quality 8 9 6
Pricing Freemium Freemium Freemium Paid
Free tier Full open-source proxy + SDK, free to self-host (MIT outside the enterprise/ directory)
Paid from Custom (LiteLLM Enterprise — contact sales; 30-day evaluation key)
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users
Founded 2024 2023
Maker
Verdict

AI Gateway is Cloudflare doing what Cloudflare does best: put a fast, free layer of caching, logging and rate limiting in front of a category of traffic — this time LLM API calls instead of HTTP. Point your app at one en...

What this is for: putting one OpenAI-format API in front of every model provider you use. LiteLLM ships as a Python SDK (litellm.completion) and a proxy/gateway server that adds virtual API keys, per-team budgets, rate l...

OpenRouter solved a real headache: instead of holding a dozen provider keys and reconciling a dozen invoices, you point one OpenAI-compatible endpoint at around 400 models and get automatic fallback when a provider choke...

Pulze bundles multi-model routing with a no-code workspace for building agents and assistants, aimed squarely at teams that don't want to wire up a gateway themselves. The pitch is one console over 50-plus models, pre-bu...

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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.