# Langfuse alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 219 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Langfuse holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/langfuse/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- LiteLLM: 63
- Portkey: 39
- Bifrost: 34
- OpenRouter: 9
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: 5
- FastRouter: 5

## LLM gateways and observability

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Langfuse (Langfuse is #6 of 9 at 3%).

- LiteLLM: first choice in 27 of those 71
- Portkey: first choice in 18 of those 71
- OpenRouter: first choice in 9 of those 71
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Helicone: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Vercel AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Anthropic: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Bifrost: first choice in 1 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Langfuse (Langfuse is #7 of 9 at 2%).

- LiteLLM: first choice in 23 of those 74
- Portkey: first choice in 15 of those 74
- Bifrost: first choice in 10 of those 74
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Envoy AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 74
- FastRouter: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Helicone: first choice in 1 of those 74
- LocalAI: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Langfuse (Langfuse is #5 of 10 at 4%).

- Bifrost: first choice in 23 of those 74
- LiteLLM: first choice in 13 of those 74
- Portkey: first choice in 6 of those 74
- FastRouter: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Kong AI Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 74
- AWS Bedrock AgentCore Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Azure AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 74

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