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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 120 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where LiteLLM 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/litellm/alternatives

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

- Bifrost: 13
- Portkey: 13
- Helicone: 4
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: 3
- FastRouter: 3
- Confident AI: 2

## LLM gateways and observability

**Small business**: 30 of 84 answers did not name LiteLLM (LiteLLM is #2 of 9 at 33%).

- Portkey: first choice in 5 of those 30
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 30
- Helicone: first choice in 2 of those 30
- Anthropic: first choice in 1 of those 30
- Bifrost: first choice in 1 of those 30
- OpenAI API: first choice in 1 of those 30
- Vercel AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 30

**Mid-market**: 37 of 84 answers did not name LiteLLM (LiteLLM is #1 of 9 at 36%).

- Portkey: first choice in 3 of those 37
- Helicone: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Braintrust Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Envoy AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 37
- LocalAI: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Ollama: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Respan: first choice in 1 of those 37

**Enterprise**: 53 of 84 answers did not name LiteLLM (LiteLLM is #2 of 10 at 18%).

- Bifrost: first choice in 12 of those 53
- Portkey: first choice in 5 of those 53
- FastRouter: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Confident AI: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Kong AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Langfuse: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Datadog LLM Observability: first choice in 1 of those 53

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