# LLM Gateway: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/llm-gateway

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [LLM gateways and observability](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/llm-gateways-and-observability/index.md) | 0% | 22 | 0% | 6 |

## What the models said for it

- "Use LLM Gateway or Cloudflare AI Gateway if you prefer managed solutions with minimal upfront costs." (MiniMax M2.5, LLM gateways)
- "Full dashboard + workers in one image; strong on data privacy | Newer project" (Grok 4.20, LLM gateways)
- "another AGPLv3 self-hostable option with BYOK" (Muse Glimmer 30B, LLM gateways)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named LLM Gateway, from 13 of the 13 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- llmgateway.io: 13 (its own site)
- getmaxim.ai: 9
- dev.to: 8
- github.com: 8
- requesty.ai: 7
- litellm.ai: 6
- perplexity.ai: 4
- braintrust.dev: 3
- fastrouter.ai: 3
- openrouter.ai: 3

### Pages cited

- https://llmgateway.io/: 9
- https://dev.to/ericthompson21/when-is-a-managed-llm-gateway-worth-its-cost-5959: 8
- https://llmgateway.io/pricing: 6
- https://llmgateway.io/enterprise: 5
- https://llmgateway.io/open-source: 4
- https://requesty.ai/blog/best-managed-llm-gateway: 4
- https://getmaxim.ai/articles/top-5-llm-gateways-in-2026-for-enterprise-grade-reliability-and-scale.md: 3
- https://litellm.ai/: 3

## In its own words

What LLM Gateway's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Open-source, OpenAI-compatible LLM API gateway to 250+ models from 40+ providers, with retries, failover across providers that serve the same model, spend limits and per-request costs built in. (https://llmgateway.io/)
- For: Product & platform teams (https://llmgateway.io/)
- Price stated: Bring your own provider keys at no platform fee. Credits are pay-as-you-go with a 5% platform fee on top-ups and no token markup; non-US cards may add a 1.5% international card fee. Optional full data retention costs $0.01 per 1M tokens in both modes. Enterprise pricing is custom, with volume discounts and a 99.9% uptime SLA on Enterprise Cloud. (https://llmgateway.io/)
- Starting price: Free (https://llmgateway.io/)
- Free plan or trial: 30-day production pilot (https://llmgateway.io/)
- Integrations claimed: 40 (https://llmgateway.io/pricing)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
- Hosting: Sydney, Australia
- Customers named: Samsung, Harvard, Coloop.ai, FieldKo

## What it publishes

Every page llmgateway.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1098 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 78 pages, 39 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- report or ebook: 27 pages, 23 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- comparison: 43 pages, 12 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-24
- template or tool: 5 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-04
- glossary or explainer: 41 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-15
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Perplexity search api https://llmgateway.io/blog/perplexity-search-api
- Recent: 2026-09-26 blog: Smart routing benchmark https://llmgateway.io/blog/smart-routing-benchmark
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Automatic model selection https://llmgateway.io/blog/automatic-model-selection
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Llm routing savings 100k https://llmgateway.io/blog/llm-routing-savings-100k
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Compliance alerts https://llmgateway.io/blog/compliance-alerts
- Recent: 2026-09-23 report or ebook: Anvil https://llmgateway.io/guides/anvil

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.